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MGT 411 Entire Course For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411 Week 1 Innovative
Elevator Speech (2 Papers) MGT 411 Week 2
Innovation/Entrepreneurial Mishaps (2 Papers) MGT
411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage
Changing Environments (Starbucks) MGT 411 Week 2
Innovation and Competitive Advantage Changing
Environments (Coca Cola) MGT 411 Week 3
Innovation Entrepreneurial Change Annotated
Bibliography (Blockbuster) MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects
of Design Thinking Paper or Presentation
(Starbucks) MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design
Thinking Paper (Coca Cola) MGT 411 Week 4
Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Paper
(Blockbuster) MGT 411 Week 4 Global Business Plan
(Starbucks) MGT 411 Week 5 Innovation/Entrepreneur
ial Change Presentation (Blockbuster) MGT 411
Week 5 Self-Reflection Motivation MGT 411 Final
Exam / Test- Use As Study Material MGT 411 Week 1
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MGT 411 Final Exam Study Guide For more course
tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411 Final
Exam 1. Technology pushes society when
2. Technologys impact 3. Technologys impact
is 4. The goal of management of technology and
innovation in an organization should always be
to 5. There are several definitions of
technology in the text all the definitions have
some common elements. Each definition implies
6. Technology can be broadly defined as
7. Evaluation and control of technology is the
8. The management of technology is defined as the
linking of different disciplines to
9. Innovation can be defined as 10. All of the
following are elements of strategic management
EXCEPT 11. __________ are the monitoring of
technology to ensure that it meets the desired
outcomes. 12. Firms that manage innovation well
have which of the following characteristics?
13. Technology is defined to include ____
employed in producing a good or service.
14. Benefits of innovation include all of the
following except 15
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MGT 411 Week 1 Creativity and Innovation Table
(UOP) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  Creativity and Innovation
Table Complete the Creativity and Innovation
Table located in the Materials section in Week
One. Describe creativity, innovation, and the
rules of innovation in your own words. Include
the following in your response One real-life
management example of using creative intelligence
One real-life management example of innovation
All of the rules of innovation and at least one
sentence describing each rule Format your
response and references consistent with APA
guidelines
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MGT 411 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course
tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411 Week 1
DQs Week 1 DQ 1 Of the seven innovation rules
listed in Ch. 1 of making Innovation Work, which
two rules are the most important to successfully
managing innovation? Explain your answer. Week 1
DQ 2 What are some of the most effective and
least effective ways to introduce innovative and
creative change into an organization? How is the
process of innovative management enhanced, or
diminished, by contemporary business practices
including widespread use and access to the
Internet and other communication and media
technologies? Explain your answer.
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MGT 411 Week 1 Innovative Elevator Speech (2
Papers) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  This Tutorial contains 2
Papers MGT 411 Week 1 Innovative Elevator Speech
Write a 2- to 3-minute elevator speech in which
you describe how you see yourself as creatively
intelligent, innovative, and/or entrepreneurial.
Describe at least one example of how you promoted
innovation in your personal or professional life.
Online students Present your elevator speech to
two different people. One can be a personal
acquaintance, the other must be a professional
connection. Local Campus students Present your
elevator speech to the class. Write a 525- to
700-word reflection and answer the following
questions ? Did you feel empowered to be more
creative and innovative as a result of describing
your skills out loud?
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MGT 411 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course
tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411 Week 2
DQs Week 2 DQ 1 Adventuring, confronting, and
creating a portfolio of skills are all ways to
encourage creative thinking among employees. What
are the pros and cons of each strategy? What
strategy do you believe is most effective? Why?
Week 2 DQ 2 What are the most important resources
that might be employed in order to communicate
and propagate an innovation plan in an
organization? What factors must be considered
when developing a communication plan regarding
innovation? Why?
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MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive
Advantage Changing Environments (Coca Cola) For
more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  MGT
411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage
Changing Environments Resource Page 69 of
Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ch. 4
Competitive advantage according to Hisrich and
Kearney (2014) requires organizations to engage
in six processes to maintain innovation.
Organizations like Google, Amazon, Apple,
Android, Facebook, Siri, Virgin Group,
Microsoft, and eBay have done this
successfully. Select an organization other than
those listed above (Google, Amazon, Apple,
Android, Facebook, Siri, Virgin Group,
Microsoft, and eBay) to explore competitive
advantage and the six processes to maintain
innovation discussed in Hisrich and Kearney
(2014).
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MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive
Advantage Changing Environments (Starbucks) For
more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  MGT
411 Week 2 Innovation and Competitive Advantage
Changing Environments Resource Page 69 of
Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ch. 4
Competitive advantage according to Hisrich and
Kearney (2014) requires organizations to engage
in six processes to maintain innovation.
Organizations like Google, Amazon, Apple,
Android, Facebook, Siri, Virgin Group,
Microsoft, and eBay have done this
successfully. Select an organization other than
those listed above (Google, Amazon, Apple,
Android, Facebook, Siri, Virgin Group,
Microsoft, and eBay) to explore competitive
advantage and the six processes to maintain
innovation discussed in Hisrich and Kearney
(2014).
