CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

Course Description

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION Creativity, innovation, and change require a unique mindset and collection of mental tools. In this course, students will be introduced to the CIC mindset and cover basic tools for innovating. First, they will learn how to alter the way the brain works to produce ideas and they will discover that creativity comes in many different shapes and sizes, each of which is equally important in solving business problems. Specifically, they will learn about four key variables that define and describe creative diversity, including your creative style and creative level. They will also learn how creative diversity impacts the ideas you generate and how you make use of them, as well as how to recognize and appreciate the creative diversity of others around you.

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

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Course outcomes

1. 01 1- Identifying the basic conceps of innovation
2. 02 2- Learning to design a winning innovation strategy
3. 03 3- Categorizing the structures of organization to create an innovative atmosphere
4. 04 4- Assesing and developing measurements for innovation
5. 05 5- Debating and discussing creative culture intra and inter organizational domains

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 "Making Innovation Work" Davila, Emspein, Shelton, Wharton School Publishing
2. 02 “Creativity and Strategic Innovation Management" , Goodman, Dingli, Routledge
3. 03 "Innovation and Small Business", Thomas, Miller, Murphy, bookboon.com

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1- Identifying the basic conceps of innovation SOLO 2
2. L02 2- Learning to design a winning innovation strategy SOLO 5
3. L03 3- Categorizing the structures of organization to create an innovative atmosphere SOLO 4
4. L04 4- Assesing and developing measurements for innovation SOLO 5
5. L05 5- Debating and discussing creative culture intra and inter organizational domains SOLO 5

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
2. P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
3. P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
4. P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
5. P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
6. P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
7. P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
8. P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
9. P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
10. P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
11. P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
12. P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.

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