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Discovering management by The Open University
This free course, Discovering management, introduces you to the role of the manager, it covers management activities looking at leadership, human resources, finance, project management, change management, operations management and stakeholder management.
Veiling (76pp) by The Open University
This unit explores controversies associated with the practice of "veiling" within Islam. The Islamic 'veil', be it in the form of the hijab, niqab, jilbab or burqa (we shall explore this terminology in more detail later), has been at the centre of many different controversies. Many of these controversies can be understood in the context of debates about different citizenship models and different understandings of the roles, rights and demands of faith groups in society. In some instances, such controversies have resulted in legal disputes and the creation of new laws.
Science in the Scottish Enlightenment by The Open University
How is it that a small, poor country in northern Europe became one of the most dynamic centres of Enlightenment thinking? This unit examines the cultural, intellectual and religious characteristics of Scotland in the eighteenth century that led to the emergence of such intellectual pioneers as James Hutton, Joseph Black and William Cullen, and briefly describes their key ideas and findings.