Making Team Work More Creative

In times of financial crisis and global recession,
innovating new work processes to raise efficiency and
drive down costs is top of the agenda. Innovation,
creativity and team work between all of your
company''s departments therefore are vital parts of
your strategy for survival. Innovation depends on
individual and team creativity, magnified by the
organizational context. This book takes a closer look
at these factors to gain an understanding of creative
team work. A case study assesses conditions of
creative team work at a German SME providing B2B
services in the electronics industry. Using these
insights, recommendations are given for managers to
foster creativity and innovation by becoming
facilitative leaders, improve creative
communications, and empower creative employees.

Autorentext

Gregor Gross, 1973, studied civil engineering at TU Berlin and aMBA at TiasNimbas in The Netherlands, UK and Australia. ManagingOwner of a provider for electronics design services and founderof a children fashion label, he is interested in creativity,teamwork and organisation. He is blogging at www.denkpass.de undtwitter.com/gregorgross.

Klappentext

In times of financial crisis and global recession,innovating new work processes to raise efficiency anddrive down costs is top of the agenda. Innovation,creativity and team work between all of yourcompany's departments therefore are vital parts ofyour strategy for survival. Innovation depends onindividual and team creativity, magnified by theorganizational context. This book takes a closer lookat these factors to gain an understanding of creativeteam work. A case study assesses conditions ofcreative team work at a German SME providing B2Bservices in the electronics industry. Using theseinsights, recommendations are given for managers tofoster creativity and innovation by becomingfacilitative leaders, improve creativecommunications, and empower creative employees.