In this podcast, Dr Peter Bloom discusses whether there is a future for work.
Guest speakers included Dr Björn Claes, Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at The Open University Business School
Dr Cinzia Priola, Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies, discusses the need to pay attention to diverse groups of workers.
Modern Empowerment in the Workplace explores the benefits and dangers of increased empowerment of employees in the 21st Century workplace.
Can HR play a role in fostering workplace inclusion and equality?
While there is much talk about the need to prepare for technological disruptions to work and society, there is little discussion about what values, structures and practices can be fostered to help people do so in a constructive and engaged way.
The Open University Business School has partnered with The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) to offer a free four-week course targeted at those with an interest in financial management across the public and not-for-profit sectors.
The Open University Business School has been shortlisted for Business School of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards 2017. The awards celebrate the best of UK higher education institutions.
Dr Peter Bloom from The Open University Business School talks about how networking can help organisational innovation, and how to go beyond just making personal connections.
To speed or not to speed is the looming question in today’s time-competitive international markets.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 09:00 to Friday, September 4, 2026 - 17:00
University of Donja Gorica, Oktoih 1, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro
This academic conference hopes to draw feminist scholars, activists and communities together to consider what caring feminism across borders might mean now and for the future.
Thursday, March 4, 2027 to Friday, March 5, 2027
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
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The annual European convening of the service operations management research community; an event designed for deep discussion, new collaborations, and the open exchange of work-in-progress alongside finished research.