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There are six things one can do to help create more conceptual flexibility. Briefly explain each one.
 
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Compare and contrast the key management principles that focus on fostering innovativeness and creative problem solving with the management principles that focus on analytical problem solving.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: (1) Give yourself some relaxation time. (2) Talk to others about potential ideas. (3) Find a place where you can think. (4) Ask others for ideas about your problem. (5) Read a lot. (6) Protect yourself from idea killers.

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Answer: Creative problem solving: (1) Pulls people apart; puts people togetherlets people work alone as well as with teams. (2) Monitors and prodstalks to customers, identifies customer expectations both in advance and after the sale. (3) Rewards multiple rolesInvolves people playing multiple roles (idea champion, sponsor or mentor, orchestrator or facilitator, rule breaker) and recognizes and rewards those who play such roles. Analytical problem solving: (1) Doesn't give people much flexibility when defining the problem. (2) Seldom captures multiple view points from multiple people, including the customer. (3) Forces people into specific roles when solving problems.


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