You will be provided with vignettes which detail various scenarios in selected organisational contexts of direct relevance to creative thinking with a view to enhancing innovation and corporate entrepreneurship. You are required to undertake an in-depth critical analysis of each scenario integrating theory and practice throughout and fully supported by influential theories, models and frameworks to demonstrate a critical appreciation of how this is/not achieved and including feasible recommendations (2400 words).
The assignment focuses on creativity and innovation (C&I) and requires a critical analysis and evaluation of selected vignettes connected by a common theme, crisis-driven innovation.
- During the first half of the unit, you will need to conduct a critical evaluation of selectedvignettes on creative and innovative thinking as they relate to a crisis situation that can lead to an innovative response(s).
- You will then conceive ways to respondto the crisis, for example, it may relate to how to stimulate entire teams to be more creative and innovative in response to the crisis or how an organisation’s approach to creative problem-solving might be improved to reflect new operating conditions as necessitated by the crisis.
- Drawing on your critical analysis and evaluation of your selected vignettes, the final step of your task will be to provide at least alternative recommendations that align with C&I theories, models and frameworks.
- You will present your analyses, findings and completed vignettes which should total 2,400words (+/- 10%).
A vignette is a “small impressionistic scene, illustration, descriptive passage or short essay, which can be a fiction or nonfiction work focusing on one particular moment or giving an impression about an idea, character, setting, mood, aspect, or object. Vignette is neither a plot nor a full narrative description, but a carefully crafted verbal sketch that might be part of some larger work, or a complete description in itself”.
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We will be filling this section in together in class onClick or tap to enter a date.make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.
Here are some of the requirements we will be discussing in the assignment workshops:
- You need to complete the guided learning to develop your understanding of influential contributors
- You need to extend this through independent research using quality academic and practitioner sources
- You will apply theory in practice for critical, in-depth analysis in the context of the allocated vignettes
- Consider what are the main conclusions derived from in-depth analysis?
- Draw feasible inferences and conclusions that are directly actionable
- You must use in-text citations throughout to acknowledge others’ ideas in support of your critical analysis
- You must use the Harvard Style of Referencing.
A random sample of students will be called to attend a viva voce to check the authenticity of their work
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A flipped classroom approach is used to allow practical application in scheduled workshops. It is essential that you complete the guided learning detailed in the unit study guide in advance of the scheduled classes.
In scheduled sessions you will participate in fun activities designed to provide the opportunity for you to personally experience individual blocks to creative thinking. In groups you are expected to actively participate in structured approaches to develop creative thinking skills, typical of those that are used in organisations for training and development. In this way this provides an opportunity to reflect on these experiences of integrating theory in practice.
Also in scheduled classes you will engage in small group discussions to consider how you might address the task to develop a training plan for an organisation to promote creative thinking skills with a view to enhancing innovation and corporate entrepreneurship, in the context of a live consultancy project(s) or in the context of contemporary case studies.
Group discussions guided by the teaching team will support your understanding of the integration of theory and practice in relation to individual creative thinking skills. In this way you will develop an understanding and critical appreciation of how the integration of theory and practice in context supports problem solving and decision making to improve creative and innovative performance in real life organisations.
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