Conflict And Creativity At Work

Author : Sy Landau,Barbara Landau,Daryl Landau
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0787954233

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From Conflict to Creativity by Sy Landau,Barbara Landau,Daryl Landau Pdf

From Conflict to Creativity offers leaders, managers, boards of directors, and team members a new way of thinking about conflict in the workplace. Within these pages, three experts in the field of workplace conflict resolution Sy, Barbara, and Daryl Landau present an innovative and proven collaborative model that can help resolve on-the-job conflicts and unleash the potential for creativity. Using the information and tools presented in this book can take any organization from a place that merely tolerates conflict to a dynamic environment that uses everyday differences to enhance creativity.

Author : Albert Low
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781837642229

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Conflict and Creativity at Work by Albert Low Pdf

Contributes to the tide of activism that is calling for higher ethical standards and corporate social responsibility within the corporate world. This book offers a way to look at a company, work, a product and company organization.

Author : Albert Low
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1845192729

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Conflict and Creativity at Work by Albert Low Pdf

The corporate system arises out of the natural creativity of human beings and is expressed in the work that we do. Therefore to understand a company, its organization, and its reason for being, we must understand creativity and work - what they involve and their importance to our mental health. This new understanding of social responsibility is imperative for the very survival of our way of life. Business Ethics quotes Thomas Donahue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President, as saying, "There is something fundamentally out of balance when short-term considerations become so dominant." Depression is widespread throughout Western society. A contributing factor is the way the corporate system operates. People are now adjuncts to the system and the result is alienation and impotence. China and India are looming as major industrial competitors, and their employees are very well motivated. To compete in the West, we must revise the present antiquated corporate philosophy that asserts that the interests of the stockholder are the only interests that the corporation can legally serve, and adopt policies that promote corporate social responsibility. Nobel prizewinner Milton Friedman says that the only social responsibility that a company has is to make a profit. Author Albert Low questions this basic assumption and provides an alternative view - a company is a complex field of interacting and conflicting forces out of which a product emerges. The interests of the stockholder make up just one set of these forces. Low's Conflict and Creativity at Work contributes to the tide of activism that is calling for higher ethical standards and social responsibility within the corporate world. The book offers a new way to look at a company, work, a product, and company organization.

Author : Tatsushi Arai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135214784

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Creativity and Conflict Resolution by Tatsushi Arai Pdf

This book explores how creative ways of resolving social conflicts emerge, evolve, and subsequently come to be accepted or rejected in inter-group relations. Creativity and Conflict Resolution explores a subject with which political communities involved in social conflict have always grappled: creative ways of imagining and actualizing visions of conflict resolution. This is an ambitious question, which concerns human communities at many different levels, from families, regional-independence movements, and national governments, to inter-state alliances. The author argues that unconventional viability lies at the heart of creativity for transcending seemingly intractable inter-communal conflicts. More specifically, conflict resolution creativity is a social and epistemological process, whereby actors involved in a given social conflict learn to formulate an unconventional resolution option or procedure. Demystifying the origin of unthinkable breakthroughs for conflict resolution and illuminating theories of creativity based on 17 international case studies, this book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace and conflict studies, human security and IR. Tatsushi Arai is an Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Transformation at the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont, USA. He has a PhD in Conflict Resolution from George Mason University, Washington DC, and extensive practical experience in the field.

Author : Michael Handford,Almut Koester
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781003862482

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Language and Creativity at Work by Michael Handford,Almut Koester Pdf

Language and Creativity at Work: A Corpus-Assisted Model of Creative Workplace Discourse explores linguistic creativity at work as well as the role of language in creative processes in the workplace. Using a mixed-methods approach involving corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, this book: Provides a critical comparison of previous studies in language and creativity in a linguistic context as well as in the context of businesses and entrepreneurship, and considers the insights that can be gained from both approaches Argues the case for workplace creativity as a linguistic and discursive phenomenon in addition to a cognitive or relational one Presents a model of creative workplace discourse that integrates creative language, the creative actions involving language, and alignment between speakers Employs spoken corpus data from a range of workplace contexts recorded over a 20-year period; Examines professional practice and creativity in two different professional contexts: a residential care home and a small start-up company, and explores the roles of constraints, leadership and alignment in these contexts Critically interrogates the notion of creativity as an inherently positive phenomenon and analyses instances of problematic creativity in the workplace Demonstrates how corpora can be used to underscore assessments of creativity and its realisations in real dialogic contexts. This book fills an important gap in the literature on creativity within both language and organisational studies, and as such will be key reading for students and researchers of English language, applied linguistics, communication studies and business management.

