Social Creativity Volume Two (Ronald E. Purser, Alfonso Montuori)

Quantity in Basket:none Code: 1-57273-131-1 Price:$34.50 Title: Social Creativity Volume Two Editor(s): Ronald E. Purser, Alfonso Montuori Publish Date: 1999 Pages: 384 Format: Paper

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"Social Creativity Volume Two challenges many widely held assumptions about creativity in organizations while offering exciting alternatives. A must read for those seeking to increase innovation in their organizations." ~John R. Alden, Senior Manager, Proctor & Gamble "Purser and Montuori have assembled a stimulating and intellectually grounded set of essays central to the long term viability of human societies--how can organizations foster the creativity required to generate paths through the turbulent times we are facing? The conceptualization of creativity as a collective, social phenomenon is a real contribution." ~Susan Albers Mohrman, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Effective Organizations (USC) "This comprehensive work is essential reading for leaders at any level of an organization dedicated to increasing the creative capacity of their work force."~Suzanne Merritt, Senior Creatologist, Founder of the Polaroid Creativity Laboratory "A panoramic overview of what is 'social,' and therefore actionable, about creativity. Everyone concerned with the design and leadership of organizations should take heed." ~John Kao, Harvard Business School and author of Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity Contents: Introduction: Social Creativity in Organizations, Ronald E. Purser and Alfonso Montuori. PART ONE: CREATIVE ORGANIZING: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS. Control, Chaos, Control: A Cybernetic View of Creativity, Charles M. Hampden-Turner. Hemisphericity and Creativity: Group Process and the Dream Factory, David Loye. Creative Organizations: The Relevance of Chaos and Psychodynamic Systems, Ralph Stacey. PART TWO: CREATIVE PERCEPTION: COGNITION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES. The Perceptual Logic of Creativity, Fred Emery. Barriers to Organizational Creativity, Linda M. Kilbourne and Richard W. Woodman. Group Creativity, Paul B. Paulus, Vincent Brown, and Anita H. Ortega. PART THREE: CREATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS: ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION. On the Roles of the Industrial Researcher in Relation to Creativity: The Core of the Stein Technical Audit, Morris I. Stein. The Impact of Downsizing on Organizational Creativity and Innovation, Regina Conti and Teresa M. Amabile. PART FOUR: CREATIVE PARADIGMS: EPISTEMOLOGICAL ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT ASSUMPTIONS. Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Creativity, Tudor Rickards and Christian De Cock. Playing the Spaces between the Notes: From Competence of Creativity in Executive Development, Richard Harrison. PART FIVE: CREATIVE ECOLOGIES: CONSTRAINTS AND POSSIBILITIES. Social Creativity as a Heroic Path in World Crisis, Michael L. Ray. Organizing as if Creativity Really Mattered, Alfonso Montuori. Author Index. Subject Index.