People & Organisation

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT - A1 (Template Version)

Summarize the main argument and stance of the essay. Quickly highlight the main points from each module. State the purpose and significance of the essay in understanding the role of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

DETAILED INSTRUCTION

/ ASSIGNMENT RECAP

This assignment provides a comprehensive overview of the interplay between creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the context of business growth, sustainability, and wealth creation. It involves a detailed examination of these concepts across individual, team, and organizational levels, as well as the exploration of innovation typologies and their implications for innovation management.

II/ KEYWORD EXPLANATIONS

  • Creativity: The capability or act of conceiving something original or unusual.

  • Innovation: The implementation of something new, such as an idea, method, or device.

  • Entrepreneurship: The activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.

  • Disruptive Innovation: Innovations that create new markets by discovering new categories of customers.

  • Schumpeter’s Theory: A theory that economic development arises from the invention of new products, new methods of production, new markets, and new forms of organization.

  • Design Thinking: A process for creative problem solving.

  • Open Innovation: A paradigm that assumes firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas and internal and external paths to market.

 

III. Detailed Guidelines

1/ Executive Summary (100 words)

  • Summarize the main argument and stance of the essay.

  • Quickly highlight the main points from each module.

  • State the purpose and significance of the essay in understanding the role of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

2/ Introduction (200 words)

  • Flow: Thesis Statement 

  • → Scope of Essay: Outline what the essay will cover, mentioning each module briefly. 

  • → Relevance to Business Growth

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  • Present your thesis statement, clearly stating your stance - whether you agree, disagree, or take a nuanced stance regarding their assertion.

    • Argument Against the Statement (If Disagreeing)

Example: In my view, the notions of creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship are clear-cut, predictable, and controllable, encompassing both immediate and extended timeframes. 

→ This essay aims to present the argument that innovation is an intelligible and manageable concept, which can be easily understood and effectively controlled. I will employ the principles of creativity and innovation to challenge and counter Tidd's assertions regarding the management of creativity and innovation.

 

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