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MGT 411 Week 1 Innovative Elevator Speech (2 Papers) MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Mishaps (2 Papers) MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing Environments (Starbucks) MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing

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  1. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com

  2. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 1 Innovative Elevator Speech (2 Papers) MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Mishaps (2 Papers) MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing Environments (Starbucks) MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing Environments (Coca Cola) MGT 411 Week 3 Innovation Entrepreneurial Change Annotated Bibliography (Blockbuster) MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design Thinking Paper or Presentation (Starbucks) MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design Thinking Paper (Coca Cola) MGT 411 Week 4 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Paper (Blockbuster) MGT 411 Week 4 Global Business Plan (Starbucks) MGT 411 Week 5 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Presentation (Blockbuster) MGT 411 Week 5 Self-Reflection Motivation MGT 411 Final Exam / Test- Use As Study Material MGT 411 Week 1

  3. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Final Exam Study Guide For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Final Exam 1. Technology pushes society when: 2. Technology’s impact: 3. Technology’s impact is: 4. The goal of management of technology and innovation in an organization should always be to: 5. There are several definitions of technology in the text; all the definitions have some common elements. Each definition implies: 6. Technology can be broadly defined as: 7. Evaluation and control of technology is the: 8. The management of technology is defined as the linking of different disciplines to: 9. Innovation can be defined as: 10. All of the following are elements of strategic management EXCEPT: 11. __________ are the monitoring of technology to ensure that it meets the desired outcomes. 12. Firms that manage innovation well have which of the following characteristics? 13. Technology is defined to include ____ employed in producing a good or service. 14. Benefits of innovation include all of the following except: 15

  4. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 1 Creativity and Innovation Table (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Creativity and Innovation Table Complete the Creativity and Innovation Table located in the Materials section in Week One. Describe creativity, innovation, and the rules of innovation in your own words. Include the following in your response: One real-life management example of using creative intelligence One real-life management example of innovation All of the rules of innovation and at least one sentence describing each rule Format your response and references consistent with APA guidelines

  5. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 1 DQs Week 1 DQ 1 Of the seven innovation rules listed in Ch. 1 of making Innovation Work, which two rules are the most important to successfully managing innovation? Explain your answer. Week 1 DQ 2 What are some of the most effective and least effective ways to introduce innovative and creative change into an organization? How is the process of innovative management enhanced, or diminished, by contemporary business practices including widespread use and access to the Internet and other communication and media technologies? Explain your answer.

  6. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 1 Innovative Elevator Speech (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers MGT 411 Week 1 Innovative Elevator Speech Write a 2- to 3-minute elevator speech in which you describe how you see yourself as creatively intelligent, innovative, and/or entrepreneurial. Describe at least one example of how you promoted innovation in your personal or professional life. Online students: Present your elevator speech to two different people. One can be a personal acquaintance, the other must be a professional connection. Local Campus students: Present your elevator speech to the class. Write a 525- to 700-word reflection and answer the following questions:  Did you feel empowered to be more creative and innovative as a result of describing your skills out loud?

  7. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 DQs Week 2 DQ 1 Adventuring, confronting, and creating a portfolio of skills are all ways to encourage creative thinking among employees. What are the pros and cons of each strategy? What strategy do you believe is most effective? Why? Week 2 DQ 2 What are the most important resources that might be employed in order to communicate and propagate an innovation plan in an organization? What factors must be considered when developing a communication plan regarding innovation? Why?

  8. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing Environments (Coca Cola) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing Environments Resource: Page 69 of Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ch. 4 Competitive advantage according to Hisrich and Kearney (2014) requires organizations to engage in six processes to maintain innovation. Organizations like Google™, Amazon, Apple®, Android, Facebook®, Siri®, Virgin Group®, Microsoft®, and eBay® have done this successfully. Select an organization other than those listed above (Google™, Amazon, Apple®, Android, Facebook®, Siri®, Virgin Group®, Microsoft®, and eBay®) to explore competitive advantage and the six processes to maintain innovation discussed in Hisrich and Kearney (2014).

  9. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing Environments (Starbucks) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing Environments Resource: Page 69 of Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ch. 4 Competitive advantage according to Hisrich and Kearney (2014) requires organizations to engage in six processes to maintain innovation. Organizations like Google™, Amazon, Apple®, Android, Facebook®, Siri®, Virgin Group®, Microsoft®, and eBay® have done this successfully. Select an organization other than those listed above (Google™, Amazon, Apple®, Android, Facebook®, Siri®, Virgin Group®, Microsoft®, and eBay®) to explore competitive advantage and the six processes to maintain innovation discussed in Hisrich and Kearney (2014).

