Fadhel Abdullah

Fadhel Abdullah

A dreamer and entrepreneur who works hard to make himself and the world better

Location Yemen

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    Next steps

    Thank you again and again and again and always. This is the seventh course I finished from the UoL

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    Your business plan

    I have already secured the needed fund hopefuly

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    Starting a business challenge

    records and sale literature. the responses were different. next time more focus on personal skills

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    Preparing for next week

    Thank you

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    The most important stakeholder group?

    Thanks

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    What would you recommend?

    Option1 & 3 seem to be the best is possible. if not then they can go to option 2, then 4

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    Financial support

    self scheme

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    The Importance of Data and Information

    Thank you

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    Continue learning with CMI

    I really hope to pursue my study of leadership with the OU or CMI. However, It seems impossible for the time being. With you all the best and thank you.

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    Weeks 3 and 4 Reflections

    Sure I learnt a lot. Thank you.

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    Internal or external?

    equally important

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    The most important stakeholder group?

    The company is only established because there are customers to buy its products/ services.
    The company can not sell well without serving the customers well.
    The company can not service its customers well without taking care of its employees.
    The employee can not be taken care of without a good adminstration.
    The company can not work well without getting...

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    An important reminder

    Internal stake holders are no less important than external ones.

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    Why are stakeholders important?

    The customer is one of the most important stakeholder. It is the customer that the business was established to serve.

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    Stakeholders: their role and importance

    every shareholder is a stakeholder but not every stakeholder is a shareholder.

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    An introduction to stakeholders

    The United Airlines made a big mistake towards a customers when they carelessly broke his guitar, and also not responding positively to his complaint. He did well.

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    Week 3 round-up

    It was a significant week indeed, rich of knowledge and interaction with the content. Glad to get this opportunity.

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    My best decisions

    When I joined Business Edge career

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    Rational decision making – an evaluation

    strength: it is built on logical frame
    weaknesses: it might need much resources (time and efforts) to work with.

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    Applying Kepner and Tregoe – stages three, four and five

    Excellent evaluation tool, though some other popular tools are easier to use

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    Data and information in your workplace

    A lot of data are available in my workplace including information about the work in general, the teams and the competitors.

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    Next steps

    The course is so fruitful. Thank you so much. i have just a simple concern, or just seeking clarification. I am from Yemen and I am supposed to be awarded a chance of getting a free certificate as per the announcement. But I found the test blocked and asking for paid upgrading!. Can any one clarify to me, please?

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    Your business plan

    Thank you for the great course. Jumping to the test and so eager to go to the 6th course

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    Starting a business challenge

    providing training and consultancy services. Prices are changing based on the targeted clients, the targeted topics and the amount of work

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    Categorising information

    Classifying data helps for making its use easy and accessible.

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    The week ahead

    Setting off. Thenk you

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    Validity, reliability and sufficiency

    Asking the right question(s) may help for validity
    Triangulation may help for reliability
    using mixed method may lead to sufficiency

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    The Importance of Data and Information

    A good decision can not be obtained without good data, and good data can not be gathered without adquet methodology.

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    Preparing for next week

    Thank you. Looking forwards

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    Hannah’s decision

    oho, it seems reasonable

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    What would you recommend?

    choice 2 will garantee some cash flow to keep the business going on. and option 3 will give more opportunity for promotion with less cost.

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    The advisers' view

    Well, those are is also good options

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    Hannah's business challenge

    I think options 2 & 3 can complete each other to push her idea forwards for the time being. Later one she can think of option 1. Option 4 is not that much encouraged.

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    Interpreting financial performance

    1- Selling 50 units of 2$ to generate 100$
    2-Increasing the profit(s) comes from minimizing the operation costs and accompanying the product with desirable services to increase the price.
    3- sustainability

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    Forecasting and planning

    Financial informations are important for many reason. They show the financial stand of the venture, they suggest the gaps, and show the opportunities. they profive data for future planning, improvements and/or pausing.
    Managers, Finance specialists, audits, governmental authorities.

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    Welcome to Week 2

    Done the survey and so eager to start the second week. Thanks

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    How's it going so far?

