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Author Córdoba-Pachón, José-Rodrigo

Title Managing Creativity : a Systems Thinking Journey
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (151 pages)
Series Systems Thinking Ser
Systems Thinking Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; To the reader; Introduction; Structure of the book; This book in four clues; 1 A history of creativity; Introduction; A brief overview of creativity; Lineages in creativity research; First lineage: progressive creativity; A second lineage: creativity as an emergent socio-cultural phenomenon; A creativity 'mess'; Concluding remarks; 2 Socio-cultural creativity; Introduction; The lone genius: the importance of 'other' people and 'other' issues
Early roots of socio-cultural (systems) perspectives to creativityThe evolving systems approach to creativity (ESA); Motivation, skills and challenges for both creators and their managers; A systems model of creativity: individuals, domains and fields of knowledge; A critique of the systems model of Csikszentmihalyi; Concluding remarks; 3 Other systems ideas to creativity; Introduction; 'Other' systems ideas for creativity; Applied systems thinking to management (AST); An enquiry system; Beating or redesigning systems; Random and inter-connected learning; Mindful thinking and experiencing
Concluding remarks4 Creativity in knowledge ecologies; Introduction; An early stab at inter-disciplinary and collaborative work; Beyond alignment of individuals, domains and fields of knowledge; Knowledge ecologies; Further implications for creativity; Heuristic borrowing; Self-awareness; An enriched enquiry system; Concluding remarks; 5 Practising creativity: a self-ethnography; Introduction; Choice of method and narrative structure; A reunion in the 'middle of the week'; Creativity as well-being; The week goes by: well-being and a project; Afterword; Concluding remarks
6 Governing creativityIntroduction; Creativity as governing; Governmentality, conduct and freedom; Analytical elements of governmentality; Critically informed ethics for creativity; Analysis of convergences of well-being, work and balance; Conducts and counter-conducts: a prelude; Concluding remarks; 7 Developing ethics for a creative living; Introduction; The shopping mall metaphor; Another look at the lone genius in creativity; The systems model of creativity revisited; Towards an ethics for systems-based creativity; Some examples; Concluding remarks; 8 Final reflections; Introduction
The enacted dialogue so farEnacting future dialogues; Finally, three bedtime stories; References; Index
Summary For over a century, creativity has unfolded as a valuable field of knowledge. Emerging from disciplines like psychology, management and education, the field of creativity is making strides in others including the arts and engineering. Research and education in this field helped it establish an identity as evidenced by a growing number of courses and specialised journals. However, this progress has come with a price. In a domain like management, institutionalisation of creativity in learning, research and practice has left creativity subordinated to concerns with standardisation, employability and economic growth. Values like personal fulfilment, uncertainty, improvement and connectedness which could characterise systemic views on creativity need to be rescued to promote more and inclusive dialogue between creativity stakeholders. The author aims to recover the importance of creativity as a systemic phenomenon and explores how applied systems thinking, or AST, can further support creativity. This demonstrates how creative efforts could be directed to improve quality of life for individuals as well as their environments. The book uses the systems idea as an enquiring device to bring together different actors to promote refl ection and action about creative possibilities. The chapters offer conceptualisations, applications and refl ections of systems ideas to help readers make sense of the field of creativity in academia and elsewhere. Complemented by the author's own personal, conceptual and practical journey, the insights of the book will act as a vital toolkit for management researchers, career-driven students, practitioners and all creators to define and pursue creative ideas and thrive through their journeys to benefit themselves, other people and organisations
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Subject Creative ability.
Creative thinking.
creativity.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Motivational.
Creativity.
disciplines.
ecologies.
education.
governmentality.
innovation.
management.
Systems thinking.
Creative ability
Creative thinking
Form Electronic book
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