Proctor, Tony <br/><br/>
Creative problem solving for managers :  developing skills for decision making and innovation / 
Tony Proctor 
 - Second edition 
 - London, United Kingdom :  Routledge,  c2005 
 - xvi, 291 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Creativity and its importance in business -- Blocks to creativity -- Theories of creative problem solving process -- Objective finding, fact finding and problem finding/definition -- Morphological analysis and related techniques -- Brainstorming and its variants -- Lateral thinking and associated methods -- Synectics -- Paradigm-breaking techniques and some miscellaneous ideation methods -- Evaluation -- Implementing ideas -- Computer-assisted creative problem solving 
<br/><br/> This book discusses the importance of creativity in business, theories of creative problem solving, brainstorming, lateral thinking, computer assisted problem solving, and how to implement ideas. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>415345413 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PROBLEM SOLVING
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 30.29 .P763 2005