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Alumni only - Management of uncertainty: leadership, decisions and action

Dates
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 18:30 to 19:30
Location
Online
Contact
OUBS Events Team

If 2020 has taught us anything it’s expect the unexpected, nothing is as it seems and what was true today, isn’t going to be tomorrow. Against this backdrop, The Open University Business School is finding new ways in which to help those who have found themselves in challenging circumstances. 

Exclusive opportunity

Be the first to experience materials from a brand new microcredential, “Management of uncertainty: leadership, decisions and action”.

On Tuesday 15 December (18:30 – 19:30), in this interactive session Professor Mark Fenton-O’Creevy will draw on his own research to talk about ways of engaging with uncertainty and unexpected events, and the uncertainty that we always face, but often goes unnoticed.

Watch the recording


The course is currently being written and won’t be launched until Spring 2021

This post graduate level course is concerned with deciding and acting in uncertain contexts but also with the ways in which human society and economic organisation produces and distributes uncertainties.  It will draw on perspectives from philosophy, psychology, sociology and economics to develop a learner’s case study of uncertainties faced in their professional context and reflect on them in collaboration with other course participants.

What are microcredentials?

Microcredentials are university level online professional development short courses that allow learners to quickly build in-demand career skills and knowledge to help advance their career.  Created by leading OU academics and endorsed by high profile industry partners – providing a perfect balance of academic excellence and up to date business relevance.

“Management of uncertainty: leadership, decisions and action” will be available on the FutureLearn platform from 15th March 2021, and is a 15 credit postgraduate course