Everyday Handbook 508 The Art of Creative Thinking

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Barnes & Noble Books A Division of Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1980

0064635082 / 9780064635080

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Previous Owner Markings (Minimal Highlighting in Yellow); Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Rear Cover Lightly Chipped; Front Cover, Spine Moderately Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Including exercises and illustrations. BOOK NUMBER: EH 508. ALSO KNOWN AS: Portions of this work originally appeared in Money Tree. CARTOONIST-ILLUSTRATOR: Kevin Fagan. COVER DESIGN: E. T. Morris. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; PART I BACKGROUND Chapter 1 What Is Creativity?; Chapter 2 Why Do People Create?; Chapter 3 Obstacles to Becoming More Creative; Chapter 4 Creative People as Problem-Solvers; Chapter 5 Deliberate Creativity; Chapter 6 Recognizing Challenges, Opportunities and Problems; PART II A CREATIVE PROCESS AND CREATIVE CATALYSTS Chapter 7 Defining the Problem; Chapter 8 Open Yourself to Many Diverse Ideas; Chapter 9 Identify the Best Idea; Chapter 10 Transform Ideas into Action; Chapter 11 Summary of the DO IT Process and Catalysts; PART III RELATED TOPICS Chapter 12 Quick Creative Thinking; Chapter 13 Group Creative Problem Solving; Chapter 14 Sustaining Your Creativity; Chapter 15 Summary and Conclusion; Appendix - Supplementary Problems; Bibliography. SYNOPSIS: The Art of Creative Thinking was written to teach people how to nurture, develop, and exercise their creative abilities. It provides tools that enable the reader to recognize opportunities and develop fresh insights into everyday on-the-job problems and challenges. As William James observed, "In the dim background of the mind we know what we ought to be doing, but somehow we cannot start." This book presents creative processes and techniques that demonstrate many starting points and guideposts to creativity. The book integrates the systematic approach of engineering, the creative strategies of psychology, and the here-and-now practicality of business. It thus will be of value to students and professionals in business, engineering, architecture, psychology, technology, and government and to all others who want to use their minds in more creative ways. Robert W. Olson has a psychology practice in Mission Viejo, California, and teaches psychology at Saddlebrook College. He has been a consultant for General Electric, the Orange County Department of Mental Health, and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, as well as a number of other organizations. His educational background includes a Ph.D. degree in human behavior and M.A. degrees in mechanical and nuclear engineering. Kevin Fagan, who collaborated on the illustrations, recently, at the age of twenty-two, became the youngest syndicated cartoonist in the country. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

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Titel
Everyday Handbook 508 The Art of Creative Thinking
Autor
Olson, Robert Wallace
Verlag
Barnes & Noble Books A Division of Harper & Row, Publishers, New York
Erscheinungsjahr
1980
Zustand
Good
Einband
Trade Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0064635082
ISBN-13
9780064635080
Illustrator
Kevin Fagan
Auflage
Second Edition 1st Printing.
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