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Creative Action in Organizations - Ivory Tower Visions and Real World Voices (Hardcover)
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Creative Action in Organizations - Ivory Tower Visions and Real World Voices (Hardcover)
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A strong point in this book is its opening extensive review of
creativity in organizations and professions. . . including helpful
tabulations of articles that identify the motives, expectations,
emotions, means, and opportunities that lead to creative acts. . .
. it can provide valuable insights and encouragement to scholars
and practitioners who are concerned with developing and tapping
creativity in organizations. . . . Management professors and
graduate students will find the book helpful. . . . --G. David
Hughes in Journal of Product Innovation Management "This book
definitely will be appropriate for class use in any setting focused
on creativity in organizations. Presumably, these would be
specialized upper-division, MBA, or Ph.D. electives. If you are
interested in the topic of creativity in organizations, this is the
book you must read. It is on the frontiers, and it provides a
beacon for future scholarly progress on this topic because of its
emphasis on how the organizational setting affects the creative
process in the world of work." --Lyman Porter, University of
California, Irvine "The book is itself a creative approach to
creativity. The editors have attracted a talented and
well-respected group of academic contributors. The message that we
should abandon the romantic but flawed notion that creativity is
principally the product of extraordinary individual acts is
delivered forcefully, as is the companion notion that
organizational contexts are the real seedbeds of creative
behavior." --John R. Kimberly, Henry Bower Professor, The Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania "This is one of the better
collections of information about creativity because it is data
based, and it provides a useful comparison and contrast of
conceptual and practical aspects. By clearly describing the
benefits and problems associated with the topics, Creative Action
in Organizations obviously practices what it preaches. I would
recommend that it be used as a textbook for a graduate-level
business course, particularly for an MBA program. In addition, I
also recommend that it be used as a text reference for industrial
'training & development' programs targeted at teaching
employees how to develop new businesses, improve existing
processes, or become better leaders (viz., corporate leadership
development programs)." --Tom Wojcik, Manager, Office of
Innovation, Hoechst Celanese Corporation Between the trade deficit,
mergers, and the recession, the topic of creativity in
organizations has become one of increasing importance. How does a
company retool or refine its product with foreign and, often, less
costly competition? How does human resources find creative
solutions to budgeting, product development, marketing, and
training? With pithy and engaging chapters from leading researchers
and figures in business, government, and academia, Creative Action
in Organizations explores the factors that are critical to the
development and promotion of creativity to develop a revised view
that is grounded in experience. This volume begins with a
literature review (written as a mystery to be solved), followed by
essays from researchers (Part II) and practitioners (Part III).
Using the chapters as "data," the editors conclude with a
content-analysis that presents a look at the most significant
themes and offers a framework for conceptualizing creativity in
organizations. This profound and fascinating volume is essential
for students, professionals, and researchers in management and
organization studies, public administration, public policy,
evaluation, and psychology, as well as libraries in the above
areas.
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