Binding: Paperback
Description: Stimulating and developing the creative potential of all members of an organisation is widely seen as contributing to performance and results. This prestigious textbook provides a complete overview of the creative problem - solving process and its relevance to modern managers in the private and public sectors. It introduces ideas skills and models to help students understand how creative thinking can aid problem solving and how different techniques may help people who have different thinking and learning styles. This updated fifth edition includes fresh case studies exercises and suggested reading alongside extensive diagrams and thought - provoking questions. A new chapter considers the use of heuristics in decision - making situations faced by managers and examines how aspects of creative problem solving can relate to such situations. It also introduces a complex in - tray exercise which demonstrates how the conflicting demands on an individual manager can be considered in practice. Supporting Power Point slides for lecturers are available for each chapter. Creative Problem Solving for Managers will continue to be an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying problem solving strategic management creativity and innovation management as well as managers looking to develop their decision - making abilities.
Title: Creative Problem Solving For Managers Developing Skills For Decision Making And Innovation
Author(s): Proctor Tony (University Of Chester Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138312388
Pages: 374 Pages, 17 Tables, Black And White; 83 Line Drawings, Black And White; 2 Halftones, Black And Whi
Publication Date: 10/16/2018
Category: Management Decision Making