Creative Problem Solving for Managers - Developing Skills for Decision Making and Innovation, 2nd Edition

✍ Scribed by Tony Proctor

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 310
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This accessible text provides a lively introduction to the essential skills of creative problem solving. Using extensive case-studies and examples from a range of business situations, it explores various problem-solving theories and techniques, illustrating how these can be used to solve a range of management problems.Thoroughly revised and redesigned, this new edition retains the accessible and imaginative approach to problem-solving skills of the first edition. Contents include: blocks to creativity and how to overcome them key techniques including lateral thinking, morphological analysis and synectics computer-assisted problem solving increased coverage of group problem-solving techniques and paradigm shift.As creativity is increasingly recognized as a key skill for successful managers, this book will be welcomed as a comprehensive introduction for students and practising managers alike.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 12
Preface to the second edition......Page 16
1. Creativity and its importance in business......Page 18
2. Blocks to creativity
......Page 40
3. Theories of creativity and the creative problem solving process
......Page 63
4. Objective finding, fact finding and problem finding/definition
......Page 89
5. Morphological analysis and related techniques
......Page 114
6. Brainstorming and its variants
......Page 135
7. Lateral thinking and associated methods
......Page 154
8.
Synectics......Page 177
9. Paradigm-breaking techniques and some miscellaneous ideation methods
......Page 196
10.
Evaluation......Page 229
11. Implementing ideas
......Page 255
12. Computer-assisted creative problem solving
......Page 275
Bibliography......Page 294
Author index......Page 301
Subject index......Page 303