Overview

Creativity in organizations has become an issue of great importance, but how does a company encourage personnel to find creative solutions to budgeting, product development, marketing and training? With engaging contributions from leading academics and professionals, this book explores the key factors that are critical to the development and promotion of creativity in any organization.

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Author:   Cameron M. Ford ,  Dennis A. Gioia
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9780803953499

ISBN 10:   0803953496
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   07 September 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: CONTEMPLATING CREATIVE ACTION IN ORGANIZATIONS Multiple Visions and Multiple Voices - Cameron M Ford and Dennis A Gioia Academic and Practitioner Conceptions of Creativity in Organizations Creativity is a Mystery - Cameron M Ford Clues from the Investigators′ Notebooks PART TWO: IVORY TOWER VISIONS Boogie down Wonderland - Jay A Conger Creativity and Visionary Leadership Managing Creativity - Richard W Woodman Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Harry Nystrom Creative Values and Creative Visions in Teams at Work - Michael A West Discovering the Unknowable, Managing the Unmanageable - Teresa M Amabile Individual Creativity and Organizational Innovation - Nigel King An Uncertain Link Creativity as Heroic - Dean Keith Simonton Risk, Success, Failure, and Acclaim Creativity - Daniel J Brass It′s All in Your Social Network The Role of Collaboration in Creativity - Nirma Kl Sethia How Organizations Channel Creativity - William H Starbuck Promoting Creativity in Organizations - Edwin A Locke and Shelley A Kirkpatrick The Many Facets of Creativity - Peter J Frost Is Your Creative Organization Innovative? - Fariborz Damanpour Training Creativity in the Corporation - Robert W Weisberg The View from the Psychological Laboratory Q: Does Feedback Enhance or Inhibit Creativity in Organizations? A: Yes! - James L Farr Everything New under the Gun - Connie J G Gersick Creativity and Deadlines Creativity Training and Hemispheric Function - Craig C Lundberg Bringing the Left Brain Back In Management of Cultural Innovations - Dag Björkengren Why No One Really Wants Creativity - Barry M Staw Shifting the Focus from Individual to Organizational Creativity - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Keith Sawyer Ten Tips toward Creativity in the Workplace - Robert J Sternberg and Todd I Lubart Creative Post-Processing - Kristian Kreiner and Majken Schultz On Making Turbulence Valuable Creativity and the Aesthetics of Imperfection - Karl E Weick PART THREE: REAL WORLD VOICES The Changing Face of Creativity - F Ben Jones Corporate America - Pedro Cuatrecasas Creativity Held Hostage Coaching Your Way to Creativity - Russell C Ford Creating a Creativity Revolution - Delbert H Jacobs Creativity in a Large Company - Alexander MacLachlan All You Have to Do is Ask for It Creativity by Decree - A New Approach - Isaac R Barpal Creativity and Innovation - Philip X Masciantonio Keys for Preventing Environmental Gridlock Creativity in Government - Wellington E Webb The Challenge of Reinventing State Government - John Engler Creativity Today - George Heard Are You Creating Solutions or Problems? - R Larry Wuench Organizing for Innovation - Thoralf Ulrik Qvale From Individual Creativity to Learning Networks Principle-Based Creativity - Timothy F Price Prompting Individual Initiative in Large Organizations Membranes for Gas Separation - Walter L Robb A Case Study in Creativity Why Do You Have to Go `Off-Campus′ to Get Creative? - Norman P Findley The Pro-Team - Karl-Erik Sveiby Solving the Dilemma of Organized Creativity in Production Fostering Creativity in Large Organizations - Carole F St Mark Creativity at Woolworth Corporation - C Jackson Gray Acquiring and Managing Creative Talent - Norman E Johnson Creativity through Self-Appraisal - F E Bailey and James R Bailey Organizing for Creativity - Terry O′Connor Ideas Dancing in the Human Being - Robert Michael Burnside Gee Whiz! - So What? - Alan G Chynoweth PART FOUR: UNDERSTANDING AND INFLUENCING CREATIVITY IN ORGANIZATIONS Contrasts and Convergences in Creativity - Dennis A Gioia Themes in Academic and Practitioner Views Striking Inspirational Sparks and Fanning Creative Flames - Cameron M Ford A Multi-Domain Model of Creative Action Taking Guidelines for Creative Action Taking in Organizations - Cameron M Ford and Dennis A Gioia

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