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  1. Creative Problem Solving for Managers

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    This textbook introduces ideas, skills and models to help students understanding how creative thinking can aid problem-solving. The latest edition of this well-regarded book brings the story up to date whilst retaining popular features such as case studies and case histories together with extensive diagrams, examples and thought-provoking ...

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    Using case studies and case histories together with extensive diagrams, examples and thought-provoking questions, Creative Problem Solving for Managers provides the most up-to-date and extensive approach to this important topic. ... Tony Proctor is Emiritus Professor in Marketing at the University of Chester, UK. His research interests lie in ...

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    The regularity with which the term 'solutions' is used in management speak suggests that management is largely about problem solving. To suggest that thinking creatively is a useful skill in solving a problem may be stating the obvious, but experience tells us that under pressure, managers tend to fall back on the 'tried and tested' rather than the new and creative.

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    This new edition of Creative Problem Solving for Managers offers up to date guidance on how to approach and resolve such problems. Jon Curwin, Senior Learning and Teaching Fellow, Birmingham City Business School, UK. Creativity is a fundamental skill for business managers. Tony Proctor's book provides an excellent practical guide to this topic.

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    Creative problem solving for managers : developing skills for decision making and innovation ... Proctor, Tony. Publication date 2010 Topics Problem solving, Decision making, Management ... Creativity and its importance in business -- Blocks to creativity -- Theories of creativity and the creative problem solving process -- Objective finding ...

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    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 ...

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    This updated text provides a lively introduction to the essential skills of creative problem solving. Using extensive case-studies and examples from a wide range of business situations, it explores a wide range of 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 ...

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    It shows how and why people are blocked in their thinking, how this impairs the creative problem solving process, and how creative problem solving techniques can help overcome these difficulties. Theories of creative thinking are critically examined and used to justify the variety of techniques which can be used to find insights into difficult ...

  15. Creative Problem Solving for Managers: Developing Skills for Decision

    In Creative Problem Solving, Tony Proctor dispenses readers with rich examples of ideation techniques, as well as challenging the readers to question fundamental issues and develop their own capabilities. Proctor showers readers with easy-to-use techniques that have the potential to transform anyone into a genius level creative thinker and ...

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    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.

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    Stimulating and developing the creative potential of all members of an organisation is widely seen as contributing to performance and results. This prestigious textbook provides a complete overview of the creative problem-solving process and its relevance to modern managers in the private and public sectors. It introduces ideas, skills and models to help students understand how creative ...

  21. Creative Problem Solving for Managers by Tony Proctor

    ISBN: 9781138312388. Number of pages: 374. Weight: 720 g. Dimensions: 246 x 174 mm. MEDIA REVIEWS. In Creative Problem Solving, Tony Proctor dispenses readers with rich examples of ideation techniques, as well as challenging the readers to question fundamental issues and develop their own capabilities. Proctor showers readers with easy-to-use ...

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    This new edition of Creative Problem Solving for Managers offers up to date guidance on how to approach and resolve such problems. Jon Curwin, Senior Learning and Teaching Fellow, Birmingham City Business School, UK. Creativity is a fundamental skill for business managers. Tony Proctor's book provides an excellent practical guide to this topic.