    It was a fruitful week. It helps me to update my existing knowledge and to acquire further new ones. Thank you guys

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    An introduction to decision making

    Reasons for bad decisions even from good managers could be, lack of adequate information, being emotional towards the topic, overwhelmed by the other members of the board,

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    Sharing your business idea with stakeholders

    Still not fully visible, sorry

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    Summary

    Thanks for the week, it was so practical

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    Learning tips and hints

    It is a good model to explain the four learning styles. However, I feel more comfortable with KOLB model of learning style (Learning Cycle). Diverger - Assimilator - Converger - Accommodator

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    Honey and Mumford’s learning styles

    I feel I am more as activist. However, in certain situation I may feel and like a theorist, and a reflector

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    Personal development planning – an evaluation

    No thing can hinder the PDP other than the lack of self-motivation. Otherwise, any challenge can be dealt with.

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    A theory to support this

    The four of them are equally important. They all covered all the communication elements, missing one of them means missing one of the effective communication elements

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    Management styles and delegation

    It is so important to delegate. leaders who do not delegate normally are less productive and less effective

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    Additional management style theories

    I totally agree that the organizational context, structure and culture impact the effectiveness of any managerial style into a considerable rate.

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    What problem is your social enterprise idea trying to solve?

    As being in a hot violent conflicted country, several ideas are chasing in my mind. I have not decided yet. I will back later on before the 3.11 step is over.

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    The link between problem and idea

    They are doing very well. The cafe can serve two strategic objectives. The first can secure some sustainable funds for the campaign activities in helping the survivors. The second is that, being run by survivors it helps to give chance to interact with other people which give opportunity for the survival to restart their lives normally and also to attract the...

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    International Social Innovation Challenge: Competition guidelines

    Good opportunity!

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    McGregor in practice

    She is doing well

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    An introduction to management styles

    Great !

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    An introduction to management

    I would never loose my best player becuase I do not like him.

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    The good, the bad and the what I want to be

    A good expereince I had with a manager who is interested in the goal achieved rather than the process. in the opposite, a bad expereince I had with manager that used to docus mainly in the process and protocoles whatever the result will be. I think I liketo flexible managers who cares for the team and look forward the achievments mainly.

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    What does it mean to be a manager?

    To be a manager simply is to be abe to live with and appreciate others

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    Welcome to the course

    Hello all, ready for the fourth course.

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    Have a go at a strength based question

    I enjoy starting new tasks as much as I enjoy finishing the tasks successfuly always

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    Use STAR

    STAR IS A GOOD TECHNIQUE REALLY. i HAVE USED IT FOR SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS IN THE PAST

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    How to approach application forms

    Great.I had to rewrite all my application then :D

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    Introduction to Week 3

    Go ahead

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    How would you improve this sample CV?

    The dates will be at the end of the statements
    More in the personal statement

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    Mastering applicant tracking systems

    For the first time I come to learn such tips. Thanks

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    Have a go

    BA English Literature
    - Evidence of interest in the subject
    Strong writing skill
    -Evidence of good academic skills
    - Evidence of academic achievement and flair for writing
    - Computer and internet skills
    - Presentation skills
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    - Self-motivation

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    Welcome from Dr Hilary Jones

    Hello everybody, Let's start

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    Next Course - Social Enterprise: Turning Ideas into Action

    Can't wait to start the next course

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    Farewell

    Thank you a lot. It was a useful expereince

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    Passion, motivations and drivers

    The disastrous humanitarian situation in my home country is he biggest driver and motivator for me.I am so passionate about the community sufferings here.

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    Enabling organisations for social enterprise

    It is great how good support social enterprises get in UK!

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    Celebrity support for social enterprise

    I have no particular name at the moment. But I totally agree that their support is beneficial to the social businesses. They have fans and their fan can do a lot to these ventures

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    Universities fostering social innovation

    Education, Education , Education and Education

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    The role of government in social enterprise

    We do not have a real government nowadays due to the current war. However, I think governments should declare particular policies to support social businesses such as tax-free, reduction in the gov. fees, technical support, make required data and resources available, using governmental facilities for less or no fees. At the same time, gov. should supervise...

