You can work in a group, but each student must hand in their own assignment.
The purpose of this project is to experience various techniques to foster innovation.
Background: see Project 2 for more details.
During the semester you are to complete the following exercises from the LinkedIn Learning Course 'Business Innovation Foundations', available at this url: https://www.linkedin.com/learning-admin/content/courses/153123
The worksheets are available from the 'ReadOnly/Project03' folder on the T: drive; or in Professor Paulson's OneDrive ReadOnly folder, in both .docx and .pdf format; and below:
FosteringInnovationWorksheets.docx
FosteringInnovationWorksheets.pdf
(50 points each assignment) see D2L for due dates
| Number, 3- | Pages in .pdf file | LinkedIn Learning Course | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Assess your risk-taking style | |
| 2 | 2-3 | 2 | Subtraction technique | |
| 3 | 4-5 | 2 | Division technique | |
| 4 | 6-8 | 2 | Multiplication technique | |
| 5 | 9-11 | 2 | Task-unification technique | |
| 6 | 12-14 | 2 | Attribute-dependency technique | |
| 7 | 15-16 | 2 | Innovation pilot program | if possible, use class members or others to be part of your team |
| 8 | 17-19 | 3 | Creative organizations | complete p18 company worksheet |
| 9 | 20 | 4 | Team creativity | review techniques listed in course, complete worksheet after done. from video 'Evaluate ideas systematically' |
| 10 | 21-22 | 6 | Rut buster | done as individual, review techiniques, choose one short-term, mid-term and long-term rut and what you will do about it. |
| 11 | 23 | 7 | Decision-making strategies | done as individual, review -part 5, 'Critical questions to ask yourself before taking action', answer the questions related to an aspect of this project. |