...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |OI/361 Version 2 | | |Innovation, Design, and Creativity for a | | |Competitive Advantage | Copyright © 2012, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course will provide students with a solid foundation in innovation, design, and creativity. Additionally, students will be prepared to apply relevant principles, tools, and techniques to promote and sustain organizational innovation for competitive advantage. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |OI/361 Version 1 | | |Innovation, Design, and Creativity | | |for a Competitive Advantage | Copyright © 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course will provide students with a solid foundation in innovation, design, and creativity. Additionally, students will be prepared to apply relevant principles, tools, and techniques to promote and sustain organizational innovation for competitive advantage. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change...
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...Week Three Discussion Questions 1. According to the business dictionary (2012), “mental models are beliefs, ideas, images, and verbal descriptions that we consciously and unconsciously form from our experiences and which (when formed) guide our thoughts and actions with narrow channels” (p. 1). Social, political, and economic situations influence mental model/mindsets. Because of social, political, and economic situations and past experiences, I limit my decision making based on facts, proof, and careful considerations. I rarely make irrational decisions. 2. The four steps that change one’s mental model/mindset consist of: a. Power & limits of the models. b. Test the relevance of the mental models. c. Overcome inhibitors. d. Implement, assess, and strengthen the model. Some possible inhibitors are lack of trust, lack of information, other’s expectations, and set in old ways. I think I need to work on overcoming inhibitors. I tend to let past experiences and other people’s thoughts discourage me from doing or making certain decisions. 3. “Creative intelligence reflects how we perceive the world around us” (Rowe, 2012, p. 1). “The four styles of creative intelligence: Intuitive – focuses on results and relies on past experience to guide actions Innovative – concentrates on problem-solving, is systematic, and relies on data Imaginative – is able to visualize opportunities, is artistic, enjoys writing, and thinks “out of the box” Inspirational – focuses on social...
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...Final assignment CM Thijs van der Velden s1645676 1 Introduction This paper consists of four different parts. The first two parts are two topics that were discussed during the guest lectures, which I think are very important in change management. The first topic is about communication, and how you can improve your communication to stimulate a fluent change. The second topic is about perception and mindset, which I think are also very important, because of all the different people with their corresponding views that are involved in a change. When you understand their perception and mindset, it gives you an opportunity to act on this and change them accordingly during the change. The last two parts are about changes in the reality, which I personally have encountered or that I think I will encounter. The first topic is about outsourcing, a topic of which I think is something a lot of organisations think about or need to think about. The second topic about leadership, something I am very interested in because I may come across a position where I need to lead people, and I would like to understand how to make suitable changes and guide these changes as a leader. Table of contents Introduction Table of contents Communication Perception Outsourcing Leadership ...
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...discussed what philosophy is, we now consider why it is important to study philosophy. We will divide our discussion into 2 parts: (1) Why is it important for all persons in general and (2) Why is it specifically important for Christians to study philosophy? We begin, in true philosophic fashion, by examining the question itself: what do mean by philosophy being important and we introduce the idea of the philosophic mindset. We then examine 5 reasons why it is important for all persons to adopt the philosophic mindset. We will end by providing an overview of the different branches of philosophy. Tasks Read and take notes from chapter 2 of Philosophy: Critically Thinking about Foundational Beliefs, “Why is Philosophy Important?” As you read, make sure you understand the following points and questions: * What is meant by the philosophical mindset? A philosophical mindset is an attitude or approach to life that involves regularly examining beliefs to ascertain what they mean, if they are true and what value they have. A philosophical mindset approaches new information critically. It involves questioning, reflecting and considering the meaning, value and truthfulness of what one sees, reads or hears. (Mark W. Foreman. Prelude to Philosophy: Thinking Critically About Foundational Beliefs. 2012) * How does the job/vocation analogy apply to adopting the philosophical mindset? A job is a task performed in order to receive compensation. It is not something individuals are...
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...Rothaermel Exercise Discussion Question 1.1: The implementations and concept behind a firm’s business strategy and business model both depict two separate structural dimensions. However, these important elements of organizational designs are strongly intertwined. In fact, the goal of increasing the brand’s value will not be realized in the absence of the other. According to Chun & Lee (2013), an effective business model framework shapes the fundamental structure of the business as a whole. In contrast, strategy deals with the method in which the model can increase the firm’s ability to build and sustain competitive advantage. Business models illustrate how an organization is structured to maximize its resources towards gaining profits. It is evident then that the business model is entirely separate from the drive to engage the competitors inside a specific target market. Nevertheless, the effort to find relevance among consumers—highly complex and deeply influenced by the current societal needs, wants, and demands—an effectual business strategy must be engaged (Rothaermel, 2013). The business strategy describes how the company will engage competitors, recognize segment, and take action base on market behavior. Strategies carry a unique method of how businesses in the same market compete to win consumers. The main agenda behind business models is to structure the most fundamental design to build a solid starting point for strategic actions. Both aspects of...
