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Title:
Creativity and innovation in business and beyond : social science perspectives and policy implications
Series:
Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology ; 18

Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology ; 18.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Physical Description:
xviii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780415880107

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Summary

In many modern economies, creativity, the essential prerequisite for innovation, tends to be assumed or neglected while the catchphrase "innovation" dominates the field of business as the key to national performance and competitiveness. Creativity and Innovation in Business and Beyond illustrates the ways in which creativity spurs innovationnbsp;and innovation enables creativity - not only in the realms of business and management, where the innovation is regularly acknowledged and discussed, but throughout the social sciences. With contributions from experts in fields as far-flung as policy, history, economics, economic geography, sociology, law, psychology, social psychology and education, in addition to business and management, this volume explores the manifold avenues for creativity and innovation at many levels including nation, region, city, institution, organisation, and team acrossnbsp;a multitude of sectors and settings.


Author Notes

Leon Mann is Professorial Fellow and Director of the Research Leadership Unit, Melbourne Research Office, University of Melbourne. He is a past President of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2001-2003) and of the Australian Psychological Society (1987-1988). He is the co-author with Irving Janis of Decision Making (1977), Social Psychology (1969), Developing Leaders in R&D (1994) and Leadership, Management and Innovation in R&D Project Teams (2005).

Janet Chan is Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. She has worked as a consultant for a number of government organisations, was awarded nine Australian Research Council grants, and has published numerous books and articles on criminal justice and policing issues, including Changing Police Culture (1997), Fair Cop: Learning the Art of Policing (2003), and Reshaping Juvenile Justice (2005). Her recent research projects have focused on understanding individual and collective creative practice among artists, scientists and art-science collaborations.


Table of Contents

Janet Chan and Leon MannJonathan WestJane MarceauJane MarceauSimon VilleJoshua GansAndrew ChristieBrian FitzgeraldJanet ChanLeon MannMark DodgsonJonathan WestErica McwilliamJohn Sweller and Leon MannLeon MannLeon Mann
List of Tablesp. xi
List of Figuresp. xiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
Prefacep. xvii
1 Introduction: Creativity and Innovationp. 1
2 National Innovation Systems and Creativityp. 15
3 Innovation and Creativity in Industry and the Service Sectorsp. 32
4 Space, Place and Innovationp. 50
5 Historical Approaches to Creativity and Innovationp. 64
6 Economic Approaches to Understanding and Promoting Innovationp. 82
7 Creativity and Innovation: A Legal Perspectivep. 103
8 Promoting Creativity and Innovation through Lawp. 117
9 Towards a Sociology of Creativityp. 135
10 Social Psychology of Creativity and Innovationp. 154
11 Creativity and Innovation Management: Play's the Thingp. 170
12 Inducing and Disciplining Creativity in Organisations under Escalating Complexityp. 189
13 Creativity and Innovation: An Educational Perspectivep. 203
14 The Psychology of Creativity and Its Educational Consequencesp. 223
15 Creativity Meets Innovation: Examining Relationships and Pathwaysp. 239
16 Creativity and Innovation: Principles and Policy Implicationsp. 254
List of Contributorsp. 271
Indexp. 277
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