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MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation and Strategic
Management Annotated Bibliography For more course
tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  Write an
annotated bibliography of three references on
innovation and strategic management. Your
annotated bibliography must complete the
following Include three APA-formatted references
that are not from the same author. Contain an
abstract of at least 200 words for each
reference. Focus on the relationship between
innovation and strategic management, specifically
on the way innovation is shaping traditional
strategic management. Answer the following in at
least 200 words after you complete your annotated
bibliography
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MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Mishaps
(2 Papers) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  This Tutorial contains 2
Papers MGT 411 Week 2 Innovation/Entrepreneurial
Mishaps Write a 525- to 700-word paper in which
your team identifies 2-3 organizations that have
missed opportunities for innovation and/ are on
the verge of closing down because a more
innovative competitor has overtaken the market.
Analyze innovative strategies that were missed by
the organization, and explain how the
organization either ignored or missed
opportunities for innovation. List and discuss
2-3 innovative strategies that the organization
could use today to potentially rebuild its
entrepreneurial culture. Format your paper
consistent with APA guidelines. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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MGT 411 Week 2 Managing Innovation Summary
(UOP) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  Discuss the
characteristics of managing innovation listed on
p. 23 of The Management of Technology and
Innovation. As a team, rank the six factors in
order of most important to least important to the
innovation process. Write a 350- to 700-word
summary of your discussion that includes the
following Your teams rankings with a brief
description of each characteristic A description
of how the team approached the assignment and
arrived at a final decision for your order
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MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design Thinking Paper
(Coca Cola) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of
Design Thinking Paper or Presentation Resources
Page 109 of Managing Innovation and
Entrepreneurship, Ch. 6 and the organization you
selected in the Week 2 Individual Assignment
Choose from one of the following options Option
1 Write a 1,200- to 1,400-word paper using the
same organization you selected in Week 2, and
include the following ? Apply the five key
elements of design thinking to analyze the
organizations effectiveness in design thinking
and innovation. ? Evaluate where the organization
excels in design thinking.
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MGT 411 Week 3 Aspects of Design Thinking Paper
or Presentation (Starbucks) For more course
tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411 Week 3
Aspects of Design Thinking Paper or Presentation
Resources Page 109 of Managing Innovation and
Entrepreneurship, Ch. 6 and the organization you
selected in the Week 2 Individual Assignment
Choose from one of the following options Option
1 Write a 1,200- to 1,400-word paper using the
same organization you selected in Week 2, and
include the following ? Apply the five key
elements of design thinking to analyze the
organizations effectiveness in design thinking
and innovation. ? Evaluate where the organization
excels in design thinking. ? Detail where the
organization needs improvement. ? Make specific
recommendations that the organization can
undertake to improve design thinking and
innovation. Format your paper consistent with APA
guidelines.
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MGT 411 Week 3 DQ 1, DQ 2 and Team Reflection or
more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  Week
3 DQ 1 Describe a time when you used heuristic
thinking to solve a problem at work. What steps
did you take to solve the problem? What was the
outcome? Is there anything you might have changed
about your problem-solving process? Week 3 DQ 2
Leadership, engagement, extension, and alignment
are four key issues related to implementation.
Which of the key implementation issues do you
feel is most important? Which is least important?
Explain your answers. Learning Team Reflection
Week Three
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MGT 411 Week 3 Innovation Entrepreneurial Change
Annotated Bibliography (Blockbuster) For more
course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411
Week 3 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change
Annotated Bibliography Select one of the
organizations that your team wrote about in the
Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Innovation/Entrepreneurial Mishaps. Keep this
organization in mind for your Week 4 and 5
Learning Team assignments. Develop a 525- to
700-word annotated bibliography of five or more
references on the following topics innovation
measurement and reward systems, creative problem
solving, and innovation implementation and
evaluation. Be sure to include the following
? APA-formatted references (each from a different
author) ? An abstract of 100 to 200 words for
each reference Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
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MGT 411 Week 3 Innovation Planning and Design
Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  Write a 1,250- to
1,500-word paper on the innovation planning and
design process addressed in Week Two. Include the
following in your paper Analyze the internal and
external factors related to designing innovation
strategies. Describe how they relate to one
another and to the overall innovation process.
Describe the factors involved in innovation
systems design. Explain the importance of
innovation systems. Describe the steps involved
in the innovation planning process. Format your
paper consistent with APA guidelines and
incorporate at least four scholarly references in
addition to your texts.
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MGT 411 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course
tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  Week 4 DQ 1 What
are two advantages of merger or acquisition? What
are two disadvantages of merger or acquisition?
List two examples or situations when merger or
acquisition would be more beneficial to a company
than developing technology internally. Week 4 DQ
2 What are the key issues that must be considered
when implementing externally obtained technology?
Do these issues differ from implementing internal
technology? Why or why not?
