Managing Creativity in Organizations Critique

Issues such as organization learning, knowledge management and creativity in organizations are increasingly of interest to academics and practitioners. Few books offer an integrated critique and evaluation of the recent discussions on organizational creativity. Written for academics, managers and consultants, this book fills that gap and investigates what organizational creativity is in practice.

Alexander Styre is Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. Mats Sundgren is a Senior Scientist at Clinical Science AstraZeneca R&D, Sweden.

List of Tables and Figures

viii

Foreword

ix

Introduction: The Absence of Creativity in Practice and Management Writing

1

(24)

Introduction

1

(3)

The knowledge society and its consequences

4

(3)

The practical perspective: the absence of creativity

7

(7)

The theoretical perspective: creativity and its competing concepts

14

(7)

Outline of the book

21

(1)

Conclusions

21

(4)

Part I Critique

What is Organizational Creativity?

25

(16)

Introduction

25

(1)

Creativity research: a literature review

25

(7)

Creativity as kitsch and management fad

32

(8)

Conclusions

40

(1)

The Epistemology of Creativity

41

(24)

Introduction

41

(1)

The notion of creation

42

(1)

Creativity and the individual

43

(4)

Creativity as process

47

(13)

Social constructivist and material definitions of creativity

60

(4)

Conclusions

64

(1)

Exploring Creativity in Organizations: Methodological Concerns

65

(26)

Introduction

65

(2)

Overview of methods in creativity research

67

(1)

Influential systems theories of organizational creativity

68

(9)

A multiparadigmatic approach to creativity research

77

(6)

Benefits of a multiparadigmatic approach to creativity research

83

(4)

Conclusions

87

(4)

Part II Practices

Technology and Creativity

91

(24)

Introduction

91

(1)

The notion of technology

92

(3)

Technology and representation

95

(3)

Technology and creativity

98

(4)

High-throughput screening and new drug development

102

(5)

Other forms of technology in new drug development

107

(3)

The limits of technology

110

(1)

Technology as a form of control

111

(2)

Conclusions

113

(2)

Intuition and Creativity

115

(25)

Introduction

115

(1)

The notions of cognition and meaning

116

(7)

The notion of intuition

123

(3)

Intuition in new drug development

126

(9)

Modes of thinking in creative work

135

(4)

Conclusions

139

(1)

Leadership and Creativity

140

(37)

Introduction

140

(1)

The notions of management and leadership

141

(5)

Theoretical aspects of leadership and creativity

146

(3)

Leadership in creative organizations

149

(23)

Leading creativity: de-paradoxifying opposing objectives

172

(1)

A model for management practice, leadership and creativity

173

(2)

Conclusions

175

(2)

Conclusion: Managing Organizational Creativity

177

(41)

Introduction

177

(1)

The use of narratives and storytelling

178

(3)

The fallacy of misplaced concreteness and the management of organizational creativity

181

(2)

The liminality of creativity

183

(4)

The political economy of creativity

187

(4)

Managing organizational creativity

191

(6)

The future of pharmaceutical industry and creative work

197

(17)

Summary and conclusions

214

(4)

Bibliography

218

(25)

Index

243

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