Author : Mary Scannell
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071743662

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The Big Book of Conflict Resolution Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Improve Communication, Trust and Collaboration by Mary Scannell Pdf

Make workplace conflict resolution a game that EVERYBODY wins! Recent studies show that typical managers devote more than a quarter of their time to resolving coworker disputes. The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games offers a wealth of activities and exercises for groups of any size that let you manage your business (instead of managing personalities). Part of the acclaimed, bestselling Big Books series, this guide offers step-by-step directions and customizable tools that empower you to heal rifts arising from ineffective communication, cultural/personality clashes, and other specific problem areas—before they affect your organization's bottom line. Let The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games help you to: Build trust Foster morale Improve processes Overcome diversity issues And more Dozens of physical and verbal activities help create a safe environment for teams to explore several common forms of conflict—and their resolution. Inexpensive, easy-to-implement, and proved effective at Fortune 500 corporations and mom-and-pop businesses alike, the exercises in The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games delivers everything you need to make your workplace more efficient, effective, and engaged.

Author : Amy Gallo
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692169

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HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict (HBR Guide Series) by Amy Gallo Pdf

While some of us enjoy a lively debate with colleagues and others prefer to suppress our feelings over disagreements, we all struggle with conflict at work. Every day we navigate an office full of competing interests, clashing personalities, limited time and resources, and fragile egos. Sure, we share the same overarching goals as our colleagues, but we don't always agree on how to achieve them. We work differently. We rub each other the wrong way. We jockey for position. How can you deal with conflict at work in a way that is both professional and productive—where it improves both your work and your relationships? You start by understanding whether you generally seek or avoid conflict, identifying the most frequent reasons for disagreement, and knowing what approaches work for what scenarios. Then, if you decide to address a particular conflict, you use that information to plan and conduct a productive conversation. The HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict will give you the advice you need to: Understand the most common sources of conflict Explore your options for addressing a disagreement Recognize whether you—and your counterpart—typically seek or avoid conflict Prepare for and engage in a difficult conversation Manage your and your counterpart's emotions Develop a resolution together Know when to walk away Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

Author : Jeff DeGraff,Katherine A. Lawrence
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0787966533

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Creativity at Work by Jeff DeGraff,Katherine A. Lawrence Pdf

Although many leaders acknowledge and invest in creativity, we seldom see it hold a credible place in the business development process. Creativity at Work takes a practical approach to creativity, showing how to select practices to produce results and add value. The authors explain how to: * Understand the creative preferences of organizations, departments, work groups, and individuals * Identify and compare the different creativity profiles that describe specific purposes, practices, and people * Produce the desired results by developing the right practices * Blend creativity practices to meet the complex needs that characterize most work situations o Develop required creative abilities in a team and in oneself

Author : Lee Martin,Nick Wilson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319773506

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The Palgrave Handbook of Creativity at Work by Lee Martin,Nick Wilson Pdf

This Handbook provides authoritative up-to-date scholarship and debate concerning creativity at work, and offers a timely opportunity to re-evaluate our understanding of creativity, work, and the pivotal relationship between them. Far from being a new arrival on the scene, the context of work has always been a place shaped and sharpened by creativity, as well as a site that determines, where, when, how, and for whom creativity emerges. Structured in four parts – Working with Creativity (the present); Putting Creativity to Work (in an organizational context); Working in the Creative Industries (creative labour); and Making Creativity Work (the future) – the Handbook is an inspirational learning resource, helping us to work with creativity in innovative ways. Providing a cutting edge, interdisciplinary, diverse, and critical collection of academic and practitioner insights, this Handbook ultimately conveys a message of hope: if we take better care of creativity, our creativity will better care for us.

