Stimulation and Facilitating Creative Ideas Upward
The unprecedented acceleration of change and growth in social and technological complexities is demanding a radical change in the ordering and management of institutions. One of the major challenges of business, educational, and political institutions is the need for identifying and developing talents for the productive integration of change into the existing structures of management. Literature in both Education and Business is providing persuasive arguments for the importance of creative and innovative thinking and behavior as a crucial factor in institutional effectiveness and productivity.
This paper reports the theoretical background of creativity and innovation in relation to bureaucratic functioning and speculates on their integration with other current issues closely related to management and leadership. In addition to theoretical considerations, attention is given to specific strategies for the development of creative potential, both individual and collective.