Homework
• Description of the Organization
• Description of factors that Contribute to Creative Climate
• Description of the Creativity Assessment
• Identify Dimensions of Creativity in the Organization
For this homework, you will need to take the organizational-creativity assessment in this week's interactive media piece titled: Dimensions of a creative working climate. Use this creativity assessment to assess an organization for which you have worked or with which you are familiar.
With these thoughts in mind:
1) A description of the organization you selected for the organizational creativity assessment (i.e., is the organization small or large and what was your level/position within the organization or from what level/position are you making the assessment, etc.).
a. Use these designations to describe the size of your company:
i. Small organization: Below 500 employees
ii. Medium-sized organization: 500 to 1,000 employees
iii. Large organization: 1,000 or above employees
b. The level/position relates to the level of management from which the assessment is made (i.e., from a first level management level or from an executive level management level)
2) Describe the leadership, environment, and process factors specific to both individuals as well as teams that contribute to a creative climate. Make sure to compare and contrast how well these factors affect individual team creativity climate vs. team creativity climate. Consider leadership and influence at multiple levels of the organization.
3) Next, describe the results of the creativity assessment you took. Explain how your organization fared according to the assessment. Summarize in your own words the salient points referring to existing creative practices that were assessed.
4) Identify the dimensions of creativity at the organization that you ranked the highest and the lowest. Evaluate how the rank of these dimensions explains the organizational climate for creativity. Include whether the summary and suggestions provided by the assessment are supported by your experience or observations.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Reference
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012d). Dimensions of a creative working climate. [Interactive media].