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...com/locate/ijproman Rethinking IT project management: Evidence of a new mindset and its implications Chris Sauer a,*, Blaize Horner Reich b b a Fellow in Information Management, Saıd Business School, University of Oxford, Egrove Park, Oxford OX1 5NY, UK ¨ Professor, Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1W6 Received 12 August 2008; accepted 19 August 2008 Abstract This paper contributes to the rethinking project management agenda in relation to the information technology (IT) sector. Our analysis of the evolution of thinking and practice among leading IT project managers across four countries elicits nine principles and four personal qualities that constitute the core of a mindset that facilitates rethinking the practice of IT project management. We compare this with the Rethinking Project Management research agenda [Winter M, Smith C, Morris P, Cicmil S. Directions for future research in Project management: the main findings of a UK government-funded research network. Int J Project Manage 2006;24(8):638-649.]. Our contribution is to (1) validate the directions defined in that agenda; (2) identify elements not incorporated in it and (3) provide examples that crystallise the agenda for the domain of IT project management. Ó 2008 Elsevier Ltd and IPMA. All rights reserved. Keywords: Project management; Information technology; Research; Frameworks; Mindset 1. Introduction1 A recent study, called Rethinking Project...
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...entitled “The Last Gospel”. It was a really long video but it had really interesting insights into it. It was explained in the documentary that there is more to the theological aspect of life in the history other than what we know and what had been taught to us. Ever since I was a child, teachers and parents would tell and advise us to read the bible as it would strengthen our faith in the Lord, but unfortunately, no matter how we read the bible, we never knew of the true meaning embedded in the essence of the texts that we are ignorantly scanning through. I had the same impression and understanding of the bible until I took the Tredtri class. I believe that through this Tredri class is where I was able to develop my maturity and proper mindset on how to treat the bible. I guess there’s just so much to learn about the bible than what is outside the premises of the usual definition of it. The film was able to trigger the viewer’s curiosity, so much, that it grabbed fully the attention of everybody. It talked about the gospels of Thomas, Philippe, Peter and Mary Magdalene. This video talks about the nature of life itself. There were also insights that it was not peter that was supposed to be the first pope but rather should be Mary Magdalene. There were actually countless of books that were not considered or were not able to be included in the bible that share outstanding and interesting details regarding the reality of the past. This documentary explained about the lost...
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...ORGANISATION CHANGE AND LEADERSHIP 1 Fullstream Transformation Model UPSTREAM CHANGE (Setting the Foundations for Success) DOWNSTREAM MIDSTREAM CHANGE CHANGE (Implementation) (Design) 2 The Change Leader’s Roadmap Hear the Wake-up Call TM I. Prepare to Lead the Change IX. Learn and Course Correct II. Create Organizational Vision, Commitment, and Capability VIII. Celebrate and Integrate the New State III. Assess the Situation to Determine Design Requirements VII. Implement the Change IV. Design the Desired State VI. Plan and Organize for Implementation V. Analyze the Impacts 3 The Change Leader’s Roadmap as a Fullstream Process TM 4 The Change Leader’s Roadmap Hear the Wake-up Call I. Prepare to Lead the Change TM IX. Learn and Course Correct II. Create Organizational Vision, Commitment, and Capability VIII. Celebrate and Integrate the New State III. Assess the Situation to Determine Design Requirements VII. Implement the Change IV. Design the Desired State VI. Plan and Organize for Implementation V. Analyze the Impacts 5 UPSTREAM CHANGE Phase I: Prepare to Lead the Change Phase II: Create Organizational Vision, Commitment, and Capability Phase III: Assess the Situation to Determine Design Requirements 6 PHASE I: PREPARE TO LEAD THE CHANGE CHAPTER 1 START UP, STAFF, AND CREATE YOUR CASE FOR CHANGE 7 Organisation Change • It happens when a group of people recognizes...
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...called everyone to be like children, to humble themselves and change. It is simplistic in its call, but profound in its meaning. To be like a child means that you are teachable, thirsty for knowledge, non-threatened, free from power or position, quick to forgive, flexible, easy to change, humble and free to explore. The same can said of a board member working out of a “generative mindset.” A child like heart is inquisitive, pure and full of wonder. Give a child a kaleidoscope and they are immediately fascinated, filled with wonder and amazement. Creating a dynamic governing board can and should be filled with this same type of humility, wonder and excitement that is bound in the heart of a child. This paper seeks to define and explore the ways generative governance can instill a greater sense of purpose, a child like wonder, humility and learning into our organizations today. These principles of generative thinking will be applied to the Mission Center of HOPE, a newly formed 501(c)3 organization that is in its infancy, in hopes that a culture of inquiry and generative mindset can be instilled in the very foundation of the organization. The MCOH, being a new organization, has the amazing opportunity to foster a learning organization from the very beginning. This paper will also show how generative thinking can be built organization a mechanism by...