Author : Landau
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0787962341

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From Conflict to Creativity by Landau Pdf

Author : Todd Henry
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101516973

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The Accidental Creative by Todd Henry Pdf

Have better ideas, faster, without the stress and burnout. It isn't enough to just do your job anymore. In order to thrive in today's marketplace, all of us-even the accountants-have to be ready to generate brilliant ideas on demand. Business creativity expert Todd Henry explains how to establish effective practices that unleash your creative potential. Born out of his consultancy and his popular podcast, Henry has created a practical method for discovering your personal creative rhythm. He focuses on five key elements: •Focus: Begin with your end goal in mind. •Relationships: Build stimulating relationships and ideas will follow. •Energy: Manage it as your most valuable resource. • Stimuli: Structure the right "inputs" to maximize creative output. •Hours: Focus on effectiveness, not efficiency. This is a guide for staying inspired and experiencing greater creative productivity than you ever imagined possible.

Author : Diane Musho Hamilton
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781611800678

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Everything Is Workable by Diane Musho Hamilton Pdf

Discover how mindfulness can help you resolve the inevitable problems that arise in your personal and professional relationships in this “groundbreaking, creative” guide to Zen-based conflict resolution (Jan Chozen Bays) Conflict is going to be part of your life—as long as you have relationships, hold down a job, or have dry cleaning to be picked up. Bracing yourself against it won’t make it go away, but if you approach it consciously, you can navigate it in a way that not only honors everyone involved but makes it a source of deep insight as well. Seasoned mediator Diane Hamilton provides the skill set you need to engage conflict with wisdom and compassion, and even—sometimes—to be grateful for it. She teaches how to: • Cultivate the mirror-like quality of attention as your base • Identify the three personal conflict styles and determine which one you fall into • Recognize the three fundamental perspectives in any conflict situation and learn to inhabit each of them • Turn conflicts in families, at work, and in every kind of interpersonal relationship into win-win situations Full of practical exercises that can be applied to any kind of relationship, Everything Is Workable gives readers the tools they need to cultivate dynamic, vital, and effective relationships in their personal lives and at work.

Author : Jeff DeGraff,Staney DeGraff
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523084777

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The Innovation Code by Jeff DeGraff,Staney DeGraff Pdf

Using vivid examples, this rigorous but highly accessible guide offers four steps to normalize conflict and channel it to develop breakthrough innovations that are both good for you and your customers. --

Author : Lynne Eisaguirre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0615231888

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The Power of a Good Fight Embracing Conflict to Drive Productivity, Creativity and Innovation by Lynne Eisaguirre Pdf

Eisaguirre show how to encourage more good fights and fewer bad ones, and take advantage of workplace tension for fueling creative growth and productivity.

Author : Michael Curtin,Kevin Sanson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520295438

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Voices of Labor by Michael Curtin,Kevin Sanson Pdf

"The film industry in Hollywood now employs a global mode of production run by massive media conglomerates that mobilize hundreds, sometimes thousands, of workers for each feature film or television series. Yet these workers and their labor remain largely invisible to the general audience. In fact, this has been a signal characteristic of Hollywood style for more than a hundred years: everything that matters happens onscreen, not off. Consequently, when it comes to movies and television, the voices heard most often are those belonging to talent and corporate executives. Those we hear least are the voices of labor, and it's that silence we aim to redress in the collection of interviews in this book. Drawing from the detailed and personal accounts in this collection, we offer three interrelated propositions about the current state and future prospects of craftwork and screen media labor: 1. Craftwork exists within an intricate and intimate matrix of social relations. 2. Hollywood craftwork today constitutes a regime of excessive labor. 3. Screen media production is a protean entity. We organized the collection into three sections: company town, global machine, and fringe city. The first section refers to Hollywood's historic roots as a core component of the motion picture business. The second section engages more directly with the spatial dynamics of film and television production to underscore the economic and political structures that are integrating distant locations into the studios' mode of production. We close with a section on the visual effects sector, in which stories shared by vfx artists, advocates, and organizers specifically illustrate how the industry today relies on marginal institutions to sustain its power and profitability"--Provided by publisher.