Creativity and problem solving in the development of organizational innovation

• Author(s): Sousa, Fernando ; Monteiro, Ileana Pardal ; Pellissier, René
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/2371
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Subject(s): Creative leadership; Organizational creativity; Organizational innovation; Creative problem solving; Kelly Grid
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

This research focuses on creativity and innovation management in organizations. We present a model of intervention that aims at establishing a culture of organizational innovation through the internal development of individual and team creativity focusing on problem solving. The model relies on management’s commitment and in the organization’s talented people (creative leaders and employees) as a result of their ability in defining a better organization. The design follows Min Basadur’s problem solving approach consisting of problem finding, fact finding, problem definition, solution finding and decision implementation. These steps are carried out using specific techniques and procedures that will link creative people and management in order to initiate the process until problems are defined. For each defined problem, project teams will develop possible solutions and implement these decisions. Thus, a system of transformation of the individual and team creativity into organizational innovation can be established.