Supreme Streets: An Adventure Into Employee-Ownership

This free course, Developing your skills as an HR professional, will help you to develop some of the skills you will need to be effective as an HR professional. You will practise learning reflectively and you will also develop the skills of organising yourself, managing time and stress, and working in teams or groups.

Many of us harbour entrepreneurial ambitions - spurred on by TV programmes like Dragon's Den and The Apprentice. But would we succeed or fail? Here we consider the qualities needed to be a successful entrepreneur. You can also take a test to see if you cut the mustard.

Do you hate making decisions? Does the ability of others to make snap decisions really frustrate you? This free course will help you understand some of the processes involved in decision making. Attention to the psychology of decision making and the social context in which decisions are made can improve your understanding of others and yourself.

Engagement is a key buzzword in 21st century management. Strategic human resource management rests on the belief that people are the key to achieving competitive advantage. Employees need to be seen as assets to be developed, not costs to be controlled. This free course explores three key themes: employee engagement, employee involvement and ...

Realise your full potential, wherever you are. From MBAs to introduction to financial services, the Open University Business School has it covered.

You can take a number of different qualifications with the OU. The undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications illustrated are routes many students are taking, or have already successfully followed.

The MSc in Human Resource Management offers an in-depth understanding of human resource (HR) management combined with a broader understanding of the organisational and management context within which HR management specialists must operate.

How do businesses develop strategies, handle risk and take decisions? What’s involved in functions such as marketing, accounting and finance?

We all depend on care services at some time in our lives ? at home; in hospitals, clinics or GP surgeries; or in community and residential settings. This key introductory module provides an authoritative overview of health and social care, with real-life case studies taking you deep into the experience of receiving care and working in care ...