TUT 1 (Out with the old, in with the new) Flashcards
What is business imperatives?
Less creativity for more business coordination, business productivity and business control
Definition of being creative.
Originality and a creative idea must be appropriate useful and actionable.
The 3 Major Parts of creativity ?
Creative thiking expertise and motivation.
Definition of expertise ?
Everything that a person knows and can do at his work place.
Definition of creative thinking ?
How people approach problems and solutions! The skill to put existing ideas together to create new combinations.
Definition of motivation ?
Key component of creativity. Putting effort in what you do.
Different kind of motivation ?
Extrinsic motivation and Intrinsic motivation
Extrinsic motivation
Gaining more money after properly finishing a difficult task (outside motivation) Can lead to motivation but not for the long run.
Intrinsic motivation
Passion heart and interest (inside motivation) .
Manager can give his or her employees more space for creativity by respecting and using which kind of factors ?
- Chalange
- Freedom
- Resources
- Work Group features
- Supervisory engouement
- Organizational support:
Challange
To create the correct match ! Definition of Match:giving the person employee the correct assignment.
Freedom
Let a person decide how he wants to climb to the top of the mountain/how he want to work to reach for the goal.
How can freedom be destroyed ?
- Managers can destroy freedom by continously changing the goal or to fail to clearify the goal.
- Or they fail to provide autonomy.
Resources
- Time (time pressure can be good but also fake deadlines or unrealistic deadlines are bad for creativity.
- Money
- Physical space
Work group features:
Designing the perfect team->create supportive groups with a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds.
Key features of ‘’ work group features ‘’
- Same lvl of excitement
- Teammates must be helpful
- Every member must respect the unique knowledge and perspective each member brings into account.
Supervisory engouement
A manger should act like a role model. Show that trough out failure u will earn succes. He should show his employes that there work matters and should not kill a idea straight away.
Organizational support
The whole organization support the creativity.
The risk of not being creative.
- Loses the weapon of coming up with new ideas
2. Loses the energy and commitment of its people