Managing Innovation and Creativity
Course Specifications
Course number: 088646
Software: Microsoft Windows®
Course length: 0.5 day(s)
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.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
- Pentium 90 MHz or higher processor, or Macintosh PowerPC.
- Screen resolution of 800 x 600 set to 256 colors.
Platform Requirements
Software Requirements
- Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows
NT 4.0, Windows XP Home Edition, or Window XP Professional.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0x, 5.5, 6.0, or Netscape Navigator
(excluding 6.0 and 6.1).
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or higher; Apple Quicktime 5.0 or
higher; Macromedia Flashplayer 6.0.79 or higher; or Macromedia Shockwave 7.0.2,
8.0, 8.5, 8.5.1 or higher.
- Turn off popup blocking (Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Internet
Explorer users only).
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
- Topic 1A: Support Creativity
- Topic 1B: Manage a Creative Team
- Topic 1C: Troubleshoot the Creative Environment
- Lesson 2: Moving
from Idea to Implementation
- Topic 2A: Choose the Best Project for Implementation
- Topic 2B: Refine Ideas
- Topic 2C: Decide to Implement or Abandon an Idea
- Topic 2D: Troubleshoot During the Implementation Phase