2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2010-2011 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ORGL 577 - INNOVATION AND DECISION-MAKING


Credits: 3

This course will focus on theories of decision-making and innovation from fields as diverse as business, economics, psychology, sociology, and the cognitive sciences. In particular, this course will focus on the ways in which human beings are faulty, biased, and cautious decision-makers and how these biases can be overcome. At the end of this course, students will have gained the knowledge and skills needed to identify and frame a problem, define the objectives of the problem, plan the process to solve the problem, generate and evaluate alternative solutions to the problem, avoid the pitfalls and human biases that arise in human decision making, choose a solution to the problem, implement the solution to the problem, and evaluate the effectiveness of the problem. In addition, students will learn to develop, design, and create innovative and creative applications and ideas. An emphasis will be placed on evidence-based decision-making and creativity processes.