PXGM 6110 CREATIVITY & CHANGE IN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

WEEK 1

Nature of Creativity: Person, Process, Product & Environment

WEEK 2

Nature of Innovation: Making the Idea a Reality

WEEK 3

Promoting Critical Thinking: Cognitive Factors, Personality Traits

WEEK 4

Promoting Critical Thinking: Knowledge, Motivation

WEEK 5

Defining Effective & Creative Leadership, Ingredients of

Leadership

WEEK 6

Leadership and Creativity: Contemporary Approaches to leadership

WEEK 7

Principals Role and Leadership Styles that are conducive to

mobilizing creativity and change within school systems

WEEK 8

How structure, system and resources can support creativity;

Key elements that managers need to consider when they
design the organization;
Mechanistic and organic structure

WEEK 9

The effects of goal setting, rewards and evaluation on

creativity;
Different types of resources that are essential to mobilizing
creativity

WEEK 10

WEEK 11

Organizational culture
Culture & Creativity
Norms & Creativity
Key principles for promoting cultures conducive to change
and creative processes
Creative Team

WEEK 12

Instructional approaches are effetive in developing students'

creativity
Assessing Students' Creativity

WEEK 13

Investment Theory/ Flow Theory

Managing Change and Innovation