ENTE 3506 Creative Management and Marketing

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Faculty of Business and Law

Assignment Brief

Assessment Information – What you need to do

You are required to choose 1 of the following topics

ESSAY TOPIC 1- Culture, creativity and innovation- Chose either (a) OR (b)

1. Within the theoretical framework explaining that creativity and innovation are a product of person-environment interactions (Kwan et al., 2018, p. 167), some empirical studies arguably concluded that certain Hofstede (2011)’s dimensions of national culture influence an individual’s creativity and innovation.

1a. Using two big names in the world of innovation, Jack Ma and Jeff Beszos as reference to the Eastern and Western cultures, explain how dimensions of national cultures can affect a person’s creativity/innovation.

OR

1b. Using Aliko Dangote or any other Forbes-listed African entrepreneur as reference to national cultures in Africa, explain how the convergence of Western and Eastern cultures can shape a person’s creativity/innovation.

Hofstede, G. (2011). Dimensionalizing cultures: The Hofstede Model in context. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1), 2307–0919. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/vol2/iss1/8

Kwan, L. Y. Y., Leung, A. K. -y., & Liou, S. (2018). Culture, creativity, and innovation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(2), 165–170. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117753306

 ESSAY TOPIC 2- Crowdsourcing

2. Define the concept of crowd Sourcing. Choose and define one or more crowd sourcing models and apply them to a business case study of your choice - analyse the successes and failures of its incorporation. Advise on future crowdsourcing method opportunities for your chosen case study and justify why these methods should be incorporated.

         Additional Optional Essay Choice for Business and Finance (BAF) Students:             

3. Crowd funding platforms are an effective alternative to banks for raising money. Using a case study of your choice, analyse to what extent this statement is accurate.

Assessment Information – What you need to do

The above essay titles are designed to be broad in scope. Therefore, your answer should be narrowed down to an aim that should be clarified in your introduction.

· Define concepts and provide sources for them before applying them

· Critique theories by comparing and contrasting them

· Enrich your synthesis with illustrations to underpin theories and your arguments

· A maximum of three Appendices is permitted, but not required

· Any diagrams, Models Tables and Graphs should be placed in the appendix

Structure

· Provide a front sheet with your p number, title of Essay, tutor name, and a word count

· There should be a minimum of 15 different, academically credible references in your text

· The word count is 1500 words, 10% +/- is acceptable. Above or below this will impact your overall grade

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