Contact & Meeting Information

e-mail:    tunc.evcimen@boun.edu.tr

Class Meetings: HBK105   Tuesday 15:00-18:00

Course Description

This course deals with creativity in organizations. Creativity is one of the most aspired human ability and organizations of all sizes and kinds are looking for and expecting employees in all areas of the company to make creative contributions. Creative new products, services and processes help many companies gain or maintain a competitive advantage. This course is designed to help students develop or enhance their own creativity, to understand the relationship between creativity and innovation, and finally, to explore how management in organizations sometimes foster and often inhibit creativity in organizations.

Learning Objectives

1. Understanding the core concepts of creativity and innovation
2. Learning to recognize, analyze, and support the elements, value, and primary determinants of creative behavior in organizations
3. Using specific techniques for assessing and fostering productive creativity
4. Understanding how individual, team and organizational creativity differ from each other.
5. Understanding the role of management in fostering creativity and innovation in individuals and teams.
6. Understanding the leader’s role in designing systems for fostering creativity and innovation in an organization.

Requirements and Grading

Class Participation

Much of the learning in the class will come as you consider and discuss with others the ideas, concepts, and theories presented in the class. Your preparation of the readings for each class will contribute substantially to what you and your classmates learn.

Midterm Exam

Once during the semester, you will take a midterm exam. Exam questions will be drawn from the readings and class discussions. The in-class midterm exam will be closed-book and closed-notes.

Final Examination

There will be one final exam consisting of different types of questions about the creativity issues. The in-class final exam will be closed-book and closed-notes.

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