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Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

In this free course, Working with young people: roles and responsibilities, we look at the roles that are taken when working with young people. We focus on what those working with young people actually do, starting with some analysis of roles. We show that, in the context of work with young people, the term is more than simply a statement about who does what: it also says something about the kinds of relationships we form with young people and the values we bring to our work. We then move on to discuss roles in relation to the 'bigger picture' of organisations and projects that are concerned with young people.
Category: Education Careers

Understanding Globalisation

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What do we mean when we say globalisation? Does the growth of globalisation hinder or benefit mankind? It’s a common assumption that countries globalise but in fact it’s not nations themselves but rather the Industries and companies that trade within and outside their borders. As new forms of technology emerge and organisations expand they erode traditional boundaries and in recent times there has been a rise in interconnectedness of markets across the world. In the following audio tracks Susan Segal Horn (Emerita Professor of International Strategy) explains how globalisation increases the Integration of economic activities across boarders as a result how nations become interdependent on and other.

This material forms part of the Open University course B835 The dynamics of strategy
Category: Money & Business

Changing the way we work

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What does the future hold for our working lives? This album explores the ways in which organisations are changing; the breaking down of traditional hierarchical structures, the increasing emphasis on self-management, customer-orientated teams, the use of technology to enable more remote working and the blurring of boundaries between organisations, as they form partnerships with each other. It also asks how these changes will affect the way managers will work in the future. This material forms part of The Open University course B822 Creativity, innovation and change.
Category: Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

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Learn about the main types of financial resources available to organisations, how these funds can be used to start up a new business or sustain day-to-day operations, as well as develop long-term expansion plans. 
Category: Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

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In this free course, An introduction to public leadership, you will learn more about leadership in the context of public service provision, by public sector organisations, community and voluntary groups, and political bodies.
Category: Money & Business

Creativity in management

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Management consultant David Brook asks what the link is between Einstein and business?
Category: Leadership & Management

Why is change so hard?

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Mark Fenton-O'Creevy asks why change sometimes seems so difficult for organisations and the people in them.
Category: Leadership & Management

Developing high trust work relationships

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Learn about trust in the organisational context. This free course, Developing high trust work relationships, introduces the concept of trust, what it means to you and how it may affect your organisation.
Category: Leadership & Management

Commercial awareness

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Boost your commercial awareness with this free short course. Explore your organisation’s purpose, understand your role within it, and learn how different perspectives can enhance the value you create.
Category: Leadership & Management

Difference and challenge in teams

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This free course looks at how teams ‘travel’ together on a journey of development. Those journeys are hardly ever smooth. The course encourages you to recognise difference and challenge amongst individuals in the team who are pulling in different directions. It will help you identify where such challenges can be embraced for the benefit of your team and your organisation.
Category: Leadership & Management

What's the difference between a tall organisation and a flat organisation? The one-minute guide

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Tall organisations have many layers of hierarchies; flat ones have fewer. But what is the advantage of each approach?
Category: Business Strategy & Studies

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

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Writing in 1979, Henry Mintzberg identified five components to answer the question 'what is an organisation?'
Category: Business Strategy & Studies

Caged companies

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Brian Smith explores institutional theory and explains why all executives should take note
Category: Business Strategy & Studies

Changing cultures

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Dr Brian Smith examines why bringing change to organisations can be such a slow process.
Category: Business Strategy & Studies

Campaigns and organisations

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Please note: this course will be closing on 11 May 2022. After this date, you will no longer be able to study the course but if you've already gained your cerficate this will continue to display in your learner profile.

If you've ever been involved in campaigning for change, you probably know that getting the desired result is much harder than it seems. Moreover, the decision to campaign on a particular issue can expose tensions and cracks within an organisation itself. This free course, Campaigns and organisations, explores effective approaches to campaigning.
Category: Business Strategy & Studies

Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project

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The volume of stored information is growing exponentially and an increasing share is audio-visual content. This content drives the demand for new services, making audio-visual search one of the major challenges for organisations and businesses today. The Open University is one of fifteen European partners in The Pharos project which aims to advance audio-visual search using an integrated search platform paradigm.
Category: Science, Maths & Technology

Managing for Sustainability

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What are the key issues for sustainable resource management? How do companies operate while maintaining corporate social responsibility? From understanding the need for sustainability, and environmental auditing to learning how organisations integrate health and safety policy. This collection/album explores many of the issues that face modern businesses and gives some insight into how these companies function while adhering to various environmental management systems.

This material is taken from Open University course T867: Managing for sustainability
Category: Science, Maths & Technology

Digital Film School

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Have you ever wanted to pick up a video camera and make a short video or film, but felt intimidated by your lack of knowledge? The explosion of film-making for websites and mobiles gives people and organisations the opportunity to tell their stories and show what they have to offer, at low cost. This collection of exciting videos features The Open University’s experienced team of filmmakers, who will show you some of the craft secrets that underpin good filmmaking, and how professionals stay up to date. You will learn the basics of editing, how to conduct an interview, the role of the producer and other crew members and how to archive your finished project.

This material forms part of The Open University course T156 Digital film school.
Category: Science, Maths & Technology

Globalisation and health

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What is the future for global health policy? How are the old paradigms being replaced by new ones? What are the key issues in the new globalised world? Ilona Kickbusch reviews the rapidly changing world of global health. In the past there were relatively few organisations involved and there was a hard dividing line between the public and private spheres. Today there are many more players and the issues are much more complex. In our rapidly shrinking world, where modern technology and infrastructure are able to compress time and distance, it is ever more important to have strong global health policies. How, though, will all the different parties, both local and international, public and private, find a way to co-operate most successfully? K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice.
Category: Society, Politics & Law
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