Creative Thinking and Reasoning

COURSE CONTENTS & CLASS SCHEDULE

A. INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE THINKING AND REASONING

a. Thinking
Types of thinking
Autistic thinking Examples
Realistic Thinking Classroom Discussion
Deductive Thinking
Inductive Thinking
Evaluative Thinking

b. Creativity -- Creative Thinking

Elements of Creativity Examples
Steps of Creativity Classroom Discussion
Method of Creativity Hand outs

c. Reasoning
Types of reasoning A Group Task of Reasoning
B. CREATIVE MANAGEMENT
a. Managerial Practices for Creativity
How managers enhance creativity? Case study and Examples of the corporate world
How managers kill creativity? Classroom Discussions
Six Managerial Practices that influence
creativity

b. Innovator and Adaptors: Why New

Initiatives get blocked Brain Storming of students for comparison of
Factors influencing Initiatives adaptors and innovators.
Adaption-Innovation Theory

c. Creativity as A business Tool Class Discussion

C. CREATIVITY TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
a. Brain Storming Handouts
Classroom activity for brain storming
b. Mind Mapping Classroom Activity for mind mapping

c. Six Thinking Hats Six thinking hats would be explained through the
Application of Thinking Hats use of a mind map prepared for hats.
Classroom Activity for Six thinking Hats
d. SCAMPER Hand outs
Classroom activity
e. Force-field Analysis Hand outs
Steps and application Case Studies
Class Activity
f. Lotus Blossom Handouts
Rationale Implementation of Lotus Blossom
Steps to carry out lotus blossom
g. Attribute Listing Creativity Exercise
h. Story Boarding Group Task
i. Blind Spot Analysis

Week Topics Chapters

1 Thinking and types of thinking Thinking
2 Elements of Creativity Creativity -- Creative
Steps of Creativity Thinking
Method of Creativity
3 Types of reasoning Reasoning
4 How managers enhance creativity? Managerial Practices for
How managers kill creativity? Creativity
Six Managerial Practices that influence creativity
5 Mind Mapping Creativity Techniques And
Strategies
6 Creativity as A business Tool
7 Six Managerial Practices that influence creativity Managerial Practices for
Creativity
Midterm Exams
8 Brain Storming Creativity Techniques And
Strategies
9 Who are adaptors? Innovator and Adaptors:
Who are innovators? Why New Initiatives get
Factors influencing Initiatives blocked
Adaption-Innovation Theory
10 1. Attribute Listing Creativity Techniques And
2. SCAMPER Strategies
11 Presentations Story Boarding
12 Force-field Analysis Creativity Techniques And
Steps and application Strategies
Creative Exercise
13 Lotus Blossom Creativity Techniques And
Rationale Strategies
Steps to carry out lotus blossom
Implementation of Lotus Blossom through exercise
14 Blind Spot Analysis Creativity Techniques And
Strategies
15 Six Thinking Hats Creativity Techniques And
Sequence, use, time, directions, utility of hats Strategies
Application of Thinking Hats
16 Creative activity of six hats to solve any issue or Six Thinking Hats
problem