  10. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Strategic Management Annotated Bibliography For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Write an annotated bibliography of three references on innovation and strategic management. Your annotated bibliography must complete the following: Include three APA-formatted references that are not from the same author. Contain an abstract of at least 200 words for each reference. Focus on the relationship between innovation and strategic management, specifically on the way innovation is shaping traditional strategic management. Answer the following in at least 200 words after you complete your annotated bibliography:

  11. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Mishaps (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Mishaps Write a 525- to 700-word paper in which your team identifies 2-3 organizations that have missed opportunities for innovation and/ are on the verge of closing down because a more innovative competitor has overtaken the market. Analyze innovative strategies that were missed by the organization, and explain how the organization either ignored or missed opportunities for innovation. List and discuss 2-3 innovative strategies that the organization could use today to potentially rebuild its entrepreneurial culture. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  12. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 2 Managing Innovation Summary (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Discuss the characteristics of managing innovation listed on p. 23 of The Management of Technology and Innovation. As a team, rank the six factors in order of most important to least important to the innovation process. Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your discussion that includes the following: Your team’s rankings with a brief description of each characteristic A description of how the team approached the assignment and arrived at a final decision for your order

  13. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design Thinking Paper (Coca Cola) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design Thinking Paper or Presentation Resources: Page 109 of Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ch. 6 and the organization you selected in the Week 2 Individual Assignment Choose from one of the following options: Option 1 Write a 1,200- to 1,400-word paper using the same organization you selected in Week 2, and include the following:  Apply the five key elements of design thinking to analyze the organization’s effectiveness in design thinking and innovation.  Evaluate where the organization excels in design thinking.

  14. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design Thinking Paper or Presentation (Starbucks) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design Thinking Paper or Presentation Resources: Page 109 of Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ch. 6 and the organization you selected in the Week 2 Individual Assignment Choose from one of the following options: Option 1 Write a 1,200- to 1,400-word paper using the same organization you selected in Week 2, and include the following:  Apply the five key elements of design thinking to analyze the organization’s effectiveness in design thinking and innovation.  Evaluate where the organization excels in design thinking.  Detail where the organization needs improvement.  Make specific recommendations that the organization can undertake to improve design thinking and innovation. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

  15. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 3 DQ 1, DQ 2 and Team Reflection or more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Week 3 DQ 1 Describe a time when you used heuristic thinking to solve a problem at work. What steps did you take to solve the problem? What was the outcome? Is there anything you might have changed about your problem-solving process? Week 3 DQ 2 Leadership, engagement, extension, and alignment are four key issues related to implementation. Which of the key implementation issues do you feel is most important? Which is least important? Explain your answers. Learning Team Reflection Week Three

  16. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 3 Innovation Entrepreneurial Change Annotated Bibliography (Blockbuster) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 3 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Annotated Bibliography Select one of the organizations that your team wrote about in the Week 2 Learning Team Assignment: Innovation/Entrepreneurial Mishaps. Keep this organization in mind for your Week 4 and 5 Learning Team assignments. Develop a 525- to 700-word annotated bibliography of five or more references on the following topics: innovation measurement and reward systems, creative problem solving, and innovation implementation and evaluation. Be sure to include the following:  APA-formatted references (each from a different author)  An abstract of 100 to 200 words for each reference Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  17. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 3 Innovation Planning and Design Paper For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Write a 1,250- to 1,500-word paper on the innovation planning and design process addressed in Week Two. Include the following in your paper: Analyze the internal and external factors related to designing innovation strategies. Describe how they relate to one another and to the overall innovation process. Describe the factors involved in innovation systems design. Explain the importance of innovation systems. Describe the steps involved in the innovation planning process. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and incorporate at least four scholarly references in addition to your texts.

  18. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Week 4 DQ 1 What are two advantages of merger or acquisition? What are two disadvantages of merger or acquisition? List two examples or situations when merger or acquisition would be more beneficial to a company than developing technology internally. Week 4 DQ 2 What are the key issues that must be considered when implementing externally obtained technology? Do these issues differ from implementing internal technology? Why or why not?

