Issues such as organization learning, knowledge management and creativity in organizations are increasingly of interest to academics and practitioners. Few books offer an integrated critique and evaluation of the recent discussions on organizational creativity. Written for academics, managers and consultants, this book fills that gap and investigates what organizational creativity is in practice.
Author(s): Alexander Styhre, Mats Sundgren
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 264
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
The knowledge society and its consequences......Page 17
The practical perspective: the absence of creativity......Page 20
The theoretical perspective: creativity and its competing concepts......Page 27
Conclusions......Page 34
Part I Critique......Page 36
Creativity research: a literature review......Page 38
Creativity as kitsch and management fad......Page 45
Conclusions......Page 53
Introduction......Page 54
The notion of creation......Page 55
Creativity and the individual......Page 56
Creativity as process......Page 60
Social constructivist and material definitions of creativity......Page 73
Conclusions......Page 77
Introduction......Page 78
Conclusions......Page 100
Overview of methods in creativity research......Page 80
Influential systems theories of organizational creativity......Page 81
A multiparadigmatic approach to creativity research......Page 90
Benefits of a multiparadigmatic approach to creativity research......Page 96
Part II Practices......Page 102
Introduction......Page 104
The notion of technology......Page 105
Technology and representation......Page 108
Technology and creativity......Page 111
High-throughput screening and new drug development......Page 115
Other forms of technology in new drug development......Page 120
The limits of technology......Page 123
Technology as a form of control......Page 124
Conclusions......Page 126
Introduction......Page 128
The notions of cognition and meaning......Page 129
The notion of intuition......Page 136
Intuition in new drug development......Page 139
Modes of thinking in creative work......Page 148
Conclusions......Page 152
Introduction......Page 153
The notions of management and leadership......Page 154
Theoretical aspects of leadership and creativity......Page 159
Leadership in creative organizations......Page 162
Leading creativity: de-paradoxifying opposing objectives......Page 185
A model for management practice, leadership and creativity......Page 186
Conclusions......Page 188
Introduction......Page 190
The use of narratives and storytelling......Page 191
The fallacy of misplaced concreteness and the management of organizational creativity......Page 194
The liminality of creativity......Page 196
The political economy of creativity......Page 200
Managing organizational creativity......Page 204
The future of pharmaceutical industry and creative work......Page 210
Summary and conclusions......Page 227
Bibliography......Page 231
G......Page 256
O......Page 257
Z......Page 258
