Managing Innovation and Creativity Course Description Businesses are constantly looking for innovative ideas that will put them one step ahead of their competitors. In order to arrive at a truly new idea, a team leader or manager must understand how to manage the innovation process. This course offers effective managerial strategies that address the organizational aspects of managing a creative team, supporting that creativity, moving an idea to implementation, and troubleshooting ideas to help guide a team through the innovation process. Course Objective: You will identify how a creative team works and what your role is as team leader. You will explore how to lead a creative team from idea to implementation and how to troubleshoot problems in the innovative process. Target Student: Any manager or team leader who wants to guide a team of creative individuals to maximum productive innovation. Prerequisites: Recommended courses: Business Writing, Presentations and Practical Leadership. Performance-Based Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: • Manage the creative environment. • Examine the process of moving from idea to implementation. Course Content Lesson 1: Managing the Creative Environment Support Creativity Manage a Creative Team Troubleshoot the Creative Environment Lesson 2: Moving from Idea to Implementation Choose the Best Project for Implementation Refine Ideas Decide to Implement or Abandon an Idea Troubleshoot During the Implementation Phase |
| Everything about business comes down to PEOPLE. Where in business can we escape the impact of human care, human creativity, human commitment, human frustration, and human despair? There is no reason for anything in business to exist if it does not serve the needs of people. -Bruce Cryer, Re-Engineering the Human System |
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