BML Munjal University

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

&
Bachelor of Commerce - B.Com (Honors)
2021 Batch

Faculty Prof. Manpreet Kaur Year/Semester 2021-23

Course Name Joy of Innovation No. of Credits 2
No of Contact Hours 42 Session duration 90 min

About the Instructor

Prof. Manpreet Kaur has more than two decades of work experience. She has been a Corporate Trainer for
more than 15 years now. She is a Life Coach and a Psychologist. She has been associated with Brij Mohanlal
University since 2017 and has been taking various subjects like Joy of Innovation, Introduction to
Psychology, Strategic Risk-taking Skills, Joy of Management, Leadership and Ethics, Personal Journey for
Excellence for MBA and undergraduate students.

Course Overview

Today, everyone is expected to get lean, do better with less. That is why the need for Innovation. Mere
intelligence is not enough, thinking needs to be taught as a deliberate skill. This course teaches tools,
strategies and competencies to become an Innovative Thinker and uncover creative opportunities for self
to resolve problems.

Students will work on resolving real time issues faced at personal, professional, and macro level by
applying the techniques taught during the course.

Course Curriculum

This subject aims to compel students to think about their thinking style (meta cognition) through concepts
and formal tools like lateral thinking, parallel thinking, six thinking hats, brainstorming, reverse
brainstorming, mind mapping, etc.

It will help students to tap their hidden creative talent and help them Innovate by breaking and changing
their neuro pathways and creating new one to resolve life’s everyday problems. It aims to empower them
with various tools to generate ideas and help them determine which ones are likely to produce specific,
desired outcomes.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student will be able to:

Course Learning Outcomes Bloom's Level PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7
Recognise the difference between
CO Creativity and Innovation and
1 reproduce examples 1. Remember 1 2
CO To adapt, adopt, improve and 2.
2 combine the unusual Understand 3 3
CO To apply the four competencies of 3. Apply 3 3 3 2
3 creativity (Challenge, Broaden,
 Capture, Surround) in practical life
and work context 1
To discriminate, examine and
compare different competencies
CO like (Challenge, Broaden, Capture,
4 Surround) 4. Analyze 3 2 3 2 1

To evaluate and compare the skills

(Brainstorm, Reverse Brainstorm,
Random Words Entry, Expert Talk,
CO Mind Mapping, Six Thinking Hats)
5 and practical tools learnt 5. Evaluate 3 1 3 2 2 1
To associate, connect and develop
creative and practical solutions to
problems and ability to choose
CO which skill to use for which
6 problem (Project work) 6. Create 3 2 2 3 3 2 1

Course Evaluations

Components of Course Evaluation Weight Course Outcomes Program Outcomes

Class Participation/Behavior 5% NA NA
Class Attendance 5%
CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4,
Mid Term (class assignments) 20%
CO5, CO6 PO6
CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4,
Course Project (Group/Individual) 35%
CO5, CO6 PO6
CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4,
End Term Examination 35%
CO5, CO6 PO6
Total 100%

Recommended Textbook
No. Book Title Author/s (Year), Edition, Publication
1 The Power of Creative Intelligence Tony Buzan
2 Six Thinking Hats Edward De Bono
3 Intelligence is not Enough Edward De Bono

DETAILED SESSION PLAN

Session Major Topics Covered Cases/Video/Addl. Readings Textbook

1 Introduction – Beginning your The Power of

Creativity Journey Creative Intelligence
2 The need for Innovation Story telling – King’s story The Leader’s guide to
Lateral Thinking Skills
The challenge of change,
– Paul Sloane
change, creativity and
innovation. Difference
between the two. Group work
Types of innovations -
 Incremental, Disruptive,
Breakthrough
10 Myths of Creativity
3 Presentations
4 Using your magical left and
right brains
5 Creative Productivity – The
power of Volume and Speed
6 Creative Flexibility and
Originality
7 Presentations
8 Your Brain : The ultimate
‘Association Machine’ –
Expansive and Radiant
Thinking
9 You and Shakespeare – Poets
Both!
10 Only Kidding!
11 Presentations
12 Stages of Creative Process –
Prepare, Incubate, Insight,
Evaluate, Elaborate
13 Intelligence is not enough
Group work and
presentations
Individual / Group Class
Assignments
Story-telling, Caselets, The Power of
Video and PPT based Creative Intelligence
discussions, Individual – Chap 2
and Group work and
presentations
Story-telling, Caselets, The Power of
Video and PPT based Creative Intelligence
discussions, Individual – Chap 6
and Group work and
presentations
Story-telling, Caselets, The Power of
Video and PPT based Creative Intelligence
discussions, Individual – Chap 7
and Group work and
presentations
Individual / Group Class
Assignments
Story-telling, Caselets, The Power of
Video and PPT based Creative Intelligence
discussions, Individual – Chap 8
and Group work and
presentations
Story-telling, Caselets, The Power of
Video and PPT based Creative Intelligence
discussions, Individual – Chap 9
and Group work and
presentations
Story-telling, Caselets, The Power of
Video and PPT based Creative Intelligence
discussions, Individual – Chap 10
and Group work and
presentations
Individual / Group Class
Assignments
PPT based discussion The Leader’s guide to
Lateral Thinking Skills
– Paul Sloane
A 67 pages book where Intelligence is not
students study and enough – Edward De
explain various concepts Bono
like Lateral thinking, meta
 cognition, parallel
thinking
14 Intelligence is not enough A 67 pages book where Intelligence is not
students study and enough – Edward De
explain various concepts Bono
like Lateral thinking, meta
cognition, parallel
thinking
15 Competencies of a Creative Examples, analogies, The Leader’s guide to
Thinker - Challenge, Broaden, activities, illustrations o Lateral Thinking Skills
Capture, Surround understand the 4 – Paul Sloane
competencies of
creativity
16 Challenge – Brainstorm, Group work, individual The Leader’s guide to
Reverse Brainstorm, Random assignments Lateral Thinking Skills
Words Entry – Paul Sloane
Understand, practise and
apply brainstorming skills
to resolve problems
17 Challenge – Brainstorm, Understand, practise and The Leader’s guide to
Reverse Brainstorm, Random apply random entry Lateral Thinking Skills
Words Entry words technique to come – Paul Sloane
out with innovative
solutions
18 Presentations Individual / Group Class
Assignments
19 Broaden – Expert Talk Understand and apply The Leader’s guide to
broadening skills in Lateral Thinking Skills
everyday life – Paul Sloane
20 Presentations Individual / Group Class
Assignments
21 Capture – Mind Mapping Practise making The Power of
mindmaps manually and Creative Intelligence
on coogle app – Chap 3
22 Presentations Individual / Group Class
Assignments
23 Surround – Six Thinking Hats Understand, practise and Edward De Bono –
apply using six thinking Six Thinking Hats
hats technique to resolve
a problem
24 Presentations Individual / Group Class
Assignments
25 Presentations Individual / Group Class
Assignments
26 Presentations Individual / Group Class
Assignments
27 Summarization of the entire
course
28 Queries and Exam preparation