Creative action in organizations : ivory tower visions & real world voices /: ivory tower visions & real world voices. (©1995)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Cameron M. Ford, Dennis A. Gioia.
• Other Names: Ford, Cameron M; Gioia, Dennis A, 1947-
• 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;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 1995
• Copyright Date: 1995
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 400 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 658.4; Creative ability in business; Organizational change; Organizational effectiveness; Industrial management -- Employee participation; Créativité dans les affaires; Apprentissage organisationnel; Efficacité organisationnelle; Gestion d'entreprise -- Participation du personnel; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate Governance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Leadership; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture; Creative ability in business; Industrial management -- Employee participation; Organizational change; Organizational effectiveness; Creativiteit; Organisatieverandering; Management; Management; Kreativität; Aufsatzsammlung; Mitarbeiter; Partizipation; Organisation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452246529; 1452246521; 9781452243535; 1452243530
• Related ISBNs: 0803953496; 9780803953499; 080395350X; 9780803953505
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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