Managing Creativity - A Systems Thinking Journey

List of contents

1 A history of creativity 2 Socio-cultural creativity 3 Other systems ideas to creativity 4 Creativity in knowledge ecologies 5 Practicing creativity : a self-ethnography 6 Governing creativity 7 Developing ethics for a creative living 8 Final reflections

About the author

José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón (systems engineer, MA, PhD, FHEA) is a Senior Lecturer in Technology and Information Management at the School of Management of Royal Holloway University of London, UK, and is also the co-founder of the Technology and Governance Network (TGN), an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners interested in studying links between technology and human emancipation. He has a long-standing interest in applied systems thinking. Prior to becoming an academic in the UK, he was an entrepreneur, software developer and project analyst in Colombia, his native country. He has published extensively in the use of systems thinking to explore complex situations in different realms of life.

Summary

This book aims to recover the importance of creativity as a systemic phenomenon, meaning that creative efforts could be directed to improve quality of life for individuals as well as their environments. This work will be a vital tool for management researchers, career-driven students and practitioners.

Product details

• Authors: Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon, José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663513
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66351-3
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Systems Thinking
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, Research & development management, Sociology: work & labour, Business mathematics & systems, Sociology: work and labour, Research methods: general, Research and development management, Business mathematics and systems