Creativity and Organizational Change

Code:

2EGIN03

Acronym:

CMO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics and Management of Innovation

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EGIN	36	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to offer an integrated view of creativity and the creative processes; of knowledge creation and innovation in organizations; of the organizational practices involved in these processes; and of the change required to their implementation.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students are expected to develop a conceptual and methodological framework for analysing the dynamics of the organizational processes aimed at enabling creativity and innovation, and the change processes they require; and to be able to intervene in that regard, knowing how to engage effectively with the creative potential available in organizations.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n.a.

Program

1. Modes of thinking
Substance, process and critical thinking. Convergent and divergent thinking. Reproductive and productive thinking. Linear and radial thinking. Vertical and lateral thinking.

2. Creativity and the creative process
The creativity phenomenon. Types of creativity. Combinability. Connectivity. The creative process. Thinking tools. 

3. Design thinking and the innovation process
Principles. Models. Applications.

4. Organizational creativity
Idea systems and creation of knowledge. Co-creation. Structures and organization of processes. Culture and climate. Leadership.

5. Organizational change and the creativity agenda
Organization and change. Approaches to change. Change towards creativity. Resistance, sensemaking and communication. 

Mandatory literature

Alexander Styhre & Mats Sundgren; Managing Creativity in Organizations
T. Brown; Change by Design. How Design Thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation

Comments from the literature

The full reading list will be provided in the first lecture. Several articles related to each theme of the syllabus will also be provided.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation of the theoretical elements, case analysis and group exercises, combining different teaching-learning approaches. Students are stimulated to think in a process, creative and critical way.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	70,00
Participação presencial	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	163,50
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Total:	202,50

Eligibility for exams

The distributed assessment regime requires attendance of at least 75% of classes, there existing control of attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

* NORMAL: distributed assessment only

Final mark = 0.15 T1 + 0.15 T2 + 0.4 T3 + 0.3 P

T = Test; P = Participation

-Minimum mark of 8 in Test 3
-Participation involves several individual and group activities


* RECURSO: final exam only

Final mark = 0.7 Written Exam + 0.3 Oral Exam 

Minimum mark of 9 in the Written Exam, in order to have access to the Oral Exam. In case the minimum mark is not achieved, the Written Exam mark is the final mark.

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Assessment is the same to all students, regardless of the status (TE, DA, other) they may have.

Classification improvement

By final exam, at época de recurso: 0.7 Written Exam + 0.3 Oral Exam

Minimum mark of 9 in the Written Exam, in order to have access to the Oral Exam.

Observations

n.a.