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Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership

Models and tools for creative and innovative solutions

SL707 · Entrepreneurship and Innovation — Week 4 of 16

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Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Models and tools for creative and innovative solutions

  1. Theoretical models, e.g. Graham Wallas (1926): preparation, incubation, illumination, verification
  2. Theory and application of lateral thinking; visioning and problem-solving techniques
  3. Cultivating own imagination and curiosity; use of mind-maps; problem-solving exercises
  4. Overcoming barriers to creativity; the journalistic six (asking who, why, what, where, when, how)

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Evaluate methods for encouraging creativity and innovation in organisations.
  • 2.2 Evaluate potential creative and innovative management ideas.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Nature, characteristics and challenges of establishing an e…
  • Week 2: Entrepreneurial skills and attributes; successful commercia…
  • Week 3: Types of innovation and the climate for creativity
  • Week 4: Models and tools for creative and innovative solutions
  • Week 5: Selecting and developing creative and innovative ideas
  • Week 6: Leading others to embrace innovation and change
  • Week 7: Sources of business ideas and analysing new ideas
  • Week 8: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Intellectual property and new business ideas
  • Week 10: Production and marketing feasibility of new business ideas
  • Week 11: Business planning forecasts using financial techniques
  • Week 12: Elements and structure of a business plan
  • Week 13: Funding, markets and pitching the business plan
  • Week 14: Control and monitoring mechanisms for the business plan
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Week 16: Final evaluation and project assessment
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