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Course syllabus - Creativity in Groups and Organisations

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

INO205

Valid from

Autumn semester 2013

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G1F (First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Innovation Technology

School

School of Innovation, Design and Engineering

Ratified

2013-02-14

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2014-03-06
    • Latest update: 2025-05-27

    Books

    Sawyer, R. Keith

    Group genius: the creative power of collaboration

    The book ”Group creativity: innovation through collaboration” av Paulus, Paul B.; Nijstad, Bernard Arjan, ISBN:0-19-514730-8 also functions.

    ISBN: 978-0-465-07193-7 (hft.) :

    LIBRIS-ID: 10873765

    New York, BasicBooks, xiii, 274 s.

    Articles

    Kramer, T.; Fleming, G.P.; Mannis, S.M.

    Improving face-to-face brainstorming through modeling and facilitation, volym 32:5

    sid 233-557

    Small Group Research,

    Kurtzberg, T.R.; Amabile, T.M.

    From Guilford to Creative Synergy: Opening the blck box of team-level creativity, volym 13:3

    sid 285-294

    Creativity Research Journal,

    Gláveanu, V.P.

    Paradigms on the study of creativity: Introducing the perspective of cultural psychology, volym 28

    sid 79-93

    New Ideas in Psychology,

    Isen, A.M.; Reeve, J.

    The Influence of positive affect on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: Facilitating enjoyment of play, respåonsible work behavior, and self-control, volym 29:4

    sid 297-325

    Motivation and Emotion,

    Coskun, H.

    Cognitive stimulation with convergent and divergent thinking exercises in brainwriting: Incubation, sequence priming and group context, volym 36

    sid 466-498

    Small Group Research,

    Other materials

    Adams, J. L. (2001). Conceptual blockbusting: A guide to better ideas (5:e utg.). New York: Perseus. Amabile, T. M. (1996). Creativity in context. 2:

    Akademin för innovation, design och teknik,

Examination

Exercise (INL1), 2 credits, marks Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
Exercise, laboratory work (LAB1), 2 credits, marks Pass (G)
Seminar (SEM1), 1.5 credits, marks Pass (G)
Examination (EXA1), 2 credits, marks Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)

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Grade

Three-grade scale