This assignment seeks to help you understand the answer to a broader concern and that is, how can innovative or creative organizations be constructed?

Please answer the following questions:

• How do changes in technology affect innovation?

• In an organizational setting, what is the connection between creativity, intrapreneurship and innovation?

• What are some of the steps that can be taken by managers to help develop an organization rich in creativity and innovation?

• If a manager wished to speed innovation, foster creativity, and enhance product development in an organization, how might he or she make use of information technology?

Hint:

Once again, when responding to these questions you might want to consider using RIM's Blackberry as a technology or innovation upon which to frame your answers.

Please limit your response to this assignment to a maximum of four single spaced, typed pages. Where necessary please identify relevant theories and examples noted in the text. In some instances, your responses should take the form of a summary, in your own words, of the main ideas of particular sections of the chapter. Please cite your sources in the text and please reference them at the end of your assignment. Please end your write-up with one paragraph that suggests what you think is the importance of this assignment.