Download or read book The Use of Metaphors to Aid in the Process of Creative Problem Solving written by R. A. Proctor and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Metaphor in Organization Studies written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-14 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphors for organization and management have been a subject of strong interest in the area of organizational studies since the 1980s. Metaphors enhance the understanding of organizations and provide a mechanism for critiquing current practices, increasing effectiveness, and improving communication. The Oxford Handbook of Metaphor in Organization Studies provides a comprehensive reference for researchers, educators, and managers. The book comprises twenty-nine chapters, which are authored by over forty contributors, many of whom have played major roles in the development of the field over the years. The theoretical underpinnings of organizational metaphors are explored. An array of metaphorical contexts for understanding management and organizations is presented. The various uses of metaphor as a tool in research, education, and management are addressed, as are the limitations of metaphors. Finally, future research directions related to metaphors in organizational studies and management are proposed.
Download or read book Absolute Essentials of Creative Thinking and Problem Solving written by Tony Proctor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise textbook provides a comprehensive and clear overview of the theory and practice of creative problem solving from a management perspective. The book works step by step through the creative thinking process. Beginning with theoretical frameworks, it considers ways of thinking, defining problems and structuring responses to them, techniques for generating ideas, evaluating and defining them, and finally how technology can be used within the creative problem-solving process. Pedagogical features to aid learning include objectives at the start of each chapter, further reading suggestions and practical examples. Divided into ten short chapters to suit content delivery, this textbook is designed as either core or recommended reading for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and Executive Education students studying Creativity and Innovation, Management and Leadership and Management Skills.
Download or read book The Creative Thinking Handbook written by Chris Griffiths and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity directly impacts results and productivity, yet few of us understand how it happens or how to put it into practice. This book shows you not only how to get things done, but how to do them better and more creatively. The Creative Thinking Handbook provides the correct application for creative thinking and action, by offering clear, practical tools and strategies so that you can develop creative thinking skills and help find brilliant solutions for any professional challenge. Based on research and proven-to-work creative thinking models, Chris Griffiths and Melina Costi present a clear introduction to what creative thinking is, explain why we all need to do it and will help you generate ideas and make better decisions. The Creative Thinking Handbook gets you to think differently by thinking creatively.
Download or read book GRASP written by Chris Griffiths and published by FilamentPublishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chris Griffiths, CEO of ThinkBuzan Ltd, the creators of iMindMap 5, launches a thorough and compelling guide for generating innovative ideas and solving problems creatively and show you how to unleash bold, fresh ideas and solutions in a systematic way to help you triumph over any challenge." --Publisher description.
Download or read book Creative Problem Solving for Managers written by Tony Proctor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-17 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Problems in Problem Solving written by Rodney V. Mccormick and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the metaphors used by various researchers of cognition and problem solving in their attempt to understand these processes, and to identify both the common underlying pattern of these theories and the unifying metaphor of the metaphor making process known as creative problem solving. Components of Wallas' theory on problem solving along with Piaget's theory, several information processing theories, Neo-Piagetian, factor-analytic, neuropsychological concepts and also "Catastrophe Theory" have been integrated, with redundancies being noted, into a theory to understand creative problem solving processes.
Download or read book The Creative Thinking Handbook written by Chris Griffiths and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 82 per cent of companies believe creativity directly impacts results, yet few of us understand how it comes about or how to put it into practice. Some people say that creativity is about thinking outside the box, while others believe it is about being creative inside the box; but what if there is no box? The Creative Thinking Handbook argues that we need to identify and remove the 'box' around our thinking, so we canunlock unlimited streams of creativity for professional and business success. This book offers an integrated system of personalized insights, along with clear, practical tools and strategies - including the tried-and-trusted Solution Finder model. The authors show you how to develop your creative problem-solving skills to make better decisions with an individualized step-by-step strategy. Based on long-term research and testing of the creative thinking process, The Creative Thinking Handbook helps you generate more ideas and find brilliant solutions for any professional challenge.
Download or read book Creative Intelligence CQ Play written by Cherylene De Jager and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity is a skill that can be unleashed at any age, no matter your career or circumstances; you just need the right tools to unlock it! Creative Intelligence CQ@Play offers an arsenal of methodologies, techniques, tips and exercises to help you unleash your creative thinking. Creative Intelligence will help you to build your creative competence (and confidence!) and liberate your inner Da Vinci, Einstein or Picasso! After all, it's not your IQ or even your EQ, that will be valued in the future of work. It will show you how to: - Unlock the hidden triggers and trends to ignite your creativity. - Create an environment that stimulates creativity. - Implement proven methodologies, frameworks, techniques and tools to enhance creativity. - Use ideaneering, ideation or idea-generation and design thinking as part of the creative process. PLUS... it includes fun exercises, as well as a complete creativity toolkit to help you get started on your creative journey - from day one!
