Creativity and Performance in Industrial Organization

<p><strong>Tavistock Press</strong> was established as a co-operative venture between the <strong>Tavistock Institute</strong> and <strong>Routledge & Kegan Paul</strong> (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. <br> This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by <strong>Routledge,</strong> 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name <em>The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press</em>.<br> Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1968 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.</p> Part I The nature of industrial problems; 1. Introduction; 2. Problem-solving techniques; Part II The nature of creativity; 3. Introduction; 4. Creative thinking as a process; 5. Perception and judgement; 6. Intelligence, personality, and environment; 7. Creativity and the group; 8. Inferences for industry and education; Part III The contemporary organization; 9. Introduction; ch0010 Features of organizations relevant to creative performance; Part IV An organizational approach to optimize creative performance; 11. Introduction; 12. Premises for rebuilding; 13. Model; 14. Argument;