PPWCR1

=University of Applied Sciences and Arts - Dortmund - Germany =

Faculty of Business Administration

 * International Project Week - Creativity and Creative Problem Solving**


 * Course coodinators: [|Michael Littman] (Buffalo), Ilias Ntais, Mehman Najafli (EuroMPM Dortmund)**


 * Participants**

We offer one week of studies in Creativity and Creative Problem Solving.

We will start with case studies that help us to get a better understanding of creativity.

We will use several basic tools that stimulate creativity.

We will apply advanced tools for creative problem solving like TRIZ.

Course structure


 * 1) Let´s try to collect our individual knowledge - let´s try to define creativity
 * 2) Let´s talk about some very creative products
 * 3) Let´s evaluate our creativity (completion)
 * 4) Let´s look how Leonardo developed his creativity - introduction and case study (man)
 * 5) Let´s do some deeper research on Leonardo (proportions, relations, perspectives, ... )
 * 6) Let´s improve creativity in teams - concepts and cases (brain writing - 6-3-5 - 5 hats - 5 boots - ... )
 * 7) Let´s look for tools and let´s classify tools - web search
 * 8) Let´s try to understand the creative problem solving process
 * 9) Let´s try to develop a creative problem solving process for our teams
 * 10) Let´s look what engineers did (TRIZ)
 * 11) Le´s do some research on patents (selected cases,databases, classification)
 * 12) Let´s take TRIZ to other fields
 * 13) Let´s look at our brain - structure and functions
 * 14) Let´s talk about innovation
 * 15) Let´s talk about the stimulation of creativity in organizations

Visit the Idealab to get insight on the ideas we are working on!

and Corporate Culture || Creativity and Human Resource Mgt || Creativity and Future Organizational Strategies || Visual TRIZ || and Corporate Culture || Creativity and Human Resource Mgt || Creativity and Future Organizational Strategies || ORM ||
 * || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday || Saturday ||
 * 9-10 || - || Creativity, Leadership,
 * 10-11 || Opening || Creativity, Leadership,
 * 11-12 || Introduction || Visual Thinking || Creativity and Marketing || TRIZ || ORM ||
 * 12-13 || Lunch || Lunch || Lunch || Lunch || Lunch ||
 * 13-14 || Sjir Nijssen || Visual Thinking || PMBOK® || TRIZ Case Study || Case Study I ||
 * 14-16 || Creativity and the USA || Mind-mapping || PMBOK® || TRIZ game || Case Study II ||
 * 16-18 || Creativity test || Creativity test || PMBOK® || Work on documentation || Work on documentation ||

Preliminary course schedule

0. Introduction of the participants - personal issues, university/study course, expectations, ...

1. Introduction 1.1 Creative men and women - Archimedes, Leonardo, Edison, ... 1.2 Creative products: Modile phone, paper clip, 1.3 Creative companies: BMW, Renault, Siemens, ... 1.4 Historical remarks: Creativity before and after the Sputnik shock

2. First case study - We are creative - let us test it 2.1 Completion of pictures 2.2 Composition and rareness as indicators for creativity

3. Second case study - Leonardo´s grotesque heads show us the path to creativity

4. Visual thinking 4.1 Introduction - brain functions, ... 4.2 Mind Mapping - concepts, cases, ... 4.3 System thinking - ...

5. Mancala

6. TRIZ 6.1 Introduction 6.2 TRIZ research - classical 6.3 TRIZ research - non-classical

7. TRIZ case