Innovation and Creativity (GINV5113)  

                                                                                                               
CONFIDENTIAL
March 2021 Final Examination

This exam paper consists of one section.  Answer ALL questions in both sections.
   [100
Marks]

Section 1 (70 marks)

 
Elly and Asmawati are studying at Universiti Tun Abdul Razak. During the study they became
good friends and they both realized that their shared importance lies in the field of early
childhood education. During the study, they have decided to start their own early childhood
education and care centre named 'Little Warrior Kindergarten' where the two would become
joint owners of dividing profits and losses. After successfully running the centre for a year, they
realized that there were certain rights that were denied to their centre because it was not
registered and had management problems.

During the course of a year of conducting kindergarten business, they often contradict their
views when making decisions, whether in terms of administration or even in terms of learning
management. During the period, there were also many employees who quit because they could
not accept the way they both managed the centre.

Instruction:

Based on Problem solving model as depicted in Diagram one, analyze the problems in the
scenario above and answer all questions that follow.
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Based on the scenario above,

a. Explain the consequences of non-registration of their Centre.

(5 marks)

b. Determine the root cause of the problem and how could creative personality traits relate
to effective innovation?
(5 marks)

c. Develop a possible alternative and select a solution to overcome the problem.

(10 marks)

d. Describe and explain the qualities of charismatic solution that differentiate them from
non-charismatic decisions.
(10 marks)
e. If a business leader is regarded as charismatic by many people in one culture, to what
extent do you think the innovator would be perceived as charismatic in many other
solutions?
(10 marks)
f. Although each leader will have a distinct style, generally, decision making process
involved key common phases. Describe and explain the general process of decision
making adapted by this organization.
(15 marks)

g. An important difference in the implications of evaluation process is whether the decision

making styles can be learned or changed. What is your opinion about the possibility of
significantly changing an individual’s basic decision making style in this organization?
(15 marks)

Section 2 (30 marks)

Education requires innovation. During a pandemic, that innovation is all the more urgent. But
much of that innovation does not get written about in Wired. It doesn’t involve technology at all.
Rather, it involves educators doing one of the hardest jobs in the world during a stunningly
difficult time. They are continuing to teach using high-quality curriculum, pushing academic
rigor, addressing learning loss from last spring and summer, and supporting students
emotionally. Put simply, they are innovators.

Innovation is a science teacher preparing for her virtual lessons with handwritten notes,
then wheeling a whiteboard into her living room across from her web camera for class. It’s
using decades of experience to bring the classroom alive through a computer screen not with
technological bells and whistles, but by truly getting to know students and employing time-
tested pedagogical techniques to keep them engaged and learning.
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Innovation is organizing a drive-through graduation or a student-by-student ceremony when

students and families cannot gather in person. Schools across New Orleans found innovative
ways to make sure their graduates felt celebrated last spring and summer. One even held
individual graduation ceremonies for every student, so their families could come while social
distance and crowd-size limits were maintained.

Innovation is finding ways to address trauma and meet social-emotional needs online through
family webinars, Zoom dance parties or a mental health hotline. It is supporting children
through the continued, devastating racist violence in our nation by building empowering, loving
environments and using trauma-informed, restorative disciplinary practices.

There are countless such moments of innovation from educators that go noticed and
unnoticed each day. Teachers are experts, and they have been innovating in their classrooms
since long before this crisis. Explain how the following factors affect the idea and opportunity
assessment.

a. Application and use of technology

(10 marks)

b. Level of operation during the pandemic

(10 marks)

c. Competition with other organizations

(10 marks)

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Dr Tim, dont you think the case study is too simplistic and it cannot back up the
questions? Ku Fa, the simulation is too simplistic. There is not enough information from
the case study to support the questions. Maintain the questions but try to get better
case study for master level.

or

Please have a look on this article: https://www.the74million.org/article/dobard-

educational-innovation-isnt-just-the-technology-its-the-teaching-how-educators-are-
getting-creative-in-the-pandemic/

This article is related to CLO 3: Suggest practical practices to develop a creative

climate in their organizations.
It is also related at least to topic 5 (Part V: The Practice of Innovation) and topic 6
( Innovation Through Technology Brokering). Boleh formulate 5 questions from
the articles. At least soalan ini boleh dipertanggungjawabkan.

First moderator : Fatimah Tambi

Date : 24.04.2021
Second moderator : Zaida Mustafa
Date : 26.04.2021