Description
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students an opportunity to apply research definitions of a creative organization to real life examples.
Assignment Steps
Identify and discuss several global creative organizations using the criteria and descriptions in Ch. 10 and 11 of Mastering Leadership.
Include the strategic opportunities for change the organizations have. Each member must post at least two substantive comments (minimum 350 words each) to the learning team discussion area:
- Discuss why those organizations could be considered as creative.
- Explore alternative views.
- Post two substantive comments from each team member in this discussion.
Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.

Explanation & Answer

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Creative Organizations and Strategic Change - Outline
Thesis statement: While leaders in most companies spend all their efforts perfecting the outer
game so as to attain success, companies such as Apple, FedEx Corporation, Grant Thornton and
Viacom know the secret of creativity in business which is empowering the inner game because
the inner game runs the outer game.
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Global Creative Organizations
Strategic Opportunities for Change
Conclusion
Running head: CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND STRATEGIC CHANGE
Creative Organizations and Strategic Change
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CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND STRATEGIC CHANGE
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Creative Organizations and Strategic Change
Global Creative Organizations
According to Williams, (2008), creativity is an inner game. There are two games in
leadership; the outer game and the inner game. The leadership’s outer game consists of utilizing
all knowledge, technical, managerial, experience as well as leadership competence to get results.
Most leaders apparently spend most of their energy in the outer game because this is where the
battle...
