Strategic Thinking
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1. Introduction to creativity, innovation and rationality. Logical and alogical thinking patterns. 2. Measuring creativity. How creative are you? 3. Developing your creativity. 4. Creativity as a tool for problem-solving. 5. Mapping the brain. 6. The invention of reality. 7. Identifying and analyzing creativity and innovation in organizations. 8. Description of structural, cultural and human resource variables necessary for innovation. 9. Contrast of the external and internal environment. 10. Resistance to change. How to manage resistance. 11. The strategic fit and stretch to yield new opportunities. 12. Conditions of the organizational culture in order to develop innovation. 13. Inertia and volatility of ideas in contrast to the motivation to potential changes. 14. Critical success factors. How to excel and outperform competition. Ability to: · Recognize and analyze creativity and innovation. · Describe the structural, cultural and human resource variables that are necessary for innovation. · Contrast internal and external conditions that affect innovation. · Describe why people resist change and how resistance might be managed. · Appreciate the importance of strategic leadership in innovation. · Distinguish the environmental conditions of uncertainty and complexity as a critical success factor. · Apply the methodological approach of creativity for problem solving. The purpose of this seminar is to learn how managers are affected by the type of organization they are in and to develop awareness on how different individuals fit into different organizational cultures based on creativity, quality and productivity. After a study of the external forces of the environment, the seminar will analyze the internal environment; the personality aiming to fit, stretch or retrieve the opportunities offered by it. The aim is to understand the epistemology of knowledge and how individuals might change their reality with creativity, leadership and constancy. Change within an organization will affect the structure, norms, procedures, technology and organizational values. Thus it is important to help develop the non-creative culture into one STRATEGIC THINKING Creative and Critical Thought for Managers. STRATEGIC THINKING that is richer in ideas, variety and diversity. Critical thinking must follow creativity to be able to provide the adequate framework that guarantees success in the implementation of change. Furthermore, the difference between creativity and innovation, the strategic position in different organizations and the strategic choices & implementation of the strategy will be discussed. The philosophical, neurobiological, behavioural and organizational routes will be taken to explore all the possibilities with a methodological approach. The open dimension of creativity will be followed by the practical application as the basis for transforming the ideas into a physical success. SYNOPSIS LEARNING OUTCOMES SEMINAR OUTLINE CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THOUGHT FOR MANAGERS.
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1. Introduction to creativity, innovation and rationality. Logical and alogical thinking patterns.2. Measuring creativity. How creative are you?3. Developing your creativity.4. Creativity as a tool for problem-solving.5. Mapping the brain.6. The invention of reality.7. Identifying and analyzing creativity and innovation in organizations.8. Description of structural, cultural and human resource variables necessary for innovation.9. Contrast of the external and internal environment.
10. Resistance to change. How to manage resistance.11. The strategic fit and stretch to yield new opportunities.12. Conditions of the organizational culture in order to develop innovation.13. Inertia and volatility of ideas in contrast to the motivation to potential changes.14. Critical success factors. How to excel and outperform competition.
Ability to:· Recognize and analyze creativity and innovation.· Describe the structural, cultural and human resource variables that are necessary for innovation.· Contrast internal and external conditions that affect innovation.· Describe why people resist change and how resistance might be managed.· Appreciate the importance of strategic leadership in innovation.· Distinguish the environmental conditions of uncertainty and complexity as a critical success factor.· Apply the methodological approach of creativity for problem solving.
The purpose of this seminar is to learn howmanagers are affected by the type oforganization they are in and to developawareness on how different individuals fit intodifferent organizational cultures based oncreativity, quality and productivity.
After a study of the external forces of theenvironment, the seminar will analyze theinternal environment; the personality aiming tofit, stretch or retrieve the opportunities offeredby it. The aim is to understand the epistemologyof knowledge and how individuals might changetheir reality with creativity, leadership andconstancy.
Change within an organization will affect thestructure, norms, procedures, technology andorganizational values. Thus it is important tohelp develop the non-creative culture into one
STRATEGIC THINKINGCreative and Critical Thought for Managers.
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that is richer in ideas, variety and diversity.Critical thinking must follow creativity to be ableto provide the adequate framework thatguarantees success in the implementation ofchange.
Furthermore, the difference between creativityand innovation, the strategic position in differentorganizations and the strategic choices &implementation of the strategy will bediscussed.
The philosophical, neurobiological, behaviouraland organizational routes will be taken toe x p l o r e a l l t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s w i t h amethodological approach. The open dimensionof creativity will be followed by the practicalapplication as the basis for transforming theideas into a physical success.
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