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Assignment: HRMM001 People in Organisations

Saved on 12/05/2008

For this assignment, you have to respond to 3 questions in relation to the case study scenario that is presented. You are required to produce a written report including a bibliography and appropriate appendices. You are expected to consult academic, practitioner and any other relevant literature to...

Assignment: HRMM001 People in Organisations

NECTAR gets the buzz

Saved on 28/04/2008

After over a year of plotting, planning and piloting, NECTAR has finally arrived! NECTAR (the Northampton Electronic Collection of Theses and Research, to give it its full title) is the University of Northampton’s open access institutional repository – the place where university members can make their...

NECTAR gets the buzz

Blog Slog

Saved on 22/04/2008

Is it worth having a blog?  There it is, I’ve said it, out in the open for all to see or ignore.  This blog seems to have run its course, so I’m wondering what the average shelf-life is before the bloggers get fed up and move onto more interesting things? The early days of emptying the entire...

Blog Slog

Still fed up with Facebook? And how to be a squillionaire.

Saved on 17/03/2008

If you want to delete your account forever you need to fill in the following form: tinyurl.com/2xv52v. Tim Berners-Lee (the clever chap that ‘created’ the internet and gave it to the world for free - he never made any money from it!!) was chatting on Radio Five Live this morning and warning...

Still fed up with Facebook? And how to be a squillionaire.

Fed Up With FaceBook?

Saved on 15/02/2008

Try leaving Facebook and you’ll find that they wouldn’t be very keen on you clearing all your personal data off the site.  The more information they have about users the better the marketing information they can sell on to companies.  If you’re a Facebook member look at the group “How...

Fed Up With FaceBook?

All the Wiser?

Saved on 11/02/2008

An interesting development. Elsevier, the large European science publisher, has created Wiserwiki.  Originally based on content from the “Textbook of Primary Care Medicine” (3rd Edition) by John Noble – - currently selling on Amazon UK for £120. All content is strictly controlled and ’WiserWiki...

All the Wiser?

A vision of students today . . .

Saved on 11/01/2008

Have a look at this YouTube clip - are you an ‘average’ student?! Do you prefer to learn via the traditional lecture or by using web 2.0 tools such as Facebook? Food for thought, eh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

A vision of students today . . .

Giza cheque please!

Saved on 10/01/2008

Egypt has stated its intent to copyright the country’s famous antiquities, charging anyone who makes exact copies of their renowned landmarks, such as the sphinx or the pyramids. If you are planning on making replicas of these, for personal or commercial use, then all royalties would go to the Egyptian...

Giza cheque please!

Remember the Milk!

Saved on 07/01/2008

Do you have a tendency to be forgetful? Work, home, study…Do you wish there was an easier way to organise all those jobs that need doing?

Remember the Milk!

Share those slides

Saved on 05/12/2007

I’ve just come back from my annual pilgimage to the ‘Online Information’ exhibition in London. There were the usual range of information products, seminars and freebies, and a few new toys to get excited about. Checking out a couple of presentations to share with my colleagues, I...

Share those slides

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