SHR044-6 : Mobilising Creativity And Innovation

Running head: CREATIVITY AT THE WORKPLACE
CREATIVITY AT THE WORKPLACE
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Executive Summary
The 21st century business environment has become considerably competitive and dynamic. There
exist a large number of factors as present in the business environment which can have a strong
impact on the overall performance of the workplace at large. Hence, in lieu of this, creativity and
innovation have a critical role to play in ensuring that the overall performance of a firm increase.
The primary aim of the report is to highlight the meaning and importance of creativity and
innovation at the workplace by relating it the theoretical aspects and stating it with reference to
the organization which has been chosen for the assessment named the Diwan of Royal court. The
different individual blocks to creativity at the workplace has been analyzed which is then
followed by the various approaches to creativity and its importance. A conclusion summarizes
the learning and certain recommendations have also been provided which are as follows:
The hiring of the different employees has to take place in the right manner.
The employees need to be provided with adequate flexibility.
The employees are required to be rewarded for creativity.
They should be provided with adequate time to recharge themselves.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Analysis...........................................................................................................................................3
Critical evaluation of individual creativity at the Diwan of Royal Court....................................3
Approaches to Fostering Individual Creativity at the Diwan of Royal Court.............................4
The contribution of creativity and innovation at the workplace- Using theoretical perspectives
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The Plan to promote individual creative thinking in the organization has been given as follows. .6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Recommendations............................................................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
The primary objective of the report is to highlight the importance of the organizational
creativity and innovation which takes place in the workplace and thereby underlying the
importance of innovation at a workplace. Innovation can be described as the adaptation to a new
technology and improvised work related processes which would thereby contribute to the overall
success of the workplace at large (Amabile et al. 1996). The report will follow a structured
format whereby the theoretical concepts related to underpinning individual block of creativity
and evaluations along with approaches to enhance creative thinking will be determined.
Moreover, ways in which the organizational creativity may be fostered at the workplace will also
be identified and certain recommendations based on the same will also be identified. With
respect to both established as well as new firms, innovation is crucial because, the businesses
these days function in a dynamic environment and in case they fail to innovate, the customers,
employees and the community suffer at large. Moreover, for some individuals creativity becomes
difficult as it cannot be decided where to start and where to look out for and hence, they cannot
improvise (Andriopoulos 2001). However, this report will assist in understanding the process of
creativity and innovation.
Analysis
Critical evaluation of individual creativity at the Diwan of Royal Court
According to Amabile (1996), fostering creativity is not an easy task and an organization
as a whole is faced by various barriers with respect to this. At the Diwan of Royal Court, there
exists various blocks to the in individual creativity and this section will analyze the reasons
behind this blocks and their respective ways in which these blocks can be easily overcome.
Proctor (1999) believes that the first block which exists in the path of creativity in the firm is the