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MGT 411 Week 4 Global Business Plan
(Starbucks) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411 Week 4 Global
Business Plan Resources Table 8.1 on page 139 of
Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ch. 8
and the organization you selected in the Week 2
Individual Assignment Choose from one of the
following options Option 1 Write a 1,200- to
1,400-word paper using the same organization you
selected in Week 2. Create a business plan for
this organization to enter a global market in
which they are not already doing business (see
section 2 of Table 8.1). Be sure to include the
following ? Description of the business
? Description of the industry ? Technology Plan
? Marketing Plan ? Financial Plan ? Production
Plan ? Organizational Plan ? Operations Plan
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MGT 411 Week 4 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change
Paper (Blockbuster) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  MGT 411 Week 4
Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Paper Use the
same organization that your team selected for the
Week 3 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change
Annotated Bibliography Assignment. Write a
1,050-word business proposal to the
organizations Board of Directors to revitalize
the organization through some well thought out
innovative strategies. Your proposal should
include the following ? Analysis of the missed
opportunities for innovation which have
negatively impacted the organization.
? Description of innovation measurement and
reward systems for existing employees. ? A
process for creative problem solving.
? Description of the implementation and
evaluation of innovation.
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MGT 411 Week 4 Innovative Technology Worksheet
(UOP) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  Innovative Technology
Worksheet Complete the Innovative Technology
Worksheet
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MGT 411 Week 4 Innovative Thinking in a Business
Measurement and Reward System (UOP) For more
course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  You are a
management team in a selected virtual
organization. Your business is shifting its focus
and has indicated innovation as a high priority.
To integrate innovation into the culture of the
company even further, an employee measurement and
reward system is being developed by your team.
Access the Virtual Organization on the student
web page to select either Kudler Fine Foods,
Riordan Manufacturing, or Huffman Trucking as the
basis for your team assignment. Write a business
proposal. Determine how you might measure and
reward employees for innovative thinking and
write an informal proposal of your ideas to the
organizations CEO or founder Your proposal must
be at least 500 words and include the following
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MGT 411 Week 4 Organizational Ecosystem Case
Study (UOP) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com  Organizational Ecosystem
Case Study Complete the Organizational Ecosystem
Case Study assignment
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MGT 411 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course
tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  Week 5 DQ 1 What
is the role of leadership in a creative and
innovative culture? What tasks and qualities must
leaders focus on to create and maintain an
innovative culture? Week 5 DQ 2 How might a
leader generate employee motivation to maintain
creativity during times of organizational change?
What are two effective strategies to generate
motivation? What are two ineffective strategies
to generate motivation?
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 MGT 411 Week 5 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change
Presentation (Blockbuster) For more course
tutorials visit www.mgt411.com MGT 411 Week 5
Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change Presentation
Use the same organization that your team selected
for the Week 3 Innovation/Entrepreneurial Change
Annotated Bibliography Assignment. Create a 12-
to 15-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation,
with detailed speakers notes, on your innovative
strategic plan to move the organization back to
innovative vitality. Present two innovative
solutions that the organization can use to solve
its current downfall. Address the following in
your presentation ? The history and process that
led the organization to its current state
(include an analysis of the missed opportunities
for innovation as well as an analysis of the
organizations ecosystem in terms of innovation).
? A comprehensive description of the proposed
innovation strategy, that includes ? Details on
the process for change ? Key players within the
organization ? The most critical market impact
? Technology acquisition plans
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 MGT 411 Week 5 Innovative Thinking in a Business
Theory-Based Strategic Experiment Powerpoint
Presentation (UOP) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com Create a 7- to 10-slide
Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, with
detailed slide notes, on your strategic
experiment. Incorporate the following into your
presentation ? Present two innovative ways to
solve the problem. Address the following six
changes involved with theory-based planning in
your process and presentation Level of detail
Focus on the most critical market, technology,
and unknown costs. Communication of expectations
Base your predictions on theory and include a
description of the theory used to generate your
predictions. Nature of predictions Predict the
trends, rather than the specific numbers.
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MGT 411 Week 5 Self-Reflection Motivation For
more course tutorials visit www.mgt411.com  MGT
411 Week 5 Self-Reflection Motivation Write a
700- to 1,050-word self-reflection on what would
motivate you to work more innovatively. ? Detail
how your current employer can change strategies
within the organization to promote your internal
motivation and innovation. ? Discuss what
motivates you in general to be innovative. ? Be
creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial in your
self-assessment. Format your paper consistent
with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files
tab to submit your assignment.
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 MGT 411 Week 5 Training Session Handouts
(UOP) For more course tutorials
visit www.mgt411.com You are the director of an
organization and you are tasked with training
your management team on creative problem solving,
leadership, and employee motivation. Create three
bullet-point handouts to distribute during your
training session. The handouts must address the
following topics Creative problem solving
Describe approaches to creative problem solving
and ways to encourage creative problem solving
among employees. Employee motivation Identify
ways to generate motivation during times of
organizational change. Leadership Identify the
role of the leadership in the innovative culture
of an organization. Note. Each handout must
contain at least five main points or topics and
must not be more than one page in length. There
are no stipulations on how to format the
handouts. Be creative with fonts, styles, and
formatting. If you include images, keep the
images small to limit the size of your document.
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