Course curriculum
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1
Orientation Week
- Welcome!
- Candidate Handbook
- Course Structure Module 1
- Induction Slides
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2
Assignment Templates
- Assignment Solving Problems Making Decisions
- Assignment Planning and Allocating Work
- Assignment Contributing to Innovation & Creativity
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Week 1 - Describe a problem, its nature, scope and impact (9th-15th September)
- Activities and reading for week 1
- problem_definition_printable
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Week 2 - Gather and interpret information to solve a problem (23rd – 29th September)
- Use of data and information to solve problems
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Week 3 - Apply a simple decision making technique to evaluate options to arrive at the best solution
- Evaluating your options to make a decision
- 3 ways to make a decision Ted Talk
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Week 4: Plan the implementation and communication of the decision (30th September - 6th October)
- Creating an implementation and communication plan
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Module 2 Week 5: Identify organisational targets relevant to the team (Sept 30th-Oct 6th)
- Setting SMART objectives
- Team objectives
- Example of Action Plan
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Week 6 - Allocating work to team members (Oct 7th-13th)
- Identify the resources your team need to meet targets set
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Week 7 - Improve the performance of a team in delivering to plan (Oct 14th-20th)
- Managing performance to keep projects on track
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Module 3 (Week 8) Contributing to innovation and creativity in the workplace
- Creativity versus Innovation
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Week 9 Different types of innovation and their application in business
- Innovation in business
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Week 10 The Drivers of Innovation
- Influences on creativity and innovation
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Week 11 Conditions that promote and hinder innovation in the workplace
- Organisational Culture and Barriers to Innovation
- Creative thinking and innovation