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Program Director Contact Details: Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PG)
Name: Prof Paul Steffens
Phone: +61 8 8313 7512
Email: paul.steffens@adelaide.edu.au

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Teaching Staff
Name: Dr Matt McKinlay
Email: matthew.mckinlay@adelaide.edu.au

Name: Joelle Hawa
Email: joelle.hawa@adelaide.edu.au

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Appreciate the imperative of innovation within society to dispel common misconceptions regarding innovation and creativity;
2	Critically analyse theories of innovation and creativity;
3	Use evidence to critically challenge innovation practices and communicate recommended behavioural changes;
4	Identify possible changes in established environments and routines to challenge status quo.

No textbook required.

There will be a range of readings provided in MyUni to reflect the theoretical and applied perspectives of creativity and innovation. A selected range of recommended resources will be uploaded into MyUni for students who wish to delve further into the domain knowledge areas covered in the course.

Library Resources

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the 最新糖心Vlog’s website. .

is the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the 最新糖心Vlog. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study.

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face to face component delivered in 2 x 2 full day intensive workshops. Given the nature of creativity and innovation, and the necessity to learn by doing, components of the intensives will be conducted through a small group discovery experience (SGDE), hands-on interactive activity workshops, fieldwork tasks external to the classroom, interspersed between lectures and short presentation/feedback sessions. Guest speakers and/or panel experts will be brought in to supplement lecture components.All course learning materials will be accessible to students via the online MyUni platform. This will allow students to follow up and stay in touch with the course when not in class.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self-directed study).

The course is structured around a number of themes, with various supporting modules. Each module has extensive material and is the basis for in class activity.

Schedule

Module
	Theme: Why does innovation and creativity matter
1	The imperative of innovation The significance of creativity and innovation as a determinant of organisational success Recognition of innovation and creativity as deep habit as well as modern management imperative The purpose of the course and the usefulness for students
2	Introduction to the course Course overview Overview of assessment Team formation
	Theme: What is innovation and creativity
3	Definitions of innovation and creativity Selected definitions of both innovation and creativity The role of creativity and innovation in both established business and entrepreneurial context Contrast to related terms in invention, commercialisation
4	Myths of innovation and creativity The heroic innovator The creative muse The linear model of innovation The inability of established businesses to be creative and innovative
	Theme: How to foster creativity and innovation personally and in organisations
5	The nature of ideas Idea generation Grand challenges (demand pull ideas) Grand technologies (supply push ideas)
6	The complexity of ideas Simultaneous discovery Recombination Imitation Innovation as design trade off Creativity and Innovation as resourcing issues
7	Creative practice Creativity as routine Creativity and innovation as interaction and management Design of organisations to foster innovation
	Theme: What challenges will you face
8	Innovation as collective change Multiple perspectives on ideas Social construction and evaluation of innovation and creativity
9	Innovation as systems Innovation systems- collective habit and preference Jumping out of the system- breaking the rules of the game Trajectories of resistance and transformation Internal organisational resistance to change
	Theme: What are your responsibilities
10	Responsible innovation and creativity Ethics of creativity and innovation Ambiguity of novelty Innovation and creativity as a force for good (grand challenges)

An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Details appear in the following section:

#	Assessment Task	Task Type	Length	Weighting	Learning Outcomes
1	Reflective Journal	Individual		30%	1,3,4
2	Group presentation	Group	15 minute presentation	10%	1,2,3
3	Creative trading task	Individual	1500 words	20%	3,4
4	Case study	Individual	3500 words	40%	1,2,3,4
	Total			100%

Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning in workshops during the intensive classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course.

Course results are subject to moderation by the ECIC Board of Examiners

Reflection journal
This assessment is divided into two components. The first component consists of students writing a reflective journal at the end of each intensive workshop. Students are expected to synthesise their understanding of creativity and innovation in relation to the themes and modules delivered during the day. Students will also provide suggestions on how to use their learnings and implement elements from the workshop into their everyday practices, professional life and society.

The second component consists of students reflecting on a creative practice/challenge in which they are going to be engaged between the two intensives. That is, students are expected to pick up a creative practice (e.g. photography, painting, playing an instrument, sculpting, etc.) for the duration of approximately four week in between intensives. They will be asked to engage in that specific practice for at least three days a week and submit a reflective journal at the end of each creative session. The journal will include elements that explore the development of their practice and skills in relation to creativity and innovation.

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Group Presentation
This is a presentation assignment that explores theories of recombination and knowledge transfer. Working in teams, students will be given a set of ‘combination instructions’ as well as a focus context (be it a particular societal problem to solve, or a set of technologies to use) which they will then have to imaginatively reconsider to conceive of a new idea that responds to the context (product, object, concept).   Teams will present an overview of the idea as well as providing an overview of their creation process with specific detailed analysis and description of their combination method.

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Creative Trading Paper clip
Students will be given a paperclip and asked to trade it throughout the whole period of the course (out of class and on their own time). On the last day of the workshop, students will be asked to bring in their last trade and present it to the class. Students are expected to provide a report, five days after the last workshop, in which they will critically analyse and narrate their journey in relation to creativity and innovation.

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Case study
This written report is the final summative task of the course. Students are asked to select from the course modules on innovation and creativity. In the report, students first give a description and analysis of the module concept (providing evidence of familiarity with specific provided materials). Second, students apply this module theory to their own organisational setting, to describe, analyse and positively critique their own organisation with reference to innovation and creativity (be it the organisation as a whole, or a particular practice or process within the business). The task culminates with students providing a range of new recommendations for how to implement innovation and creativity in the organisation.

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni.
Please refer to step by step instructions:

There are a few points to note about the submission of assignments:

• Assignment Submission:  Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both). Note that assignments may be processed via TURNITIN, which is an online plagiarism prevention tool.
• Cover Sheet:  Please include in the assignment a completed 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work.  Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments:  You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing.  Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Extensions of Time:  An application for Assessment Extension should be made well before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade.  Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in 'Assessment Related Requirements' or 'Assessment Detail' above). Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.

Resubmission & Remarking
Resubmission of an assignment for remarking after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted.  Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.