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Week 1 Definition Paper

Write a 350- to 700-word paperthat defines and

compares and contrasts the following:

• Innovation

• Design

• Creativity

Describe the importance of the three items in meeting organizationalobjectives.

Include at least one source other than the

textbook.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Week

2 Benefit and Drivers Paper

Select one of the Virtual

Organizations that could benefit from a new focus on creativity and innovation.

You will use this Virtual Organization in your future Learning Team

assignments.

Assume the role of a consultant team for the Virtual Organization you selected to

help the organization become more innovative.

Write a 1,050- to

1,400-word paper that includes the following:

• Identifies the internal and external drivers of

  innovation for the organization

• Describeshow innovation, design, and creative

  thinking might benefit the organization in terms of meeting its

  organizational objectives

Include at least one source other than the

textbook.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Week

3 Organizational Impact Paper

Select one organization from each of the

organizational types addressed in the Week Two readings—manufacturing and the

service industry.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following:

• Evaluatesthe impact that innovation, design, and

  creativity have on the strategy of the two organizations

• Considersprocesses, products, or services of your

  selected organizations

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Week

3 Creative Intelligence Profile

Complete the Creative Intelligence Profile found in Ch. 2

of Creative

Intelligence. You will use this profile in your Week Four Learning

Team assignment.

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Week

4 Mental Model/Mindsets Paper

Assume you work in Human Resources as a part of the management

team for AAA Transportation in Waukegan, WI, which has recently been acquired.

AAA Transportation is an interstate trucking company that specializes in

transporting wholesale produce in refrigerated trailers throughout the Midwest.

The new owners want to make some sweeping changes in the services offered. One

of the things that they would like to do is add delivery of nonperishable

products, such as canned foods, to their delivery routes, allowing AAA to

expand the area they cover and to provide expanded service to their existing

customers. They think that, because many of the routes do not require a full

load on the trucks, there is room to add the nonperishable goods and provide

delivery at a lower rate than the customers are now paying.

Two of your coworkers, Vernon and Bud, are resistant to the

changes proposed by the new owners. Vernon supervises the company’s drivers and

Bud works in the corporate offices. Vernon does not think that it is a good

idea to expand out of their core business, while Bud thinks that AAA is not

strong enough to compete with existing companies that service the nonperishable

foods market (several of whom AAA has had a long history of mutually respecting

each others’ customers and routes); they risk alienating long-term customers;

and transporting nonperishable goods in refrigerated trailers is inefficient.

Both employees have been with the company for more than 20 years and have much

influence among the rest of the employees. Management does not want to

terminate such long-term and influential employees but need for Vernon and Bud

to join the effort to make the company successful.

Write a

1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you define and discuss mental

model/mindsets and their impact on you and your two coworkers.

Identify the

four steps to changing mental models/mind sets and how you could use them to

bring Vernon and Bud onto the team.

Identify the

five forces that influence those mental model/mindsets of your coworkers and

discuss how those forces might affect your coworkers’ mindsets.

Include examples

of what mental models/mindsets are possibly affecting Vernon and Bud’s

decision-making processes and affecting their relationship with the company.

Analyze your

most commonly used mental models/mindsets that guide your decision making in

the workplace. How do these models influence your decision making?

Format your

paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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your assignment.

Week

4 Creative Intelligence and Leadership

Use the same Virtual Organization your team selected

in the previous weeks’ assignments.

Assume the role of the management team for that Virtual Organization.

Write, individually, a 350- to 700-word response to the

following question:

• Based on your individual Creative Intelligence

  Profiles, how might each member affect innovation within the organization?

Compare your responses with those of your team members and describe whether or not

you agree with their responses. Explain why or why not.

Format your response consistent with APA guidelines.

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Week

5 Organizational Transformation Q & A

Write a 700- to 1,050-word response to the

following questions:

• How would you identify and characterize the roles of

  incentives, training, and education in promoting innovation in your

  organization?

• What is the role of leadership in creating,

  managing, and sustaining innovation in your organization?

• What are the ethical implications of an individual

  reward system? Support your answer.

• Would you describe your organization as innovative

  or noninnovative? Explain your answer.

Format your response consistent with APA guidelines.

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Week

5 Innovation Process Presentation

Use the

same Virtual Organization your team selected in the previous weeks’

assignments.

Prepare a

15- to 20-minute Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation

accompanied by 8–12 slides.

Identify and

discuss the four basic phases of the Phased Project Planning process.

Explain how

you will apply the innovative process to change your selected organization.

Identify the

appropriate tools and techniques you will use in this process and explain why

these were selected.

Discuss how

you will measure your results and what steps your selected organization will

take to ensure continuous improvement.

Include detailed

speaker notes with your presentation.

Format your

presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

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Week

5 In the News

Prepare and

present to the class a 5 – 8 slide PowerPoint presentation, with Speaker Notes, of a person in the

news that demonstrates either creative or design leadership, and how their

organization manages innovation.