Chapter Questions
Is it important for leaders to be creative if they value creativity and nurture it in their employees? Why or why not?
Do you agree with Slocum's assertion that creativity should be a shared responsibility in an organization? Why or why not?
If you were conducting a hiring interview, what questions would you ask to find out if the job applicant was creative?
If you were a leader of a work team or organization, what would you do to create a systematic process for generating task-relevant ideas and deciding which ones to implement?
Describe a task or project that you have been involved in where creative ideas proved to be essential. How did that creativity arise? Describe also a task or project that failed because of insufficiently creative ideas. What interfered with the production of creative ideas?