Saaty, Thomas L. Primary Author mixed material bibliography Pittsburgh RWS 2001 en English

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x, 267 p. : exercises, tabs., bibs., index ; 29 cm Table of Contents: Preface ix Chapter One: Creativity, An Essay 1 Credo 3 A Context for Considering Creativity 3 The Realm of Creativity 5 The Limits to Creativity 5 Fostering Creativity 5 Some Historical Examples of Creativity 8 Motivation and Creativity 9 Methods and Manifestations of Creativity 10 The Group Creative Process 16 Creativity Favors the Prepared Mind 17 Assessing the Constraints on Creativity 18 Teaching Creativity 19 Elementary Analytical Problems and Projects 20 Exercises 21 Creativity Exercises 28 Solutions to Creativity Exercises 29 Mechanical Invention 30 Uninhibited Imagination 30 Flexibility of Thinking Problems 31 Answers for the First Eight Challenging Exercises 32 Answers for the Flexibility of Thinking Problems 34 Chapter Two: Creativity Revisited 35 Introduction 37 Framework for the Creative Process 43 Conditions for Creativity 45 Exercising Your Creativity 49 Training for Creativity 52 Creative Techniques and Exercises 53 A Few More Problems Put Your Creativity to Work! 58 A Creative Attitude 59 Thoughts on Creativity and Humor 60 A Final Exercise on Creativity 61 Jokes’ Appendix 63 Chapter Three: Examples of Creativity and Creative People 81 Introduction 83 Inventions 83 Inventors 86 Stories and Creative Solutions to Problems 94 Chapter Four: Problem Solving 99 Recognizing Problems 102 Attitudes Toward Problems: the Mysterious Riddle Solver and the Pragmatist 103 Formulating Problems 106 Solving Problems 107 Accepting the Limitations of Solutions: Compromise 111 Examples 113 Some Examples of Models 118 Operational Problems 121 Mathematical Problems 123 Logic Problems 126 Puzzles for the Virtuoso (and Virtuosa) 128 Solutions to Puzzles for the Virtuosi 131 Chapter Five: Our Heritage 139 Introduction 141 Creativity and Inspiration 142 Creativity and Evolution 146 Dependencies and Syntheses in Nature 151 Creativity in a Non-Linear World 152 Synthesizing 154 Prediction and Quantum Theory 156 Beauty, Aesthetics and Order 162 Confessions 163 Chapter Six: Estimation 167 Introduction 169 Examples 170 Other Proposed Estimation Problems 202 Chapter Seven: Decision Making 205 A Fact of Life 207 Morphological Analysis 207 How to Structure a Hierarchy 209 Judgments and Comparisons 214 Absolute Measurement 223 Homogeneity and Clustering 225 Problems with Analytic Decision Making 225 The Benefits of Analytic Decision Making 227 The Analytic Network Process (ANP) 227 A Mathematical Explanation 228 The Mousetrap Example 230 ADDENDUM 241 Creativity Test by Eugene Raudsepp 241 Answers, Possibilities, and Analyses 243 Creativity Assignments 245 Creativity Outline 247 Class Schedule 249 The Grand Finale 252 Bibliography 255 Index Innovation Decision Making Priorities Problem solving Creativity Thinking LXMG/AEF/AEC 1888603038 Perpustakaan - Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen PPM Pusat Informasi Manajemen LXMG/AEF/AEC Saa 31723 General (General) LXMG/AEF/AEC Saa 32043 General (General) LXMG/AEF/AEC Saa 27648 2003-08-21 00:00:00 2021-06-22 10:09:17 machine generated