PY5401 - Leadership, Creativity, and Innovation

Contemporary leadership theory and practice emphasises the need for leaders to be creative problem solvers and to facilitate innovation by members of their team. This is in no small part due to the well-established linkage between innovation and performance across a variety of domains. These needs are becoming more acute, as an increasingly volatile and unpredictable world requires applied psychological practitioners to generate creative and innovative solutions to the problems facing their clients, organisations and society at large. Viewing leadership, creativity, and innovation through the lens of psychological science, this subject provides an introduction to philosophy and practice of creative leadership while highlighting similarities and differences with other theories and approaches to leadership. The subject will also enable students to identify and describe the factors that promote and hinder creativity and innovation, and to incorporate these factors into initiatives that seek to enhance creativity and innovation in their current or future professional settings.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge of the foundational philosophies, theories and approaches associated with leadership, creativity and innovation;
• Propose professional or community-based interventions and initiatives to support leadership, creativity and innovation;
• Evaluate individual and organisational performance with respect to leadership, creativity and innovation;
• Reflect on one's own strengths and developmental needs with respect to leadership, creativity and innovation.

Subject Assessment

• Oral > Presentation 1 - (30%) - Individual
• Written > Proposal - (30%) - Individual
• Written > Reflection/reflective task 1 - (40%) - Individual.

Special Assessment Requirements

Achieve a cumulative score of at least 50% after the application of any penalties, and attempt and submit all assessments.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.