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2. OI 361 Entire Course (New) • OI 361 Week 1 Individual Assignment Definitions Paper (3 Papers) • OI 361 Week 1 DQ 1 • OI 361 Week 1 DQ 2 • OI 361 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Benefits and Drivers Proposal (New) • OI 361 Week 2 DQ 1 • OI 361 Week 2 DQ 2 • OI 361 Week 3 Individual Assignment Organizational Impact Paper (2 Papers) • OI 361 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Strategy, Process, Product, and Services Paper

3. OI 361 Week 1 DQ 1 Week 1 – DQ 1 What are innovation, design, and creativity and how would you distinguish between them? How have you seen innovation, design, and creativity applied in your organization? Explain your answer

4. OI 361 Week 1 DQ 2 • Week 1 – DQ 2 • What is a creative thinker? What are some examples of how these creative thinkers have applied innovation, design, or creativity? What are the similarities and/or differences among these creative thinkers? Explain your answer.

5. OI 361 Week 1 Individual Assignment Definitions Paper (3 Papers) • Write a 350- to 700-word paper that defines and compares and contrasts the following: • • Innovation • • Design • • Creativity • Describe the importance of the three items in meeting organizational objectives. • Include at least one source other than the textbook. • Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

6. OI 361 Week 2 DQ 1 • How would you define strategy, process, product, and services? How are strategy, process, product, and services related? How do you see innovation, design and creativity impacting strategy at your organization?

7. OI 361 Week 2 DQ 2 • What is the difference between an emergent strategy and a planned strategy? Have you seen either one implemented at your organization? If so, what were the results?

8. OI 361 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Benefits and Drivers Proposal (New) • This tutorial contains 2 Papers each based on Riordan Manufacturing (virtual organization) and Comcast (real organization) • Select one of the Virtual Organizations that could benefit from a new focus on creativity and innovation. You will use this Virtual Organization in your future Learning Team assignments. • Assume the role of a consultant team for the Virtual Organization you selected to help the organization become

9. OI 361 Week 3 DQ 1 • Week 3 – DQ 1 • What are the four steps that change your mental model? Provide examples. What is an example of a mental model of yours that you would like to change? What are the inhibitors associated with making that change?

10. OI 361 Week 3 DQ 2 • Week 3 – DQ 2 • What is a mental model? What forces influence a mental model and what forces cause the evolution of that mental model? Give an example of how one of your mental models has impacted your decision making.

11. OI 361 Week 3 Individual Assignment Organizational Impact Paper (2 Papers) • This tutorial contains 2 different Papers • Select one organization from each of the organizational types addressed in the Week Two readings—manufacturing and the service industry. These organizations are one each from a manufacturing sector and one from the service sector. DO NOT use companies mentioned in the readings. Conduct research on these two companies. • Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following: • • Evaluates the impact that innovation, design, and

12. OI 361 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Strategy, Process, Product, and Services Paper • Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper based on the organization your team selected for your Benefits and Drivers Proposal in Week Two. • Evaluate the impact of innovation and creativity on your selected organization’s strategy, processes, products, and services. • Identify at least two to three unique innovative ideas for your selected organization to consider. • Explain why you feel these innovations would be successful when implemented in this organization.

13. OI 361 Week 4 DQ 1 • Week 4 – DQ 1 • How can effective teams be leveraged as a tool for innovation and creativity? What types of teams are in place at your organization? How do they help to support innovation, design and creativity?Week 4 – DQ 1 • How can effective teams be leveraged as a tool for innovation and creativity? What types of teams are in place at your organization? How do they help to support innovation, design and creativity?

14. OI 361 Week 4 DQ 2 • Week 4 – DQ 2 • What are some of the idea generating tools and techniques for innovation, design and creativity? How do you create an innovative environment at your organization? How have you used one of the idea generating tools and techniques in your own decision making? Explain.

15. OI 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment Case Study Creative Thinkers • Select an individual who you believe to be a creative thinker using your assigned reading or independent research. • Attain faculty approval before beginning this assignment. • Write a 300-word detailed outline on your selected creative thinker’s impact on the organization. • Prepare a 5-minute presentation on your creative thinker with a 250-word Notes section

16. OI 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment Mental Models and MindsetsPaper (New) • Individual Assignment: • Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you define and discuss mental model/mindsets and their impact on you and your two coworkers. • Identify the four steps to changing mental models/mind sets and how you could use them to bring Vernon and Bud onto the team. • Identify the five forces that influence those mental model/mindsets of your coworkers and discuss how those forces might affect your coworkers’mindsets.

17. OI 361 Week 4 Team Assignment Creative Intellegence and Leadership Paper (New) • Use the same Virtual Organization your team selected in the previous weeks’ assignments. • Assume the role of the management team for that Virtual Organization. • Write, individually, a 350- to 700-word response to the following question: • • Based on your individual Creative Intelligence Profiles, how might each member affect innovation within the organization? What is the consensus of opinion amongst the team? Consolidate your responses so you can write the team paper.

18. OI 361 Week 5 Individual Assignment Organizational Transformation Q&A(2 Papers) • This Tutorial contains 2 different Papers • Write a 700-word response to the following questions: • • How would you identify and characterize the roles of incentives, training, and education in promoting innovation in your organization? • • What is the role of leadership in creating, managing, and sustaining innovation in your organization? • • What are the ethical implications of an individual reward system? Support your answer.

19. OI 361 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Innovation Process Presentation • This tutorial contains 2 Presentationeach based on Riordan Manufacturing (virtual organization) and Comcast (real organization) • Use the same Virtual Organization your team selected in the previous weeks’ assignments. • Prepare a 15- to 20-minute Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation accompanied by 8–12 slides. • Identify and discuss the four basic phases of the Phased Project Planning process. • Explain how you will apply the innovative process to

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