Creative problem solving for managers

Proctor, Tony.

Creative problem solving for managers developing skills for decision making and innovation / [electronic resource] : Tony Proctor. - 4th ed. - London : Routledge, 2014. - xviii, 361 p. : ill.

"First published 1999"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Creativity and its importance in business -- 2. Blocks to creativity -- 3. Theories of creativity and the creative problem-solving process -- 4. Problem solving and improvisation -- 5. Factors influencing people's ability to undertake ideation -- 6. Objective finding, fact finding and problem finding/definition -- 7. Morphological analysis and related techniques -- 8. Brainstorming and its variants -- 9. Lateral thinking and associated methods -- 10. Synectics -- 11. Paradigm breaking techniques -- 12. Miscellaneous ideation techniques -- 13. Evaluation -- 14. Implementing ideas -- 15. Computer-assisted creative problem solving.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781315882994 (e-book : PDF)


Problem solving.
Decision making.
Management.


Electronic books.