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Money & Business
Introduction to operations management
This free course, Introduction to operations management, will introduce you to the role of operations management in organisations, and gives you the opportunity to understand what an operations manager does. It looks at how the role might influence the short- and long-term success of the organisation. It is important to develop a clear ...
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Marketing communications as a strategic function
Marketing communications help to define an organisation's relationship with its customers. This free course, Marketing communications as a strategic function, emphasises the strategic importance of such communication and its long-term effect on consumers. Communication models can act as a predictive guide, but in the end it is important to ...
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Money & Business
Managing and managing people
This free course, Managing and managing people, will introduce you to the world of management. We will be looking at a range of topics, including what managers do, what skills they require, and how you can develop as a manager.
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Money & Business
Understanding and managing risk
This free course, Understanding and managing risk, provides an introduction to financial risk management. The processes of risk identification, risk measurement and risk management are explored. The course then goes on to examine reputational risk and operational risk. It concludes with an examination of the subject of behavioural finance and ...
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Money & Business
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Enhance your community policing skills with this free course on effective communication. Learn how to build rapport, navigate difficult conversations, and apply a psychological model to understand and respond to interpersonal behaviour, helping you communicate more effectively in everyday interactions.
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Introducing the voluntary sector
This free course, Introducing the voluntary sector, will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as ...
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Money & Business
Understanding mortgages
Understanding mortgages is a free, short course produced in collaboration with MoneySavingExpert.com.
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
One of the pioneers of systems thinkiing shares his vision.
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Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
How food advertising and marketing can affect children and young people in the digital age
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Exploring anxiety
This free advanced level course, Exploring anxiety, serves as an introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on anxiety, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions. You will also learn how to evaluate news items, and to go behind the headlines and begin to explore some of the ...
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Money & Business
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Everyone needs a place they call home and housing costs are usually your largest outgoing. Many aspire to buy, but rising house prices, while good news for existing owners, put homeownership beyond the reach of others. This free course, Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing, addresses some of the most important decisions that ...
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Oxfam: Challenges for a complex charity
Oxfam is a large and complex charity to manage. We ask some questions about the challenges it faces to remain successful in a competitive marketplace.