Overview
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       Innovation purpose
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       How it works
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       Application to other courses
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       Questions
        INNOVATION 
        PURPOSE
      Context
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       Course: Managing Maternal and 
       Child Health Programs
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       Assignment: Work in teams to 
       create an organizational profile of 
       a MCH program or organization.
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       Need for innovation: Students 
       lack professional management 
       experience.
        Goals of the Group 
        Assignment
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       Analyze organizational structure and 
       function using management concepts
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       Communicate effectively through writing
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       Prepare for and lead an effective team 
       meeting
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       Demonstrate team building, negotiation 
       and leadership skills
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       Develop strategies to motivate others 
       for collaborative problem solving, 
       decision making, and evaluation
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       Demonstrate time management
      Challenges for Students
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       Little to no professional experience
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       No management experience
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       Underestimation of the complexities 
       involved with applying management 
       concepts
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       Group work is often either not 
       managed or micromanaged by faculty