The focus of this course is on the key concepts, models and methods that enable managers to enhance creativity in organizations and to develop an innovative idea of products and services. The goal of this course is to develop a critical mindset about creativity and innovation as complex processes, with a comprehensive review of tools and academic literature. For instance, the course will enable participants to understand the key success factors of innovation and creativity, to apply different idea generation techniques or to transform an idea into a business plan. In short, the participants will obtain the knowledge and practices to enhance innovative capacity within the workplace.
Creativity & Leading Innovations (ORG 404)
2024 Fall
Sabancı Business School
Organization(ORG)
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Alex Cayrol alex.cayrol@sabanciuniv.edu,
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| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
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| Management | * |
CONTENT
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others.
2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice.
3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself.
4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means.
5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams.
1. Have an understanding of economics and main functional areas of management
2. Have a basic all-around knowledge in humanities, science, mathematics, and literature
3. Have a basic knowledge of law and ethics, awareness of social and ethical responsibilities
4. Work effectively in teams and environments characterized by people of diverse educational, social and cultural backgrounds
5. Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communications in English
6. Pursue open minded inquiry and appreciate the importance of research as an input into management practice; thus, a.know how to access, interpret and analyze data and information by using current technologies b.use the results from analyses to make informed decisions
7. Use office softwares for written communication, presentation, and data analysis
8. Demonstrate awareness that business settings present different opportunities and challenges for managers due to environmental/contextual differences that arise in economic, political, cultural, legal-regulatory domains