  19. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 4 Global Business Plan (Starbucks) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 4 Global Business Plan Resources: Table 8.1 on page 139 of Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ch. 8 and the organization you selected in the Week 2 Individual Assignment Choose from one of the following options: Option 1 Write a 1,200- to 1,400-word paper using the same organization you selected in Week 2. Create a business plan for this organization to enter a global market in which they are not already doing business (see section 2 of Table 8.1). Be sure to include the following:  Description of the business  Description of the industry  Technology Plan  Marketing Plan  Financial Plan  Production Plan  Organizational Plan  Operations Plan

  20. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 4 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Paper (Blockbuster) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 4 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Paper Use the same organization that your team selected for the Week 3 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Annotated Bibliography Assignment. Write a 1,050-word business proposal to the organization’s Board of Directors to revitalize the organization through some well thought out innovative strategies. Your proposal should include the following:  Analysis of the missed opportunities for innovation which have negatively impacted the organization.  Description of innovation measurement and reward systems for existing employees.  A process for creative problem solving.  Description of the implementation and evaluation of innovation.

  21. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 4 Innovative Technology Worksheet (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Innovative Technology Worksheet Complete the Innovative Technology Worksheet

  22. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 4 Innovative Thinking in a Business Measurement and Reward System (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com You are a management team in a selected virtual organization. Your business is shifting its focus and has indicated innovation as a high priority. To integrate innovation into the culture of the company even further, an employee measurement and reward system is being developed by your team. Access the Virtual Organization on the student web page to select either Kudler Fine Foods, Riordan Manufacturing, or Huffman Trucking as the basis for your team assignment. Write a business proposal. Determine how you might measure and reward employees for innovative thinking and write an informal proposal of your ideas to the organization’s CEO or founder Your proposal must be at least 500 words and include the following

  23. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 4 Organizational Ecosystem Case Study (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Organizational Ecosystem Case Study Complete the Organizational Ecosystem Case Study assignment

  24. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Week 5 DQ 1 What is the role of leadership in a creative and innovative culture? What tasks and qualities must leaders focus on to create and maintain an innovative culture? Week 5 DQ 2 How might a leader generate employee motivation to maintain creativity during times of organizational change? What are two effective strategies to generate motivation? What are two ineffective strategies to generate motivation?

  25. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 5 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Presentation (Blockbuster) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 5 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Presentation Use the same organization that your team selected for the Week 3 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Annotated Bibliography Assignment. Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, with detailed speaker’s notes, on your innovative strategic plan to move the organization back to innovative vitality. Present two innovative solutions that the organization can use to solve its current downfall. Address the following in your presentation:  The history and process that led the organization to its current state (include an analysis of the missed opportunities for innovation as well as an analysis of the organization’s ecosystem in terms of innovation).  A comprehensive description of the proposed innovation strategy, that includes:  Details on the process for change  Key players within the organization  The most critical market impact  Technology acquisition plans

  26. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 5 Innovative Thinking in a Business Theory-Based Strategic Experiment Powerpoint Presentation (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, with detailed slide notes, on your strategic experiment. Incorporate the following into your presentation:  Present two innovative ways to solve the problem. Address the following six changes involved with theory-based planning in your process and presentation: Level of detail: Focus on the most critical market, technology, and unknown costs. Communication of expectations: Base your predictions on theory and include a description of the theory used to generate your predictions. Nature of predictions: Predict the trends, rather than the specific numbers.

  27. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 5 Self-Reflection Motivation For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 5 Self-Reflection Motivation Write a 700- to 1,050-word self-reflection on what would motivate you to work more innovatively.  Detail how your current employer can change strategies within the organization to promote your internal motivation and innovation.  Discuss what motivates you in general to be innovative.  Be creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial in your self-assessment. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  28. MGT 411 Predictable World /mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 5 Training Session Handouts (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com You are the director of an organization and you are tasked with training your management team on creative problem solving, leadership, and employee motivation. Create three bullet-point handouts to distribute during your training session. The handouts must address the following topics: Creative problem solving: Describe approaches to creative problem solving and ways to encourage creative problem solving among employees. Employee motivation: Identify ways to generate motivation during times of organizational change. Leadership: Identify the role of the leadership in the innovative culture of an organization. Note. Each handout must contain at least five main points or topics and must not be more than one page in length. There are no stipulations on how to format the handouts. Be creative with fonts, styles, and formatting. If you include images, keep the images small to limit the size of your document.

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