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Innovation, Design, & Creativity For A Competitive Advantage –
oi361
(3 credits)
This course will provide students with a solid foundation in innovation, design, and creativity. Additionally, students will be prepared to apply relevant principles, tools, and techniques to promote and sustain organizational innovation for competitive advantage.
This undergraduate-level course is 5 weeks.
This course may be available to
take individually or as part of a degree or certificate program.
To enroll, speak with an enrollment advisor.
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Creating and sustaining an innovative organizational culture
- Analyze the role of incentives, training, and education in promoting innovation.
- Assess the role of leadership in creating, managing, and sustaining an innovative organization.
- Discuss the ethical implications of an individual rewards system.
- Differentiate between a non-innovative organization and an organization that has adopted, or is transitioning to become a creative and innovative organization.
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Creativity for innovative decision making
- Examine the powers of mental models/mind sets, the forces that influence them, and the potential limits they impose on the decision making process.
- Identify the four steps to changing mental models/mind sets.
- Analyze the mental models/mind sets that guide your decision making in the work place.
- Compare and contrast the four styles of creative intelligence and their influence on organizational decision making.
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Impact of innovation, design, and creativity on the organization
- Evaluate the impact of innovation, design, and creativity on strategy, process, product, and services.
- Evaluate the impact of innovation on various types of organizations.
- Analyze the unique considerations in managing an innovative organization.
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Introduction to innovation, design, and creativity
- Compare and contrast innovation, design, and creativity.
- Examine the value of having creative thinkers within an organization.
- Analyze the benefits of innovation, design, and creative thinking in meeting organizational objectives.
- Identify the internal and external drivers of innovation.
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Tools and techniques for innovation and creativity
- Explain the tools and techniques used in the design process.
- Identify the four basic phases of the innovative process.
- Evaluate the results of a creative/innovative process for continuous improvement.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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