Exam 21: Encouraging Creativity and Innovation

Which of the following is an extrinsic source of motivation for a creative individual?

According to W. Edwards Deming, top management must be dedicated to having customers receive products as promised.

How are innovation and creativity connected?

________ is the component of creativity that refers to an individual's need or passion to be creative.

Which of the following is essential in order for a new idea to be considered creative as opposed to just being thought of as a new perspective?

Creative thinking under extreme time pressure is more likely when people feel as if they are on ________.

________ is defined as the step of the innovation process that puts a new idea to use by end users or customers.

________ is defined as the step of the innovation process that establishes an invention as a permanent part of the organization.

From a management viewpoint, the process of applying a new idea to the improvement of organizational processes, products, or services is known as ________.

Creativity can be sufficiently analyzed from an organization's perspective in terms of originality or newness.

Which of the following steps taken by managers to stimulate creativity is considered the most effective?

________ provides an employee with the vigilance and persistence necessary to generate creative solutions to complex organizational problems.

________ involves taking a concept or a product created for a very specific use and extending it to a new, often larger, audience.

Creative thinking under extreme time pressure is unlikely when people feel as if they are on ________.

If an employee's creativity is said to increase when they are able to work without direct management directions, the employee should be offered ________ in their work.

An organization that is innovative but not creative is characterized by a fertile source of good ideas, but lacking in the ability to make the ideas tangible.

Give a short description of the concept of "innovation."

________ ideas are ideas that focus on invention that develops new offerings, or enhances existing offerings by the organization.

If a manager is seeking to stimulate creativity out of his/her workers by combining differences among the unique knowledge and perspectives of employees, they should take which of the following managerial actions?

Which of the following is an intrinsic source of motivation for a creative individual?