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• ENT 435 Week 1 Discussion 1 Hypothesize a Set of
  at least Three arguments
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• Hypothesize a set of at least three arguments as
  to why innovation is important to the
  competitiveness of nations, companies, leaders,
  and individual employees.

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• ENT 435 Week 1 Discussion 2
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• Provide a definition of innovation based on
  researching the topic.

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• ENT 435 Week 2 Assignment 1 The Importance Of
  Innovation Architecture
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• The Importance of Innovation Architecture
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• In Innovation as Usual How to Help Your People
  Bring Great Ideas to Life (2013), Miller and
  Wedell-Wedellsborg discuss the importance of
  establishing systems within organizations that
  promote not only the creativity that results in
  innovation, but also make it possible for
  employees

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• ENT 435 Week 2 Assignment 2 Innovation Ideation
  And Implementation-Initial Meeting
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• Innovation Ideation and Implementation-Initial
  Meeting
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• During this course you will work within a CLC to
  create an innovative idea for a new product,
  service, or business. Each member of the team
  will be responsible for contributing an
  innovative idea to the team for consideration.
  The team will then come to a consensus on both
  the innovation it will pursue and the best
  process for implementing the innovation. The
  project will be completed in phases throughout
  the course and end with a team presentation that
  recommends exactly how the innovation should be
  implemented.

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• ENT 435 Week 2 Discussion 1
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• Why is it important to balance chaos and order as
  well as evolution and revolution?

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• ENT 435 Week 2 Discussion 2 Identify Three
  Conditions that would need to be Implemented
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• Identify three conditions that would need to be
  implemented (or have already been implemented) in
  your organization to create a culture of
  innovation and change.

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• ENT 435 Week 3 Assignment CLC Proposing,
  Evaluating, And Selecting An Innovation
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• During Phase 1, each individual will submit their
  own idea for an innovation along with a model
  they find useful for evaluating its merits. Each
  team member is responsible for completing
  research on various models. While there are
  several models in circulation for evaluating
  innovations, such as The Lean Start Up Plan,
  NOMMAR, SNIFF, and the linear and mental models
  of innovation, innovators should not feel
  constrained by any particular model. Feel free to
  borrow elements from multiple models to develop
  one that would work best to most effectively
  evaluate your own innovation.
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• ENT 435 Week 3 Discussion 1
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• Explain how the account of biblical creation can
  be viewed as a model for innovative and creative
  leaders when managing chaos.

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• ENT 435 Week 3 Discussion 2 Hypothesize Why it is
  Important for Leaders
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• Hypothesize why it is important for leaders both
  to create and enable chaos as well as a clear
  sense of purpose in organizations.

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• ENT 435 Week 4 Assignment Interview and
  Reflection
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• Interview and Reflection
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• For this assignment, you will continue to reflect
  on what it takes to create innovation
  architecture to support a culture of innovation
  within organizations. As part of the assignment,
  you will conduct an interview with a local
  business owner or leader or member of a
  management team to learn more about the
  techniques organizations utilize (or fail to
  utilize) to encourage and support the
  implementation of innovations.

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• ENT 435 Week 4 Discussion 1 Research and Describe
  a Product Ideation Model or Methodology
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• Research and describe a product ideation model or
  methodology. Describe the ideation approach and
  how you might use it in your collaboration
  assignment for this module.

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• ENT 435 Week 4 Discussion 2 Explain the
  Importance of Using a Structured Innovation
  Process
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• Explain the importance of using a structured
  innovation process in your organization to enable
  innovation.

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• ENT 435 Week 5 Discussion 1 Identify three
  Catalysts to Enable Innovativeness
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• Identify three catalysts to enable
  innovativeness. Explain how they would enable
  innovation in your organization.

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• ENT 435 Week 5 Discussion 2 Considering the
  Product or Service Idea Your CLC Team
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• Considering the product or service idea your CLC
  team identified in Module 4, answer the question
  Does the product or service your team
  created/identified have the power to dramatically
  reset customer expectation? Why or why not? Will
  it have an impact on customers?

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• ENT 435 Week 6 Assignment CLC Developing The
  Implementation Plan
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• This is a CLC Assignment.
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• In Phase 2, your team will work together to
  develop a detailed description and implementation
  plan for the innovation you selected to pursue in
  Module 3. Each team member must research and
  describe a product development or management
  process, methodology, or model that could be
  utilized to implement the innovation. The group
  should select and use one of these models for
  developing its own implementation plan.

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• ENT 435 Week 6 Discussion 1
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• How can the risks of innovation be addressed
  and/or managed?

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• ENT 435 Week 6 Discussion 2
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• How can organizational alliances be used to
  support implementation?

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• ENT 435 Week 7 Assignment 1 Reflection On The
  Team Project
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• Write a 500-750-word reflection on your team
  project that addresses the following
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• 1- Assess the overall effectiveness of your
  team. How did the teams dynamics contribute to
  both the success and the challenges of creating
  an implementation plan for your innovation?
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• ENT 435 Week 7 Assignment 2 CLC Presenting The
  Plan
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• Phase 3-Presenting the Plan
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• ENT 435 Week 7 Discussion 1 Describe What an
  Innovation Measurement System
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• Describe what an innovation measurement system
  would focus on in your organization. Identify how
  you might use it to support your innovations.

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• ENT 435 Week 7 Discussion 2 Create two Measures
  of Innovation for your Organization
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• Create two measures of innovation for your
  organization. Why would these measurements be
  valuable?

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• ENT 435 Week 8 Benchmark Assignment Create an
  Innovation
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• Create an Innovation
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• Evaluate the internal processes or strategies
  within an organization in which you are involved,
  such as your workplace, school, church, or
  community group, in order to identify a problem
  that provides an opportunity for innovation.
  Then, determine an innovative solution for
  addressing that problem. Examples of potential
  solutions are entering a new market, implementing
  a new practice or process, or even changing
  management structures. The ultimate goal of your
  solution should be to increase the diffusion of
  innovation within the organization and contribute
  to a culture that appreciates innovation as a key
  to competitive advantage and organizational
  success.

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• ENT 435 Week 8 Discussion 1
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• If you were on the recruiting team to find a new
  CEO for a company where the board mandate was to
  focus on embedding innovation into the DNA of the
  company, what attributes would you describe as
  being the must haves?

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• ENT 435 Week 8 Discussion 2
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• What two things would you personally do within
  the next 2 years to further develop your
  innovation capability?

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