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...Ethical Behavior and Morality in Organizations begin with “The Tone at the Top” Executive Summary Unethical behavior in organizations creates many intractable problems which climax in fraudulent acts. When behavior in an organization is not ethical regulations are broken, and the likelihood of legal suits increase. Fraud in Enron and Adelphia in the early 2000s led to big bankruptcy filings resulting in huge losses in investments. Employees also lost jobs as well as significant portions of their retirement savings. Most of the fraud in these companies were committed or influenced by senior management. Executives did not demonstrate ethical leadership by sounding ethical tones at the top. The “tone at the top” has a trickle down on employees. If top management is comprised of ethical leaders, the employees are likely to behave ethically. Such leaders lead by example, and one important way to cultivate an ethical organization is to have an organizational code of ethics that is followed by all. However, these codes can only be as good as those who are responsible to enforce them. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed high importance in codes of ethics. In spite of the aforementioned disadvantage that is hinged on the values of unethical leaders, codes of ethics are good internal controls. Leaders can act morally and avoid unethical behavior if they also avoid setting unrealistic goals. If daunting goals are set for employees, they are likely to commit fraud...
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...Global Sustainability There has long been evidence that the global model of economic development is one that is unsustainable. Development within nations, especially as regards to industrialization and development of infrastructure to support economic expansion, has relied on a model of thought that is outdated and ignorant of the social costs such development incurs. A model of development, sometimes called the “Washington Consensus,” is on that is based upon pre-modern norms. The massive expansion of population and industrial centers has rendered these assumptions obsolete. With ever increasing consumption of precious natural resources, especially fossil fuels, new factors have come into play that are largely ignored or set aside. Robert Costanza notes that economies today are bound more by limits of natural resource availability than the limits of capital infrastructure. The byproducts of this increased consumption and resulting environmental pollution are rendering what is ostensibly progress and development as something much less so. Negative externalities may even be making “progress” harmful. The issue, however, is that although many acknowledge the need for a new model of global development, efforts are hampered by those parties whose interests are hurt by proposed changes in worldviews. Allan E. Goodman of Georgetown University recounts the history of how the international efforts to ban the use of chlorofluorocarbons — known globally as CFCs — came about, with the...
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...Toward a Conceptual Model of Global Leadership Jose Mathews* In the globalized world, global organizations have to contend with global leaders, and no easy parallel can be found between domestic and global leaderships. Researchers have approached the construct of global leadership from different perspectives of cognitive complexity, competency, behavioral, human capital, personality process and global mindset. In relation to these perspectives and the contextual elements of global business environment, a model of global leadership is derived. The key content variables of global leadership are explained in the realms of cognitive complexity, emotional resilience, cultural intelligence, motivational processes and related facets which interact with the global business environment. Introduction In organizational behavior, leadership appears to be the most researched, debated and discussed topic, and researchers have analyzed what leaders are like, what they do, how they are effective, what are the conditions/situations that make them effective, how do they bring about changes among the followers, the styles of their interactions with the followers and how they go about achieving their individual, group and organizational goals (George, 2000). The traditional focus of leadership is the organization that operates within a limited boundary. However, the changed context of globalization and the emergence of multinational and transnational corporations necessitate...
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...study Scope of the study Methodology Project findings Recommendations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. References Executive Summary As Prahlad and Hat point out, the economies of vastly populated countries such as China, India,and the former Soviet Union present a profusion of consumers and immense growth potential for multinational corporations. The trick is for senior management to fully understand that this market possibility exists and that tapping into it may require a radical departure from the traditional, developed-economy mindset. As Nike’s financial record indicates, market saturation and intense competition in Tier One economies has squelched Nike’s growth trajectory. While the Swoosh continues to penetrate typical Western markets, tapping into the increasing numbers of “middle and lower class” consumers in emerging markets could offer a phenomenal expansion opportunity if the firm can create the right business model. In addition, beyond the potential economic benefits from this venture, Nike’s World Shoe Project also offers a credible response to the labor issues that have buffeted the company, and leverages their efforts to minimize the environmental impact of their production activities. • Introduction/Background of the study The words “Just make me the shoe!” echoed down the boardroom table to Tom Hartage a 17 – year veteran of the running shoe company, Nike Inc. Tom Clarke, president of the company in 1998, had attended the meetings, seen...
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...decentralization has caused a radical distribution of the practical capability to act in these areas, creating new levels of efficacy for individuals, who increasingly shift from being consumers to being users and producers. Individuals have now become capable of doing much more for themselves and for others, both alone and in vastly more effective loose collaborations with others. In the industrial economy, hobbyists, no matter how committed, could not come together on the weekend and compete with the General Motors of the World. The degree of required concentrated physical capital made their decentralized, social practices ineffective as an economic production activity of any significant scale. Industrial information economy required models that were able to finance large-grained capital investment: government, through taxes; business, through market transactions; or organized non-profits, through...
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