Malaysian Institute of Management

CREATIVITY & INNOVATION

Enhancing Analytical & Creative Thinking Skills

Smart companies need smart thinking people. For a company to grow and flourish and move beyond the business barriers to creativity and change, people must transform and breakthrough in their thinking abilities. It challenges the old paradigm and helps managers and executives to truly break out of the box... breakthrough thinking in action! This programme develops the techniques of thinking, which can be enhanced and improved through attention, practice and use of various analytical and creative tools. The operating skills are quite different from intelligence and very often many intelligent people are actually bad thinkers because they are caught in the intelligence trap. Objectives Upon completion of this programme, you will be able to: Free your mind and open doors to better problemsolving skills in your organisation Consider all factors (CAF) when analysing Transform decision-making effectiveness Set better aims, goals and objectives (AGO) Inspire more successful teamwork Encourage more effective communication Stimulate more new and creative ideas Build up more powerful thinking skills Apply the analytical and creative skills Design For Programme Outline Day 1 Thinking as a Skill o Developing Thinking As a Skill o Developing the Big-Four: Respect-TrustCommitment-Recognition o Analytical Thinking versus Creative Thinking o Eight Thinking Pitfalls to Avoid Enhancing Analytical Thinking Skills o Situation Review and Environmental Scanning o Analysing Problems, Objectives and Solutions o Problem Potential Analysis o Vertical and Deliberate Thinking Day 2 Enhancing Creative Power Thinking Tool o Improving Brainstorming Application o Applying Practical Lateral Thinking o Fish-Boning Techniques o Mastering Force-field Analysis Breakthrough and Transformational Thinking o What is Breakthrough Thinking? o What is Transformational Thinking? o Application of Breakthrough and Transformational Thinking o Thinking Simulation and Practice

Mid Level Managers Managers and Executives who need to develop their thinking skills to resolve and prevent problems, come up with new products or services and make positive changes in the organisation

Learning Outcomes At the end of this programme, you will have gained the following knowledge and learning: Systematic problem-solving Creative approach in problem-solving Create new products or services Resolve difficult situations Anticipate conflicts and problematic situations Strengthen your thinking process

Malaysian Institute of Management > www.mim.org.my > register@mim.org.my > Tel: (603) 7711 2888 > Fax: (603) 7711 2999
MIM reserves the right to alter the programme schedule and details without prior notification. Fees quoted are subject to terms and conditions outlined in MIMs Registration Policy.

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Malaysian Institute of Management

Administrative Details Fees: MIM Member: RM1,400 Non-Member: RM1,700 Duration: 2 days Time: 9:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Dates: 25-26 February 2013 29-30 May 2013 4-5 September 2013 9-10 December 2013 Training Facilitator
Main Trainer:

Peter Chin, AMIM, MIM-CPT

MBA (University of Bath, UK), Accounting (Technician Certification Authority, New Zealand), New Zealand Certificate in Commerce (NZCC) Alternate Trainer

Sharon Low Pau Chin, AMIM, MIM-CPT

MBA (Uni. of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia)

PSMB Scheme: SBL CPD Hours: 16 What Our Participants Say: I plan to use all the techniques learnt in my work to improve myself. It is so informative and should be taught to all managerial levels.
Mohd Hazrul bin Zakaria, Reliability Engineer, ON Semiconductor SCG Industries Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Very informative. I was able to practise the techniques and lead my group of technicians.
S.Nyanapragasam, Equipment Engineering Manager, ON Semiconductor SCG Industries Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Malaysian Institute of Management > www.mim.org.my > register@mim.org.my > Tel: (603) 7711 2888 > Fax: (603) 7711 2999
MIM reserves the right to alter the programme schedule and details without prior notification. Fees quoted are subject to terms and conditions outlined in MIMs Registration Policy.

Driving People to the Future