Download or read book Creative Cognition written by Ronald A. Finke and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996-01-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Cognition combines original experiments with existing work in cognitive psychology to provide the first explicit account of the cognitive processes and structures that contribute to creative thinking and discovery. Creative Cognition combines original experiments with existing work in cognitive psychology to provide the first explicit account of the cognitive processes and structures that contribute to creative thinking and discovery. In separate chapters, the authors take up visualization, concept formation, categorization, memory retrieval, and problem solving. They describe novel experimental methods for studying creative cognitive processes under controlled laboratory conditions, along with techniques that can be used to generate many different types of inventions and concepts. Unlike traditional approaches, Creative Cognition considers creativity as a product of numerous cognitive processes, each of which helps to set the stage for insight and discovery. It identifies many of these processes as well as general principles of creative cognition that can be applied across a variety of different domains, with examples in artificial intelligence, engineering design, product development, architecture, education, and the visual arts. Following a summary of previous approaches to creativity, the authors present a theoretical model of the creative process. They review research involving an innovative imagery recombination technique, developed by Finke, that clearly demonstrates that creative inventions can be induced in the laboratory. They then describe experiments in category learning that support the provocative claim that the factors constraining category formation similarly constrain imagination and illustrate the role of various memory processes and other strategies in creative problem solving.
Download or read book Metaphor and Thought written by Andrew Ortony and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-11-26 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphor and Thought, first published in 1979, reflects the surge of interest in and research into the nature and function of metaphor in language and thought. In this revised and expanded second edition, the editor has invited the contributors to update their original essays to reflect any changes in their thinking. Reorganised to accommodate the shifts in central theoretical issues, the volume also includes six new chapters that present important and influential fresh ideas about metaphor that have appeared in such fields as the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, linguistics, cognitive and clinical psychology, education and artificial intelligence.
Download or read book Metaphorical Management written by Klaus Elle and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-17 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In times of general instability change management is a great challenge. Our fossil mental patterns are not sufficient any more to be able to navigate sensibly the global scenario of complexity. Metaphorical thinking is a method which releases creative impulses into every change process and is of practical use, activating collective knowledge as a new network resource at the same time. This book reflects modern economy, ecology, sustainability and perception from an artistic perspective. However, it is not so much about "art", but rather how the modern artist takes on a serving role in the social arena again. He makes his creative knowledge available to connect processes of large-scale social development, he extends the boundaries of our scientifically limited world view and creates inspired playgrounds where the sensory-visionary can freely interact with the technically-necessary. This is no new aesthetic theory but rather a practical application of the creative process in operation at the crossroads of social interaction. Metaphorical thinking is emotionalized thinking and the observer is not separated from reality, but the centre, the starting point, of every change and new development. This volume offers creative ways to find solutions for a wide range of complex problems. It is a practical instrument for modern leadership and can be used to teach complexity in new ways. This work will help to create a global dialogue for sustainable change. Thsi book is also available in German: ISBN 978-90-481-9678-4
Download or read book AWES Army Welfare Education Society PGT TGT PRT Exam Guide written by Arihant Experts and published by Arihant Publications India limited. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. The book prepares for the AWES Online Screening Test 2022 2. The entire syllabus has been divided into 5 majors 3. Every chapter has been well explained for better understanding 4. For quick revision good number of questions are provided The Army Welfare Education or (AWES) has given an official announcement for the placement of 8,700 teachers in 137 Army Public Schools (APS). Candidates who are interested for AWES OST 2022 need to have a clear idea of the examination pattern and should have good practice of previous years’ papers. The updated edition of AWES Online Screening Test 2022 has been designed for the preparation of PGT, TGT and PRT entrances. Giving the complete coverage to the syllabus, the book divides it into 5 parts. Every chapter has been provided with detailed explanations of theories along with the complete solution of every question. With lucid and student friendly explanations of terms highlights the silent features of the book. With clear, crisp and to the point study material helps candidates to learn and memorize things easily and quickly. Good number of questions are given in each chapter for quick revision. TOC General Awareness, Mental Ability, English Comprehension, Education Concepts and Methodology, Inclusive Education, Information Technology, CBSE Rules and Regulations Including ECCE & NEP Etc.
Download or read book The Power of Yes written by Starr Cline and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have within you the power to create. Creativity allows you to reach your potential, regardless your field of endeavor. Creativity embraces the way you think and feel. The question becomes, "What has to occur so that your creative juices can flow?" This book discusses the nature of the creative process and how establishing a positive environment is instrumental in revealing, identifying, and nurturing the talents and abilities you possess. "Starr Cline's book provides a very comprehensive update of the most important concepts in the study of creativity. Educators and others interested in creativity and innovation today will find this book a valuable resource." Sidney J. Parnes Professor Emeritus, State University of Buffalo Founder of the Creative Studies Program "In The Power of Yes, Starr Cline has provided the fields of creativity and human development with a poignant contribution. Her work combines solid grounding in research in creativity and psychology with her years of significant professional experience. The book is rich with information about the role of creativity in striving for and reaching human potential. I am impressed with how the author addresses issues of human intelligence and makes them very palatable to the reader. It is a must read and an important guide for educators, concerned parents, as well as any other adults who realize that continued growth is an option we all have." Doris J. Shallcross, Ed.D. Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts/Amherst Past President, Creative Education Foundation "Starr Cline's book The Power of Yes is for those who believe in the power of creativity, and those who want to believe in it. The book has the power to amaze and inspire with an incredible array of information about creativity and its importance in the full development of human potential." Dorothy Sisk Director of the Center for Creativity, Innovation and Leadership Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
Download or read book Seven Skills of Media Literacy written by W. James Potter and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Skills of Media Literacy 1st Edition supplements W. James Potter′s core text, Media Literacy 9th Edition. Seven Skills will go into depth about how to teach the seven skills that will help improve student′s media literacy in their everyday lives. Potter offers practical guidance and exercises, with each chapter of the book addressing one skill.
Download or read book Introducing Organizational Behaviour written by J.M. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 1982-08-12 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
