Overview

This micro-unit, Cultivating Creativity will enable you to nurture and apply your creativity to add and unlock new sources of value to you and your organisation. The micro unit dispels some of the pervasive myths about creativity and examines the three major components of creativity that need to be used in business contexts. Working alongside Swinburne’s creativity experts, you will discover where your creativity is, what you need to do to enhance it in you and your organization to both unlock and add value. You will use proven methods to expand your creative repertoire, including creative exercise, activities and tactics. This unit will enable you to hone the skills and tools needed to build the creative foundations in you, your organization and workplace.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate your personal creativity using evidence-based methods
  2. Critically analyse barriers to creativity and apply different tools to respond to them
  3. Critically analyse creativity tools for you, your team and organisation

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Workshop		12.00 6 weeks 72
TOTAL72

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PresentationIndividual 100% 1,2,3 

Content

  • Moving beyond the “creative genius” model of creativity
  • Understanding creativity through activities
  • The power of play
  • Creative thinking and critical thinking
  • Creativity and innovation: are they the same things?
  • Enabling creativity and innovation in people through your leadership

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.