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Owain Smolovic Jones
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• 20 October 2016, 12:36 PM • Edited by Matthew Driver on 31 October 2016, 9:58 AM

Week 4, Activity 4 Problems facing your organisation

Think about a problem facing your organisation that needs some serious thinking. Start a post describing the problem (no more than 100 words). Now find the post of a fellow learner and pose an open question to that person, something that might help the learner think about their problem in a different light. To get you underway, we have posted something about a current issue facing the OU at the present time – so please feel free to practise on us before having a go with your own organisations.


Owain Smolovic Jones Post 2 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 20 October 2016, 12:40 PM • Edited by Matthew Driver on 31 October 2016, 9:58 AM

Something to get you started ... How do we make this learning community a

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Ian Jones Post 3 (summarised) in reply to 2

• 15 November 2016, 7:21 AM
Time pressures are increasing in the sector how are you better understanding...
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Carol Jacklin-Jarvis Post 5 (summarised) in reply to 3

• 16 November 2016, 9:21 AM • Edited by the author on 16 November 2016, 10:00 AM
Hi Ian You address a very important question to us in terms of our...
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Stephen Elsden Post 8 (summarised) in reply to 2

• 23 November 2016, 9:50 AM
How would you promote this learning community to the voluntary sector,...
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Genevieve Rudd Post 13 (summarised) in reply to 2

• 11 January 2017, 3:04 PM
Hi Owain. It's great that you want to course to live on, and that you also...
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Darren Smith Post 22 (summarised) in reply to 2

• 1 March 2018, 5:25 PM
Hi Owain- Does success of this course boil down to engagement and...
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Ian Jones Post 4 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 15 November 2016, 7:26 AM
With increasingly scarce resources we see many partners less willing to...
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Owain Smolovic Jones Post 6 (summarised) in reply to 4

• 23 November 2016, 8:29 AM
Hi Ian Good questions. I'm just going to reflect back what I think you're...
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Ian Jones Post 9 (summarised) in reply to 6

• 24 November 2016, 7:42 AM
Owain, yes your reflection is accurate. On all occasions we get try to get...
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Stephen Elsden Post 7 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 23 November 2016, 9:48 AM
The biggest problem facing my organisation at the moment is how do we...
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Carol Jacklin-Jarvis Post 10 (summarised) in reply to 7

• 29 November 2016, 6:22 PM
Hi Stephen So my question is, what does sustainability look like? In other...
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Stephen Elsden Post 11 (summarised) in reply to 10

• 6 December 2016, 10:39 AM
Hi Carol, What we want to sustain above anything else are the front line...
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Genevieve Rudd Post 12 (summarised) in reply to 7

• 11 January 2017, 2:36 PM
Hi Stephen - Thanks for sharing your organisational problem. I wondered, how...
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Stephen Elsden Post 14 (summarised) in reply to 12

• 13 January 2017, 3:43 PM
Hi Genevieve, To clarify, we don't plan to reduce front line resources - if...
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Genevieve Rudd Post 15 (summarised) in reply to 14

• 13 January 2017, 7:55 PM
Hi Stephen, Thanks for your response. It's promising to hear that when you...
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John Hemming Post 16 (summarised) in reply to 7

• 28 January 2017, 2:05 PM
Hi Stephen, You are looking at improving sustainability by reducing your cost...
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Peta Wilkinson Post 23 (summarised) in reply to 7

• 14 June 2018, 4:44 PM
Really interesting Stephen what would success look like?
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John Hemming Post 17 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 28 January 2017, 2:16 PM
My organisations problem is: It has been going for many hundreds of years and...
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Tracey Miller Post 19 (summarised) in reply to 17

• 8 August 2017, 9:35 AM
What are the implications for the local community in either outcome?
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Tracey Miller Post 18 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 8 August 2017, 9:33 AM
Our biggest challenge at present is recruiting volunteers. We have great...
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Darren Smith Post 21 (summarised) in reply to 18

• 1 March 2018, 4:22 PM
Hi Tracey- Are you appealing to groups like the British Legion, Womens...
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Darren Smith Post 20 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 1 March 2018, 3:58 PM
Week 4 – Activity 4 One of our main challenges at present is raising the...
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