2.3 Robert Boyle's Corpuscularian Theory
Part 2.3. An introduction to Robert Boyle's theory of corpuscularianism; the idea that the universe is essentially made up of tiny particles, or corpuscles, and the influence this idea had on contemporary scientific thought.
(Audio) Making and Breaking Rules: Game Design as a Critical Practice
Zimmerman's company, Gamelab, is a boutique game developer that has created such runaway casual game hits as Diner Dash and Sissyfight. Zimmerman is also co-author of one of the definitive game design texts, Rules of Play, published by MIT Press. A dynamic and entertaining speaker and teacher, he also appears regularly at key industry events such as the Game Developers Conference.
European Business Culture and Practice, Culture: some thoughts
Part of European Business Culture and Practice Workbook 2, these slides provide some thoughts on culture, pose questions on managing across cultures, and provides definitions, forms and characteristics of culture
European Business Culture and Practice, Culture Dimensions: Ethnographic and Psychological
Part of European Business Culture and Practice Workbook 2. These slides explore cultural dimensions from ethnographic and psychological perspectives, with reference to Hofstede.
European Business Culture and Practice, Critical Evaluation
Part of European Business Culture and Practice Workbook 2. These slides are concened with critical evaluation and covers: scanning sources, evaluating articles and presentations
Good Practice Guide in Question and Test Design
This booklet will provide an introduction to good practice in question and test design. It includes the art of using objective tests to assess some aspects of student learning. At the outset you should be aware that objective tests are just one method of assessment. They are useful for assessing knowledge, comprehension and application and in some circumstances can be used to assess higher order skills such as evaluation and synthesis. They cannot be used to assess creativity, integration of ide
European Business Culture and Practice, VSM 94 Values Survey Module 1994 Questionnaire (modified)
Reformatted version of Values Survey Module 1994 International questionnaire focussing on employment.
European Business Practice and Culture Workbook 3: Culture and Communication
This book considers the application of concepts of cultural differences to areas of management and communication.
module handbook European Business Culture Practice
Welcome to your study programme for the European Business Culture and Practice module.
This module explores the impact of cultural differences on business in different countries through three themes: knowing yourself, knowing your culture, understanding other cultures.
In doing the module, you will develop your ability to analyse and evaluate aspects of management in an international context.
The module will also develop proficiency in the following skills:
• Planning and Management of
Enterprise in Practice module flyer
Flyer advertising Enterprise in Practice module with overview of contents:
Would you like to encourage your students to be more enterprising, learn
how to work in a freelance environment and be a change agent within a
public organisation or even start a business?
European Business Practice and Culture workbook 4: International Business Perspectives and Ethics
In this module section, you consider the intellectual framework in which to evaluate your personal ethics in business. You will also consider implications of national cultures for ethical values in business, expressed in attitudes to commercial situations.
Inaugural Lecture Prof Nick Frost - Assessing Modern British Childhood: research, policy and practic
This lecture explored the contemporary policy agenda for children and young people living in England. The major focus of the lecture was on the relationship between the state and modern childhood.
The lecture then moved on to examine the state of contemporary British childhood. A series of recent research and policy reports have suggested that British children inhabit a world that compares negatively to children in otherwise comparable societies. Childhood and youth are also a high profile and
European Business Culture and Practice,Workbook 2: Analysing Culture for Business and Management
What this workbook is about:
- In this book, we consider the some of the better known models of cultural difference and their usefulness.
The key areas of study
• Models of cultural difference
• Business attitudes and doing business across cultures
Learning Outcomes:
The specific learning objective for this section are that you will be able to individually and through group discussion:
• Analyse models for identifying and measuring cultural difference.
• Describe business
European Business Culture and Practice, VSM 94 Values Survey Module 1994 Questionnaire (original)
Values Survey Module 1994 original questionnaire concerning employment
Internationalisation good practice: The inclusive curriculum and ‘Internationalisation at Home’
This theme includes papers and articles which explore the meanings attributed to key phrases and attempt to define key concepts within the field of internationalisation as it relates specifically to learning, teaching and assessment practice and curriculum design and delivery in higher education. Many contributions provide concrete examples of activities to support multicultural learning and embed international dimensions in curricula.
The student voice is apparent in research that engages stud
European Business Culture and Practice, Workbook 1: Describing and Analysing Culture for Business
These workbooks form a major part of the class programme in European Business Culture and Practice. They provide a framework within which we explore concepts of national (or regional) culture and the way it translates into organisational or business culture. They combine individual and group work, as understanding and working within cultural differences is necessarily a group activity.
As your group progresses through the workbooks, you may evaluate the effectiveness of this framework for yo
About the European Business Culture Practice workbooks
This information sheet provides an overview of the European Business Culture and Practice workbooks and includes references
European Business Culture Practice Workbook 5: final presentation
The final workbook of the European Business Culture and Practice series. Workbook 5 provides guidance for students to do a mind map presentation relating to their experience of the module.
Research Training 2 day Workshop -Grounded Theory Method Prof Tony Bryant
Research Training 2 day Workshop -Grounded Theory Method Prof Tony Bryant
Theory and Practice in Chemical Systems
This program shows how a theoretical understanding of the driving force for chemical systems can lead to further development of new technologies and to the discovery of new phenomena, in practice. In teaching, this is done through the creation of a close relationship between the science and mathematics of chemical processes, through problem-solving activities. These acti