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Assignment

Use creativity methods and techniques to develop an innovative solution to a workplace challenge.

Learning Objective 1.1: Identify myths and misconceptions on creativity in the workplace.:

Response provides a vague or unnecessarily lengthy history and description of the workplace problem and/or does not include a clear statement of how the problem impacts the company’s bottom line.

Response identifies fewer than three myths and misconceptions in the workplace concerning creativity and innovative thinking and/or they are not directly related to sustaining the problem identified.

The response is not supported by academic/professional references or the references are not relevant.

Learning Objective 1.2: Analyze the interrelationships among the concepts of foresight, creativity, and innovation in the workplace.:

Analysis of the interrelationships among the concepts of foresight, creativity, and innovation in the workplace is not present.

Learning Objective 1.3: Identify barriers to creativity that stymie productivity in the organization.:

Identification of barriers to creativity that stymie productivity in the organization is not present.

Learning Objective 2.1: Identify strategies to promote divergent thinking.:

Response describes fewer than three strategies to be used to promote team divergent thinking, or the descriptions are unclear.

Strategies are not relevant to the context of the workplace problem.

Learning Objective 2.2: Develop rationales for the effectiveness of strategies to ensure divergent and convergent thinking styles can be accommodated.:

Response does not provide clear and logical rationales for why identified strategies are expected to be effective in accommodating convergent and divergent thinking styles, or the response does not address all strategies.

Learning Objective 3.1: Use a mind map for determining the component parts of a complex problem that requires creative solution.:

A mind map is provided that captures fewer than four branches and/or fewer than four sub-branches for each branch.

Descriptions of each branch and sub-branch lack specificity and/or are not suitable for each branch or sub-branch.

Learning Objective 3.2: Explain how a mind map accurately structures a complex business problem.:

Analysis of how well mind mapping structures a complex business problem is not present.

Learning Objective 4.1: Use Design Thinking process to generate potential solutions for a business problem.:

Response demonstrates incomplete, inappropriate, or unclear use Design Thinking process to develop three possible solutions to the selected business problem, or fewer than three possible solutions are proposed.

Explanations as to why each solution proposed is viable and how each addresses the entire problem are not provided or are unclear.

Learning Objective 4.2: Describe the possibilities and barriers of integrating Design Thinking into a business organization’s management culture.:

Response vaguely describes how the Design Thinking process can be successfully integrated into the management culture of the organization and/or the description is not related to the organization in the context presented.

Response describes fewer than two barriers that may have to be overcome when integrating Design Thinking into the organization’s management culture, or the response is vague.

Learning Objective 5.1: Describe testing protocols for multiple potential solutions to business problems.:

Testing protocol, for each of the proposed solutions, is not appropriate or vaguely described.

The measures of the effectiveness of the potential solutions are not specific and/or do not address the potential solutions directly and completely.

Learning Objective 6.1: Identify ethics issues that can occur in a particular industry.:

Response defines fewer than three ethics issues that have occurred within organization’s industry.

Rationales provided as to why identified issues are ethical concerns are vague or illogical.

Response is not supported by academic/professional resources or the resources are not relevant.

Learning Objective 6.2: Describe safeguards that can be taken to ensure ethics will not become an issue for creative solutions to business problems.:

Application of ethics issues knowledge about industry to business problem solutions is not present.

Written Communication PS 1.1: Use proper grammar, spelling, and mechanics.:

Writing reflects competent use of standard edited American English.

Errors in grammar, spelling, and/or mechanics do not negatively impact readability.

Written Communication PS 1.2: Organize writing to enhance clarity.:

Writing is generally well-organized. Introductions, transitions, and conclusions provide continuity and a logical progression of ideas.