Edward Bono Institute

Will you give me information about the Edward Bono Institute as I am looking for the same ?

[Quick Sam]

The University of Malta in 1992 introduced Edward de Bono’s methodologies as a subject.That is basis on an interdisciplinary within various faculties.Thats now become a institute as Edward Bono Institute.

Degree Programmes offered:
International M.Sc. in Strategic Innovation and Future Creation
Master in Creativity and Innovation
Optional Study Units

Acdemic staff:
Professor Edward de Bono
Visiting Professor

Professor Sandra M. Dingli
Associate Professor

Dr Leonie Baldacchino
Director, Lecturer

Dr Margaret Mangion
Lecturer
Ms Shirley Pulis Xerxen
Assistant Lecturer

Contact detail:
The Edward de Bono Institute for
the Design and Development of Thinking
Lecture Centre Building R213
University of Malta
Msida, MSD 2080
MALTA

Can you list me the courses offered by The Edward de Bono Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking?

[Quick Sam]

The Edward de Bono Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking was set up at the University of Malta in collaboration with Professor Edward de Bono in 1992. It offers a wide range of courses and events to University students and to the general public in the following interrelated subject areas:

Creativity and Idea Generation
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Foresight

Courses Offered
International M.Sc. in Strategic Innovation and Future Creation – it is a joint degree programme which is delivered by the University of Malta, the University of Potsdam (Germany) and the University of Turku (Finland), mainly by e-learning.

Master in Creativity and Innovation – it is a programme commences in October each year and is followed on either a full-time or a part-time basis.

Optional Study Units available for Undergraduate Students at University of Malta.

Research Areas
Creativity
Creativity and problem solving
Creativity and learning in the workplace
Barriers to creativity in the workplace
Change management and creativity
Organisational structures and creativity
Organisational culture and creativity
Creativity and leadership
Creativity in education
Creativity in the creative industries
Creativity and the arts
Creative cities (including Valletta 2018)
Creativity in virtual worlds
Creativity, mental health and psychopathology

Innovation
Idea management and organizational innovation (including capabilities for innovation and absorptive capacities)
Innovation in organizations that have an R&I Department
Research and innovation policy systems - dynamics and interactions
Innovation in public policy and governance
Innovation management in different sectors
Open innovation (including crowdsourcing, innovation brokers, and lead user innovation)
Innovation and new digital technologies (including innovation diffusion)
Cultural heritage and innovation
Environmental innovation / Eco Innovation
Green cities
Service innovation
KIBS (Knowledge Intensive Business Services)
Social Innovation
Innovation in NGOs, charities and state-funded entities
Social innovation

Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial cognition (e.g., intuition, cognitive versatility)
Experience, expertise and entrepreneurship
Feasibility analyses
Innovative business models
Social entrepreneurship
Environmental entrepreneurship
Sustainable entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship education
Female entrepreneurship
Inclusive entrepreneurship
Business failure - causes, coping and consequences

Foresight
Application of foresight methods (including Horizon Scanning, Delphi, etc.) in different contexts
Foresight exercises in different settings (e.g., in Higher Education Institutions, in Health Care Institutions, etc.)
Foresight exercises in different sectors (e.g., ICT, biotechnology, etc.)
Foresight and low carbon transitions
The role of stakeholder participation and engagement in foresight exercises
Evaluating the outputs of a foresight exercise (tangible and intangible benefits)
The role of crowdsourcing in future-oriented processes
The challenges in the use and application of scenario analysis in future studies

Contact Detail:
The Edward de Bono Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking
Lecture Centre Building R213
University of Malta
Msida, MSD 2080
MALTA