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New mobile learning and teaching methods are emerging: New research
Electronic mobile device technology for tablets and smartphones is beginning to mature. Where ‘Palm pilots’ and PDAs have been around for over a decade, the speed of processors and memory for mobile devices is getting to similar levels that personal computers had just a few years ago. This means that their uses including for mobile […]
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The Oxford Review Guide to Critical Thinking: What is it and how to develop it…
What is critical thinking and how do you develop it? If you have had the privilege of going to university you will have been extolled to engage in critical thinking. Many organisations have critical thinking in their competency frameworks and it is a phrase banded about a lot in professional circles. But what […]
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Organisational mergers and acquisitions: The importance of culture change
An interesting paper has just been published looking at the role culture change plays in mergers and acquisitions. The researchers estimate that approximately 30% of all mergers and acquisitions that fail to meet their objectives and outcomes, do so because of a clash of organisational cultures within the new merged organisation. The paper proposes seven […]
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Had a Difficult or Painful Change Programme? The Next One May be Worse
Organisations that attempt a change programme after a previous difficult and painful change programme face an increased and significant risk of failure during the next programme. This, a new study shows, is down to employees of the organisation effectively being mentally scarred by the last attempt at organisational change. Difficult and painful change programmes significantly […]
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The Ultimate Guide to Changing People’s Beliefs, Values and Emotional Reactions – The Affective Domain
The complete guide to changing people’s beliefs, values and emotional reactions. Affective development: What it is and how to do it – ethically Probably the most ignored and misunderstood area of development in learning, training and education is that of ‘affective development’ or the affective domain: how to develop peoples values, beliefs and emotional […]
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How to use conflict management processes to improve productivity…
How does conflict management improve productivity? Many studies over the years have shown that conflict in the workplace often has a negative impact on productivity. Previous studies have shown that interpersonal and inter-group (departments for example) conflict can frequently result in individuals or factions refusing to co-operate and withdrawing in subtle and often hidden ways […]
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The Ultimate Guide to Skills Development – Many Learning and Development ‘professionals’ don’t understand how to develop skills…
The Ultimate Guide to Skills Development There is a bit more to skills development than just practice. This Oxford Review guide to developing skills in organisations will lead you through just about everything you need to know to become an ace at skills development. Following on from my last post two posts: Why many people’s […]
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Causes of fatigue at work and how to deal with it
Why is it some people suffer more from fatigue at work than others? A study published in the International Journal of Stress Management examines why some people suffer from fatigue and exhaustion at work and negative feelings at home. The in-depth study followed and monitored 74 nurses over several shift cycles at work and also monitored […]
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