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20 September Guildford China
Embracing the Business Opportunities
20 September Manchester Creating
the Unlimited Company
21 September Geneva 15th
Anniversary Swiss OU Business School
21 September Fareham, South
Coast Facilitation Skills Group
22 September Newcastle In
Conversation with Charles Handy
26 September Bristol Commercial
Listening Skills
26 September Milton Keynes Setting
Powerful Goals
3 October Edinburgh Energising
your Creativity
4 October London When
the Nightmare Happens
4 October Leeds Leadership
in a Competitive Environment
5 October Munich Leadership
and Change
6 October Frankfurt Managing
Innovation
11 October Chichester Making
a Difference
16 October Fareham South
Coast Facilitation Skills Group
19 October Manchester Get
Personal with your Search Marketing
24 October Milton Keynes Big
Issues in a Changing World Scenario
28 October Fribourg Swiss
General Annual Assembly programme
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OUs outstanding success in the National Student Survey this
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A total of 95% of the OU's survey respondents
reported that they were satisfied or mostly satisfied with their
experience of studying with us; the figure puts the OU ahead of
all other surveyed providers. The average "overall
satisfaction" score of 4.5 of a possible five marks was the
highest of any of the 129 institutions across the UK for which the
survey results have been published. The University has retained
the overall satisfaction rate that it achieved in 2005.
We were also rated first for assessment and
feedback (as we were in 2005), and third for academic support (as
we were in 2005). More than 157,000 students - of whom 8,800 were
from the OU - took part in the survey. Further details of the
survey can be found at the Teaching Quality Information website at
http://www.tqi.ac.uk The achievement of this level of overall
satisfaction for the second year running emphatically demonstrates
the quality of our teaching and student support.
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Master of Public
Administration (MPA) new course
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first of two specialist courses B856 Shaping Public Policy:
Contexts and Processes starts on 01 November. The specialist
materials are written to provide a critical understanding of
policy processes in the public domain and the key challenges
facing those engaged in public and social enterprise.
B857 Current Issues in Public
Management and Social Enterprise, the second course, is
organised around online research and group collaboration and
will appeal to those interested in researching and applying
contemporary thinking and practice in the domain of public
services and social enterprises.
How you can obtain an MPA
- Using courses studied for your MBA together with the two
specialist courses you can achieve the award of MPA. You will
also need to have studied B830 Making a Difference.
For further information on the
specialist courses visit -
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01B856
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01B857
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Track to professional recognition from the Chartered Management
Institute |
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A special arrangement between the
MBA Alumni Association and the Chartered Management Institute
enables you to gain full professional recognition from the
Institute. You can capitalise on your academic achievement by taking
up Member status (designatory letters MCMI). The Institute offers
you a fast track guarantee, so you dont need to undergo
any assessment process. Your professional status also brings you a
saving of up about 33% on the first years subscription.
Email membership@managers.org.uk
for the next step about taking up your
fast track guarantee. Please mention you are an OU MBA graduate
when contacting the CMI.
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| Leaders
on Strategy - Michael Porter and Henry Mintzberg Two
Conferences in London |
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These full-day conferences, presented
by Benchmark for Business, are as follows:-
Professor Henry Mintzberg: The
Art, Craft and Science of Managing
QE2 Conference Centre, London
Monday 6th November 2006
Professor Michael Porter: Brand
New Strategy Insights
QE2 Conference Centre, London
Wednesday 24th January 2007
OUBS alumni benefit from a £200 +
VAT discount per place to attend either conference for £695 + VAT. Alternatively
alumni can attend both conferences for just £895 + VAT per
place. To benefit from this exceptional offer simply register
place(s) by 29th September 2006. To ensure the appropriate discount
is applied alumni should insert OUBS after their
surname when registering. Here are the options how to register
discounted places:-
Online at: www.benchmarkforbusiness.com/register
Email to: team@benchmarkforbusiness.com
Telephone: 01224 636200
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Commonwealth Club - Introduce a Work Colleague |
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Introduce a Work Colleague Promotion
August - 30 September 2006
You get a complementary bottle of
wine (and not for first introductions only!) Your
colleague (must work in the same organisation) will get the same
annual membership fee of £100. Annual Membership Fee for
spouses also £100.
For further information, please
contact Ngina Pratt on Tel: 0207 766 9231 or Email: marketing@rcsint.org
or please visit our website at www.rcsint.org.
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| Innovation
Seminar Offer - Special offer for Alumni: Book By 10 October |
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Driving Predictable, Sustainable
Innovation into NPD - 2 day seminar/workshop for strategic product
innovation managers
15/ 16th November 2006 at the London
Heathrow Marriott
A rare chance to learn from Brad
Goldense World wide expert on rapid product development and
R&D metrics.
The normal cost for this is £1,650
for the two days (including dinner, bed and breakfast) however
alumni can book for only £1,200. Simply click on http://www.pure-insight.com/conferences/item/42
to register online using the discount code OUBS or download a
brochure.
For more information contact Pure
Insight on (44)(0) 191 350 6171, visit www.pure-insight.com
or e-mail Philip.Roberts@Pure-Insight.com
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Red Business is an acclaimed and
unique audio magazine programme which is already compulsory
listening for thousands of entrepreneurs, senior executives and
their advisors both in the UK and abroad.
Subscribers receive a new audio CD in
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their car - or anywhere they like - to hear interviews with top
business leaders and gurus, as well as features on key business
issues. It's like a specialist radio programme you can listen to
whenever it's convenient for you.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR OUBS ALUMNI
valid until 31 October 2006
We've negotiated a very special offer for you to be able to hear
this information and inspiration on the move. Click
here now to get 10% off the price of a Red Business subscription
and a FREE BONUS CD of "The 3 Gurus - Live in London"
featuring three of the UK's top management gurus!
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Alumni Association partnering with John Wiley & Sons |
RSS Feeds now available on Wiley
InterScience
Table of contents for journals on Wiley InterScience are now available as
RSS feeds. Every journal publishing current content online offers RSS
with the latest issue's table of contents featuring article titles,
authors, online publication dates, and links to the abstract via the
article DOI.
To view the RSS, just click the orange
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For more information about RSS and how to
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icon, or go to: www.interscience.wiley.com/rss
FREE online access to our leading
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Wiley are offering you a FREE
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with all aspects of strategic management. It is devoted to the
improvement and further development of the theory and practice of
strategic management and it is designed to appeal to both practicing
managers and academics.
Journal of Organizational Behavior
(JOB)
JOB aims to report and review the growing research in the
industrial/organizational psychology and organizational behavior fields
throughout the world. The journal focuses on research and theory in all
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All full-text articles from 2005 to 2006
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For more information on these featured
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