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Aspects of Individual Creativity

As a human relations specialist at a small manufacturing firm interested in adding employees capable of conceptualizing and designing new products, you have been asked to develop screening criteria to rate new recruits on the following dimensions:

  • Knowledge, skills, and expertise
  • Drive, motivation, and perseverance (intrinsic motivation)
  • Creative thinking
  • Self-confidence, independence, and willingness to take a risk
  • Willingness to be flexible and seek support as required

Explain in detail how you will complete this task, along with the recommendations you will make to individual departments in their quest to hire highly innovative individuals.


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Running Head: Individual Creativity Aspects

Individual Creativity Aspects
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12th October 2017

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Introduction

During the process of recruitment opportunities are presented in the company to hire individuals
with new energy and offer new growth to the opportunities by bringing diversity in the company
and the departments. Planning and evaluating the recruits properly enables the company to hire
the proper individuals for fit for all departments, the company and people who will embrace the
company culture. For an employee to design products in a company conceptualization of
organizational culture is of paramount value. In addition the individual should have a minimum
of certain values and characteristics; they should have internal motivation and drive, be
innovative and be critical thinkers and not belittling the importance of creative thinking.

It is of importance to remember that skills and competency are valued by most companies over
experience and papers especially in the contemporary world of hiring. In addition the companies
will choose individuals with internal motivation over people who have to be pushed over and
over to finalize a particular act. The willingness to go overboard, have self-confidence and belief
in ones abilities does not disregard the importance of teamwork in any organization, however it
is key to have all combine to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the company especially in
designing products that will be released to the market. Flexibility and the ability to work under
pressure is another important aspect of new recruits. Considering these aspects and the
explanation above, choosing the right employee for the right department is paramount to success
of the company. Screening and identifying the applicants and recruits will help solve the quest of
innovation needed in the company and therefore effective communication between departments
will help identify the best option.

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Rating the recruits’ using the given attributes as shown below

Quality/measurements excellent

Good enough

Above average

BAD

But improves
Knowledge
Sills
Expertise
Flexibility
Creative thinking
Self confidence
Understanding on risk
results
Motivation

In reference to the above grading and screening criteria; the explanation below explains what is
expected in each of the quality measurements for recruits to be graded.
Knowledge is a representation of the understanding of one’s responsibilities and roles. It includes
being able to do what is expected with the least amount of time, with the least amount of
resources and the minimum amount of time to maximize the output while using the minimal
inputs. Skills refer to the capability to start and complete a task effectively because of
competency irrespective of the challenges that one faces while expertise is the qualifications and
ability one has to complete expected work because it is their career or profession. On the other
hand flexibility refers to an individual’s ability to work under stress and the changing
environment. Understanding the risks refers to an in-depth know how of the loss that comes with
the employment opportunity such as non-disclosure clauses and compensation for items lost
during the line of duty. Creative thinking refers to the ability of the recruit to offer solutions by
innovation and to critically reply to situations without causing conflict and providing conflict
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resolutions techniques. The individual should offer new ways and more effective ways to
challenges that the company experiences. They should from time to time show their ability to
innovate and improvise in harsh conditions. Finally the individual should have the internal
motivation and zeal to complete tasks and relate with other employees within the organization.
They should not give in or quit when the task ge...


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