(0501470)

Innovation Management & Creativity

Semester I, 2017/2018
Group Project Guidelines

1- Overview
Students are required to be part of a group to work collaboratively on a project to be
submitted towards the end of the semester. A list of suggested topics are listed in
Appendix A. Topics outside the list should be confirmed with me. Presentation for the
project is also required from all of the group members. If your topic is covered in the
text, do not use the text as a main source. Report has to be in more depth and/or on
newer or other aspects of the topic.

2- Guidelines for the Group Project

The project should have enough material to cover your topic but no more than 10
pages
The project is group activity (must be completed in teams of no more than 4 people)
and is an opportunity to reflect on what have been learned in class and integrate that
learning.
Your project should not be as same work done earlier for another course. If you are
writing a paper on the same topic for another class this semester you must get my
approval ahead of time.
Explain how your topic relates to material covered in the text and/or in class
discussions. Be sure to include an explanation of all the major course-related issues.
Your project should also include your own analysis and evaluation (after you have
presented the major arguments). Select some course-related issue about which there
is controversy or disagreement. Summarize the different points of view on this
issue (giving appropriate citations). The paper should cover all sides of an issue,
whether you agree with the arguments or not. Then evaluate the arguments on the
different sides, give counter arguments, and state and justify your own position. Be
sure to support your position with convincing arguments and facts -- try to write in
a way that would make someone who initially disagreed with you think about the
issue more carefully.
Be sure to use a variety of reference sources (and a variety of types of sources).
Articles from magazines and Web sites are acceptable but should not be considered
as reliable as peer-reviewed journals or books. Quote where appropriate. Give
citations for facts and quotations, indicating the sources for the material you are
using. However, you should not just copy paragraphs from other sources. Explain
the material as clearly as you can in your own words.
The organization of your paper will depend somewhat on the topic you select.
However, the organization of a typical paper might look like this:
 Cover page formatted as in appendix B below
Overview of topic and issues discussed
Background, history, and/or importance of the topic
Explanation of issues related to the course material, detail arguments on all sides
of the issue, include counter arguments where appropriate
Your analysis and evaluation on some issue about which there is disagreement
Summary and conclusions
List of references used and cited
3- Grading
The grade is based entirely on the quality of your paper and how well you present
the different sides of the issue as well as your conclusions. Projects will be graded
for the following:
- A clear statement of what you are trying to accomplish in the paper
- Clear writing style
- Use of specific, detailed examples
- Use of specific points of integration or contradiction.
- Structure and organization
- Sufficient references
- Originality
- Meeting deadlines.
4- Warnings and Reminders
Start early. Students are advised to start as early as possible so they can find
enough material on their chosen topic.
Write an outline. One of the most common problems with papers is poor
organization. Organize your thoughts. You may want to use section headings to
indicate the topic or purpose of sections of the paper.
Pay attention to the quality of your sources. If you use articles from the Web
as sources, give the URL and the organization sponsoring the site. There's a lot
of junk and unsupported opinion on the Web.
6- Presentation:
Groups must present their report in front of the class. Half of the total mark allocated
to the presentation

7- Date, and Requirements for Submitting Your Topic Description

Your topic for this project should be approved in advance. Both a hard-copy
and a soft copy have to be submitted by the 19th of Nov. 2017.
Submitted soft copy should have be in word and named after your group for
example group 1 title of your project.docx
Appendix A
A few (of many possible) suggested topics:
1. How innovation takes place and gets managed at your workplace
2. Managing Innovation Process: insights offered from any industry or from an
enterprise in UAE for managing innovation.
3. You may reflect on how organizational choices for innovation - including how
you explore and how you execute vary along the technology S-curve, giving
examples and being as specific as possible.
4. You may reflect on a concept or a theory outlined in class and give examples
on how that might be used in practice. For example, diffusion of Innovation
theory.
5. You may reflect on one or more specific and personal experiences with
innovation during which you and the team either used or failed to use some of
the processes, structures, incentives etc. outlined in the class. Be specific,
explain the situation, explain what you did and how it was similar or different
to what we have learned in class.
6. Managing organizational knowledge: insights offered from any industry in
UAE for managing knowledge assets
Appendix B: Cover Page format for all projects

Title
0501411 Innovation Management
Dr Ahmad Ghandour

Academic Year 2016/2017

Semester 1

Group No

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