Learning Pages Newsletter - July 2024

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Ghost Blogging Platform

I have been posting on LearningPages.org, Medium and Substack. I have now decided to gradually move away from Medium and transfer from Substack to Ghost.

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Argyris and Organisational Behaviour

Argyris identified and described two behaviour patterns, Pattern A and Pattern B, that are often associated with Mcgregor's Theory X and Theory Y organisations, respectively.
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De Bono's Six Thinking Hats

Edward de Bono's "Six Thinking Hats" is a powerful technique for group discussion and individual thinking. It is a method for problem-solving and decision-making.
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Two-Factor Theory of Job Satisfaction

Although intrigued with Maslow's "hierarchy of needs", many managers find it difficult to translate the model into concrete, on-the-job action. Frederick Herzberg and his colleagues found a way to meet that need.
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What Do You Believe About Time?

Many of us have misconceptions about time - not only philosophical and scientific misunderstandings but also practical misunderstandings - which cause inefficient time management.
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Early Access Publications

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Working in Pairs

Getting everybody to work one-to-one with everyone else during a course is one of those tasks that you think should be easy to arrange, but when you try to work out the pairings, the combinations never quite seem to work.
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The Possessive Apostrophe

Possessive apostrophes are used to show ownership or association, such as "Mary's book" or "Tom's dance club." Its use is the same in American and British English. However, the rules that govern its use can be somewhat complicated.
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Gantt Charts

Gantt charts are used to schedule project tasks. Invented by Henry Gantt, they take the form of a horizontal bar chart with time on the horizontal axis and tasks on the vertical axis. The ends of the bars represent the start and finish times of the tasks.
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The Fitness App I Forgot I Had

I had been experimenting with the Actifit fitness app until I realised I had been wearing a fitness app for four years! The Actifit app had been using my wearable device to collect data for its own use! The one I'll be describing is the Workout app that you can find on an Apple watch.
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New and Exclusive Publications

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Seven Secrets of Successful Learning

Some basic principles, if applied to your own learning or learning you are facilitating, will increase learning effectiveness. I call these principles "The Seven Secrets of Successful Learning".
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Are Cryptocurrencies and Web3 Really Decentralised and Private?

My interest in cryptocurrencies was reignited when a traditional bank blocked my account...
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Working in Subgroups

Getting everybody to work with everyone else in subgroups is one of those tasks you think should be easy to arrange, but when you try to work out the groupings, the combinations never quite seem to work.
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Lifelong Learning

Changes in employment patterns have had an enormous impact on learning. The traditional 'state education, followed by a job-for-life' has meant that many people are ill-prepared to take responsibility for their own learning.
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