• Skills to put and solve creative tasks under the condition of uncertainty of the field of search and multivariate solutions;
• ability to critically evaluate the results of the activity and to reasonably defend the decisions made;
• ability to use different methods of activating creative activity in search of new solutions;
• ability to adapt to new situations and make appropriate decisions in the technical and non-technical areas of creative activity.

prerequisites:
• Marketing Research,
• Innovation Activity Management
co-requisites:
• HR Management
• Project Management

Methodology of creativity and modern methods of search for creative solutions. Invention as a science. System approach in the creative process. Fundamentals of the theory of solving the inventive tasks of G. Altshuller. Classification of methods for solving creative problems. Levels of creative activity and inventive tasks. Work with modern sources of patent information. The essence of methods for finding creative solutions: the method of morphological analysis, the method of focal objects, the algorithm for solving inventive problems, the method of "matrixes of discoveries", the method of organizing concepts, the method of stepped approach to the solution of the problem. Algorithm for solving inventive tasks. Identification and registration of an object of intellectual property.

1. Altshuller G.S. Creativity as the exact science / Altshuller G.S. // 2 ed., Ed. - Petrozavodsk: Scandinavia, 2004. - 208 c.
2. Kuznetsov Yu.M. Theory of solving creative problems / Kuznetsov Yu.M. - K .: - LLC "ZMOK" - PP "Gnozis", 2003. - 294 p.
3. Kuznetsov Yu.M. Inventions: Creation, Acquisition, Realization and Protection of Rights / Kuznetsov Yu. M., Romashko AS, Gumenyuk O. A. // Ed. Yu. M. Kuznetsova. - K .: - LLC "ZMOK" - PP "Gnozis", 2006 - 253s.
4. Bilton Ch. Management and Creativity: From Creative Industries to Creative Management 1st Edition, 2013.
5. Doci Sr. Ronald Louis The Inventor's Bible, Fourth Edition: How to Market and License Your Brilliant Ideas by 2015
6. Ragan Sean Michael, The Total Inventor Manual (Popular Science): Transform Your Idea into a Top-Selling Product, 2017.

• written report of course work, oral component (30%),
• control (70%).