The OU/BBC series 'The Bottom Line' returns today on Radio 4.
Throughout the series that continues every Thursday at 8.30pm, Presenter Evan Davis will be hearing from the people at the top of the business world.
In the first programme Rachel Lomax, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and Non-Executive Director of HSBC Holdings, joined the round-table discussion to share her insights of the financial industry.
Episode two brings together Sir George Buckley, former chairman, president and CEO of US conglomerate 3M; Clara Gaymard, President and CEO of General Electric, France;...
On Thursday 13 September 2012, the Open University Business School (OUBS) will be hosting the latest in its series of free Breakfast Briefings for local business people. The presentations and discussion will deal with how to manage large scale change.
Professor Stephen Potter and Dr Clive Savory will use examples from the transport sector and NHS to explore what can be learned from those who have undergone significant change. This will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by OUBS’s Professor of Innovation Dynamics, Professor James Fleck.
The OU Breakfast Briefings bring together members of the business community with academics working in business and management. As well as a chance to network, these...
Professor Rebecca Taylor was interviewed by MBA-Channel.com about distance learning and top-quality teaching.
Massive congratulations to OU student Dani King who has won gold in the women’s cycling team pursuit along with her teammates Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott.
Dani, 21, who is currently working towards a BA in Business Studies, smashed three world records in two days with her teammates to eventually win gold at the velodrome with a world record time of 3 mins 14.051 seconds.
An ecstatic Dani told the BBC, ‘We are like sisters, I couldn’t have done it without them, they were absolutely incredible and I can’t believe we have done it! It’s absolutely...
The OU Business School was a Gold Sponsor of this event run by The Economist, which explored new ways to develop people, ensuring organisations have the right executive talent in place, unlocking skills and improving organisational capability and performance.
The event topic was Talent Management, with conference content and discussion focusing on how senior HR professionals of national and global brands are developing their practices and approach for the next generation of leadership.
Read The Open University Business School's Talent Management Summary Handout here.
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• Flexible-learning MBAs invaluable for management
• Shift from classroom to workplace training
Businesses will need to embrace flexible learning for their staff so they can train on the job if they wish to survive the economically challenging times ahead, according to executives at The Talent Management Summit 2012 – Next Generation of Leaders.
The Summit, organised by Economist conferences and sponsored by the Open University Business School on 14th June, brought together human resources experts from access a range of sectors to discuss how businesses can ensure the right executive talent is in place to survive the current downturn.
A range of panels focusing on re-positioning HR, strategic workforce...
A collaboration between The Open University and Global Knowledge, a worldwide leader in IT and business skills training, has launched a new Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) for IT Service Managers
(ITSM).
The new PGC builds on Global Knowledge's Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) training curriculum with modules jointly developed by The Open University's Business School and Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology. The certificate provides students with full Open University and Global Knowledge tutor support throughout the one year course, and recognises their existing ITIL® experience. The certificate can also be counted towards a Masters in Technology Management, an MBA or other Masters level...
If you need to find new ways to develop your people, have the right executive talent in place, unlock skills and improve your organisational capability and performance then join the strategic event for global HR and talents leaders on June 14th 2012.
As the OU Business School is a Gold Sponsor of this event, all alumni of The Open University Business School are entitled to a 30% discount. Simply quote "OUBS" when booking online to...
On Wednesday 25 April at 8am The Open University Business School will be hosting the third in its series of free Breakfast Briefings for local business people. Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick, a specialist in online retailing and marketing, will explore how digital marketing can help businesses in challenging trading conditions.
Dr Ellis-Chadwick, a senior lecturer at The Open University Business School said: “Online retailing is changing the way we shop, the things we buy and how we research for the products we want. Even though UK retailers are ahead of the game when it comes to developing successful online shopping operations there are still opportunities to improve online trading, especially in the current economic climate...
More than a third (39%) of SME owners aged over 65 still do not know when they will retire, according to the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain(*), produced by The Open University (www.open.ac.uk/quarterly-survey) with support from ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Barclays business banking.
Half the UK’s SME owners report that they have changed their retirement and succession plans as a result of the economic...
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