Course detail

Psychology Of Creative Thinking

FP-RptmPAcad. year: 2013/2014

The course defines the theoretical basis of creativity and its role in everyday life. Students will be introduced to the characteristics of creative thinking, different functions of the cerebral hemispheres and attributes of creative personality.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Štěpán Konečný, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Management (ÚM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will gain the ability to use their own creative thinking leading to a positive attitude when confronted with a problem to be solved and to use methods for creating unusual ideas and practices to tackle them.

Prerequisites

Mastering the process of thinking and solving problems by conventional means.

Co-requisites

Not applied.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The graded credit is subject to the following conditions: submission of seminar work treating creatively chosen problem. Wages for the assessment of work: 40% originality, 30% correct solution, 20% applicability and 10% benefit - value of solution.

Course curriculum

Topics of lectures:
- The importance of creative approach to life and work
- The characteristics of conventional and creative problem solving
- Creative personality and its features
- The characteristics of the process of creating ideas and its phase
- Barriers to creative thinking
- Basic methods of creative problem solving

Topics of the workshop:
- Possibilities and limits of creativity identification
- Practical and methodological challenges testing creativity
- Test fluency, flexibility and originality
- Ways and methods of overcoming barriers to creative thinking
- Brainstorming, brainwriting
- Case studies of companies that require creative solutions

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main goal of the course is to understand the role of the creative process, the importance of both divergent and the convergent thinking, acquisition and use of known techniques and methods for developing their own creative abilities.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Submitting the requested materials in declared control days. Absent students have to submit requested materials in an alternative term.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

POKORNÝ, J. Myslet kreativně. 2004. 124 s. ISBN 80-7204-324-2. (CS)
POKORNÝ,J. Psychologie tvořivého myšlení. 2006. 61 s. ISBN 80-214-3205-5. (CS)

Recommended reading

DACEY, J., S. LENNON, K., H. Kreativita. Praha: Grada, 2000, 250 s.ISBN: 8071699039 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR Master's

    branch MGR-ŘEP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Štěpán Konečný, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are the following:
- Significance of a creative approach to life and work
- Characteristics of conventional and creative solution of problems
- Creative personality and its features
- Characteristics of the idea creating process and its stages
- Barriers of creative thinking
- Basic methods of creative solution of problems

The seminars are focused on practising the lectured topics and elaboration of partial studies and final written work.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Štěpán Konečný, Ph.D.