Course curriculum

  • 1
    Orientation Week
    • Welcome!
    • Candidate Handbook
    • Course Structure Module 1
    • Induction Slides
  • 2
    Assignment Templates
    • Assignment Solving Problems Making Decisions
    • Assignment Planning and Allocating Work
    • Assignment Contributing to Innovation & Creativity
  • 3
    Week 1 - Describe a problem, its nature, scope and impact (9th-15th September)
    • Activities and reading for week 1
    • problem_definition_printable
  • 4
    Week 2 - Gather and interpret information to solve a problem (23rd – 29th September)
    • Use of data and information to solve problems
  • 5
    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
  • 6
    Week 4: Plan the implementation and communication of the decision (30th September - 6th October)
    • Creating an implementation and communication plan
  • 7
    Module 2 Week 5: Identify organisational targets relevant to the team (Sept 30th-Oct 6th)
    • Setting SMART objectives
    • Team objectives
    • Example of Action Plan
  • 8
    Week 6 - Allocating work to team members (Oct 7th-13th)
    • Identify the resources your team need to meet targets set
  • 9
    Week 7 - Improve the performance of a team in delivering to plan (Oct 14th-20th)
    • Managing performance to keep projects on track
  • 10
    Module 3 (Week 8) Contributing to innovation and creativity in the workplace
    • Creativity versus Innovation
  • 11
    Week 9 Different types of innovation and their application in business
    • Innovation in business
  • 12
    Week 10 The Drivers of Innovation
    • Influences on creativity and innovation
  • 13
    Week 11 Conditions that promote and hinder innovation in the workplace
    • Organisational Culture and Barriers to Innovation
    • Creative thinking and innovation