BUS1101 Unit 4 Assignment
University of the People
BUS1101
Emmanuel Appah
February 23, 2022
BUS1101 Unit 4 Assignment
The text discusses the SCAMPER creativity tool (Carpenter, et al., 2010). After
reviewing this in the text, complete the following chart with examples not found in the text. In
the explanation column briefly explain how the example relates to the question.
Questions Example Explanation
Substitute: What else Electronic passport We can substitute physical passports
instead? Who else instead? with electronic versions that we can
Other ingredients? Other store in our smartphones. This will
material? Other time? Other save hassle for travelers and also
place? prevent forgeries and enhance border
controls for governments (Thales
Group, n.d.).
Combine: How about a Consolidated If we can combine both local ID
blend? Combine purposes? electronic cards and passports into a single
Combine materials? identification electronic identification credentials it
credentials for local will reduce duplication since both are
use and international for identification purposes and will
travel to reduce the also reduce material waste of
need of multiple ID manufacturing both sets of IDs.
cards
Adapt: What else is like this? Electrical conversion Converting petrol cars to electric
What other idea does this vehicles with standardized
suggest? How can I adjust to car kits. conversion kit consisting of the
these circumstances? electric motor and batteries that only
replace the combustion engine but
retains the rest of the car to reduce
waste and also make it more
environmentally friendly (Thomas,
2020).
Modify: Different order, Drone transport for We are currently using drones for last
form, shape? Minify: What to humans mile delivery of goods. If we can
make smaller? Slower? expand the size to suit for mass
Lighter? What to do with less transport of humans, that will
frequency? Magnify: What to enhance accessibility of hard-to-reach
make higher? Longer? places and reduce infrastructure
Thicker? What to do with development like roads.
greater frequency?
Put to other uses: New ways Connecting car With increasing popularity of electric
to use as is? Other uses I batteries to the power vehicles, we could potentially have
modified? Other places to use grid to provide load multiple uses for the large batteries in
an item or movement? flexibility. electric vehicles to double as backup
power during spikes in power
demand and recharge when the
demand is low, thus reducing the
need to build more power plants and
having them idle when power
demand drops, thus saving money
and enhancing efficiency (Roberts,
2019).
Eliminate: What to remove? Electric motors in We can eliminate the excess wirings
Omit? Understate? wheels and powertrain in electric vehicles by
moving the motors into the wheels
itself, enhancing energy efficiency,
enhance handling and save space in
the car making it smaller, or
increasing seating capacity
(Whitehead & Hilton, 2018).
Rearrange: Other layout? Inbound sales leads Inbound sales are when prospective
Other sequence? Transpose instead of outbound customer starts the sales process by
cause and effect? Transpose sales contacting the company. They are
positive and negative? How more effective than outbound sales,
about opposites? where the company, through a sales
rep, starts the sales process by
contacting the prospective customer.
In the former, the prospect already
has interest is aware of the company,
which makes the sales process shorter
and more effective (Garzon, 2021).
So as a sales organization, we should
enhance marketing to attract more
inbound sales.
Reverse: Interchange Pay then Eat concept This is familiar to us all. Most
components? Other pattern? at fast food restaurants will take your orders as
Backward? Upside down? restaurants. and when you request, then bill you
after you eat, but this concept allows
the fast food restaurant to increase
turnover at the tables and consolidate
order taking.
References
Carpenter, M. A., Bauer, T. & Erdogan, B. (2010). Management Principles v1.1. Retrieved from
https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/management-principles-v1.1/index.html
Garzon, D. (2021, Jan 29). Inbound vs Outbound Sales: What's the Difference. Retrieved from CloudTask:
https://www.cloudtask.com/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-inbound-and-outbound-sales
Roberts, D. (2019, Oct 24). Using electricity at different times of day could save us billions of dollars.
Retrieved from Vox:
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/8/7/20754430/renewable-energy-clean-
electricity-grid-load-flexibility
Thales Group. (n.d.). The electronic passport in 2021 and beyond. Retrieved from Thales Group:
https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/government/
passport/electronic-passport-trends
Thomas, J. (2020, May 13). Converting Your Car to an Electric Vehicle. Retrieved from Treehugger:
https://www.treehugger.com/converting-your-car-to-an-electric-vehicle-
4858603#:~:text=Basically%2C%20electric%20conversion%20involves%20removing,3000%20for
%20batteries%20and%20installation.
Whitehead, A., & Hilton, C. (2018, June 26). PROTEAN ELECTRIC’S IN-WHEEL MOTORS COULD MAKE EVS
MORE EFFICIENT. Retrieved from IEEE Spectrum: https://spectrum.ieee.org/protean-electrics-
inwheel-motors-could-make-evs-more-efficient
