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A 4 page paper making recommendations to a manager of how s/he can increase creativity among employees, using only book sources. The paper recommends that the manager use the concepts of Deming's (1986) 14 Points; Senge's (1990) systems thinking approach; and Schein's (1999) model of changing organizational culture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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to encourage employees to be more creative in their approach to their jobs and in their thinking has several tools available to him. Deming (1986) provided a framework by
which organizations could break free of bureaucratic structures and processes to foster continuous improvement and increasing creativity; his 14 Points remain relevant to todays organizations as well. Senge (1990)
promotes the idea of systems thinking, which is considering the entire organization and its needs rather than only the concerns of a discrete portion of it and a relatively small
group of individuals. Schein (1999) provides a means of altering corporate culture to one that supports the pursuit of enhanced creativity. Lussier and Achua (2004) present a synthesis
of the ideas put forth by these forerunners to assist the practicing manager in encouraging greater creativity within the organization. Scheins Model Edgar
Schein (1999) holds that corporate culture can be reduced to and defined by three categories of items: artifacts, espoused values and basic underlying assumptions. Artifacts are visible organizational
structures. Espoused values are the organizations stated strategies, goals and philosophies. Basic underlying assumptions include the organizations "unconscious beliefs, perceptions, thoughts and feelings" (Schein, 1999; p. 26).
Changing culture cannot be done by edict, but establishing the atmosphere in which a strong, positive culture can take root and grow lies
directly in the realm of management. In this case, the companys management has the ability to alter Scheins (1999) artifacts and espoused values portions of the model of corporate
culture, which in time will lead to change in the third section of the model. Senges Theories The concept of organizational learning emerged
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