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041 _aeng
043 _aen_UK
050 _aHB615
_b.L85 2019
100 _aLumsdaine, Edward
_d1937-
_913039
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245 0 _aEntrepreneurship from creativity to innovation
_b: thinking skills for a changing world
_c/ Edward Lumsdaine, Martin Binks.
260 _bVictoria, BC : Trafford, 2019.
300 _axiv, 206 pages : illustrations, charts, tables (black and white) ; 28 cm.
505 _aPt. 1. Thinking tools -- 1. Personal motivation -- 2. Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation -- 3. The Hermann thinking styles model -- 4. The creativity problem solving model -- 5. The Pugh method -- pt. 2. Product development -- 6. Finding a problem to solve -- 7. Generating ideas and protecting inventions -- 8. Developing a “best” product -- pt. 3. Business development -- 9. Developing your business -- 10. Starting your enterprise -- pt. 3. Starting your enterprise -- 11. Management, leadership and change -- 12. Innovation at work.
520 _aEntrepreneurship from Creativity to Innovation is a unique guide for students, potential entrepreneurs and inventors, business managers, team leaders, or anyone seeking to become a more successful problem solver and innovator. It focuses on the thinking and problem-solving skills needed to succeed in our rapidly changing, high-tech world. Entrepreneurial thinking will enable you to cope with uncertainty and behave with greater flexibility in your professional and personal life -- these skills are for everyone! Learning is reinforced through application to communication, teamwork, and entrepreneurship, which in turn will enhance your understanding of innovation. Innovation is a valuable skill sought by employers who recognize the ability to innovate as a key to remaining competitive in the global marketplace. Also, at a time when traditional jobs are disappearing, you will be more likely to recognize and profit from new opportunities. Part One of this book presents a holistic view of entrepreneurship and its links to creativity and innovation. You will be introduced to the Herrmann thinking styles model, the creative problem solving model and the Pugh method for developing optimized solutions. In Part Two, you will learn to apply these thinking tools to the product development process, from finding a consumer need and then synthesizing creative ideas down to a "best" concept or solution which can be protected with a patent. Part Three shows how you can apply these tools to business development -- it also provides an overview of resources that are available to entrepreneurs for business startup. Part Four discusses leadership and management strategies for a startup enterprise. It presents the four crucial pillars needed to sustain organizational innovation for growth and profitability: development of everyone's thinking skills; their application by cross-functional teams at the project level; their integration at the organizational level by management; with open communication linking everyone in the enterprise.
526 _aS2 B2 PBT P1 Global Entrepreneurship
630 _aHB Economic Theory. Demography
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650 0 _aCreative ability in business
_94129
650 0 _aEntrepreneurship
_9570
650 0 _aCreative thinking
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700 _aBinks, Martin
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