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