Promoting Organizational Creativity Through an Action-Research-Process of Organizational Development

Kaudela-Baum, Stephanie; Nussbaum, Julien; Gisin, Leila; Stalder, Pia (22 September 2020). Promoting Organizational Creativity Through an Action-Research-Process of Organizational Development In: 21st CINet Conference: Practicing Continuous Innovation in Digital Ecosystems: Proceedings (pp. 752-758). Milano: Continuous Innovation Networtk

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Organizational creativity (OC) is becoming increasingly important for organizations that operate in a dynamic and complex environment. Over the years, scholars have identified key dimensions of OC, but little is known about how OC can be stimulated in everyday organizational practice. The purpose of this research-in progress-paper is on the one hand, to conceptualize OC as organizational development and learning practice and on the other hand, to present an action research case study design and action learning process that allows the research team to start a dialogical exchange among those committed to creativity in the organization. A multi-level online-assessment has been developed based on established creativity tests and has been expanded with selected newly developed inhouse items, in order to help organizational members grasp their own work-related creative capabilities and to help managers get a better understanding of the creative capabilities within the organization or team. The paper aims at giving an outlook on an action research case study design. The research approach involves five case studies of innovation-driven, knowledge-intensive medium-size firms in Switzerland.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Institute for Marketing & Global Management Business School > Institute for Marketing & Global Management > Global Management Business School
Name:	Kaudela-Baum, Stephanie; Nussbaum, Julien; Gisin, Leila and Stalder, Pia
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
ISBN:	978-90-77360-23-1
Publisher:	Continuous Innovation Networtk
Language:	English
Submitter:	Pia Stalder
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2024 09:57
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 09:57
Uncontrolled Keywords:	organizational creativity, organizational development, collaborative agency, action research, action learning
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.22539
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/22539