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    The social enterprise ecosystem

    Nice article, Thank you

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    Social change and personal transformation

    I started to think about social business recently due to the conflicts in my country that caused most of the public social service to collapse. The I started to think a solution. I thought of the alike projects to discover later that the idea is spread worldwide and that it is called social businesses or entrepreneurship.

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    The social entrepreneur drive

    Social Entrepreneur is not motivated by profits as he/she is motivated by the desire to make goodness to others. They raise as much profit as needed to keep the social services go on, and to keep them doing good to people. They are devoted person to the development of their communities

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    Meet the team

    Te team is sound great, looking forward to having exceptional experience.

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    Introduction

    Hello everybody,
    Glad to be in this course and, sure , ready to move :)

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    Changemakers

    hmm i have to think, I may come back again later on

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    Welcome to Week 3

    Thank you, just ready to go on

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    Next steps

    Thank you, can't wait to start the fourth course in this series

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    The week ahead

    I might also think of the 7 ps as well.

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    Preparing for next week

    Ready to move on, thank you

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    Introducing the University of Leeds

    I will always be proud of being once student at Leeds University :)

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    Ashleigh's decision

    Good choice, though B can be also targeted.

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    What would you recommend?

    As I said earlier, she could target the three markets with more emphasis on medical equipment companies.

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    The advisers' views

    Also the idea of hiring selling companies is a good one.

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    Ashleigh's business challenge

    She could target the three sectors, as it seems that within every sector there might potential customers.

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    Analysing your market

    A training center will have a considerable market as it will address the companies and youth looking for jobs as well. The main business includes training and consultancy services to companies and to youth. More opportunities rises due to the work of the INGOs in the country and funding training for employment programs. more innovations in the field have been...

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    Understanding customers and competitors

    information always available, whether as secondary such as websites, reports, previous studies, or primary through listening to the targeted customers, communities, potential competitors.
    I would always like being looked at providing solutions to the customers problems/needs

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    Defining your market

    The market here might be refer to the group of potential/actual customers to a product/service. Whereas industry can refer to the product, the market refers to the consumers.
    The main challenge for new business can be being unknown to the customers, and the existing of strong competitions

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    Welcome to the course

    Hello, glad to reach this third course in the series of Starting a Business. Looking forward to more fruitful knowledge from the educators as well as the participants.

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    Next steps

    See you in course three of this wonderful series

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    Your business plan

    I will work as General Director as it is part of my specialization. the other team mainly will be professionals in different fields related to SMEs (trainers and advisors). In addition to the promotional team and secretaries. Of course different skills will be brought due to the different specialization of the professionals. they may lack the team work skills....

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    Starting a business challenge

    It is an interesting experience.

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    Networking

    The company is Afkar for Consultancy, Sana’a-Yemen. They build a good network through A wide network of trainers and advisers in one hand; and INGO on the other hand. The former is to provide good services through, and the later as the main targeted clients.
    They become able to provide good quality services by their network of professionals, also the could...

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    How are you doing so far?

    Great to know about the different terms of the social business, and its types. The example was inspiring as well. Looking forward to reflect all to my own context next week.

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    Case study: SMV Wheels

    Good example and can be applied in my context and many other contextx as well.

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    What is social impact?

    Social business aim to have positive social impact mainly. So it is really improtant to measure the impact and be sure of fulfilling the desired outcomes. Or to be able to improve the work in the future

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    Social enterprises as hybrid organisations

    The main opportunity is the support of the clients as they know that the income will be used to fund more social needs. The main challenge is the unstability of the market, specially that the profit they gain is not that high to secure such challenges

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    Types of social enterprise

    Very nice classification. Really useful

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    Social enterprise definitions and discourses from around the world

    social business

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    How do you define social enterprise?

    Social business can be simply a creative business solution to the urgent social/environmental problem. It is not a pure for-profit organization, neither it is a pure charity. It is something in between.. Social element is the main concern, then the profit that allows it to go on.