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- reformation strategies in education & human resources development

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Chapter 9: INNOVATION AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Invention: original, new, high risk

Innovation: change, improvement, low risk
Creativity: a process of creation, involves concrete & abstract ideas
Design: a science, combines several disciplines

Who are The Inventors?

Invention involves:
1. Individual (the inventor)
2. Genuine product (concrete/abstract)
3. Ideas & creativity (developed through talent)
4. Experiment & product development (through systematic procedures)
5. Patents (monopoly right)

Types of Innovation:
1. Concrete Product Design / Industrial Design
- Commercially produced
2. Abstract Product Design / Social Invention
- Conceptually produced

Factors of Invention and Innovation Development

1. Writing and Science Fiction Films
2. Life changes and current needs
3. Human talents and intelligence
4. Problem solution
5. Natural environment
6. Research & development

From Innovation to Product Development

Method 1: Generating Ideas & Movement & Selection of Ideas
Methods of Generating ideas
1. Escape
▪ From rigidity
▪ To re-engineer system or procedure
▪ Used on products long accepted
▪ List down, escape, create new ideas
2. Stepping Stone
▪ Bold & mechanical
▪ Reversal, exaggeration, wishful thinking (fantasy), distortion,
juxtaposition

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3. Synthetics
Techniques of Movement
1. Extract principle
2. Focus on differences
3. Movement to movement
4. Positive aspect
5. Circumstances
Selection of Ideas
▪ Filter ideas
▪ Assess ideas

END OF NOTE.

Source:

M Taky Eldin Kandil. 2017. Creative Thinking and Problem Solving. USIM PRESS

*Disclaimer: This non-exhaustive revision note is for personal use only. Mistakes may occur due to
human error.

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