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Which type of support for creativity is described as providing the autonomy and resources employees need to implement their concepts?

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In the implementation and diffusion stage of the innovation process, advantages and disadvantages are associated with the innovation. '

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Define organizational cultural lag. Organizational cultural lag is most closely related to which two innovation concepts and why?

Define programmed and nonprogrammed decision-making. Use an example from your own life to illustrate programmed and nonprogrammed decision-making.

There are two main types of support for creativity in organizations that have an influence on whether and how creativity flourishes in an organization.

Tom, Susie and, Bill are tired of working for a large company. They want to start their own business. After 2 days of meeting in Tom's Garage, Tom, Susie, and Bill finally came up with a societal problem and a way to solve it. They decide to meet again to determine the advantages and disadvantages of their product idea and the costs associated with producing it. This meeting is an example of what stage in the innovation process?

The creation of the idea itself is the ______ step in the innovation process.

______ is the development of new or improved goods or services that are sold to meet customer needs.

______ is the idea that we are restricted by a variety of constraints when it comes to making decisions.

Jayden works on the assembly line for a local label soda company. He has been swapping ideas with his coworkers to make the job more efficient. He thinks he has developed a quicker less laborious method, but his supervisor acts insulted when Jayden brings up the idea, and tells Jayden to stop wasting his efforts by creating extra work for them. Jayden's workplace lacks ______ for creativity.

Which element below is explained by the extent to which employees perceive that they are valued and cared for by the organization, as delivered by middle managers?

Tom, Susie, and Bill are tired of working for a large company. They want to start their own business. They decide to meet in Tom's garage for as long as it takes to determine a societal problem that needs to be fixed. Once they figure out this problem they want to figure out a product or service that will solve this problem. According to the innovative process described in your text, this scenario describes which stage in the innovation process?

Ruth is tired of performing the same task over and over again. She decided to spend some time trying to find a work-around to her boring problem by creating a macro or automated function using Keyboard Maestro. This will get the job done for her quickly and help her creative juices to flow. This is an example of which component of creativity?

Which step of the five-step model of decision-making includes studying the positives and negatives of a list of possible solutions to a problem?

A good role model for employees would be considered which form of support for creativity?

______ is the ability to seize opportunities to apply creative skills in the workplace.

Lillian is researching two different restaurant point-of-sale systems. She is starting a new café and hopes to have the program installed by the end of the month. It has taken her a few weeks to gather the information needed so that she can make the best decision. Lillian is making what type of decision?

The first step in the innovation process is ______.

______ is the development of new or improved goods or services that are sold to meet customer needs, while ______ focuses on the enhancement and reuse of existing products and processes.

Which type of innovation can be increased by using a variety of employee training methods?