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Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT 1

Organizational Management

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ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT 2

Creative Problem Solving

According to Crutchfield (2013), creative problem solving refers to the ways problems

and challenges are approached using imaginative and innovative ways. Creative problem solving

encompasses taking a lot of different steps. One of the steps towards creative problem solving is

objective finding. This is the first step of creative problem solving process and it is in this step

that the problem is defined and the desired goal to be achieved is clearly defined in order to

ensure that everyone in the organization knows what is intended to be achieved.

The next step is fact finding. It is in this step that the figuring out of what could be the

causes of the problem, how bad the problem is and the urgency of dealing with the identified

problem is done. Under this step all the information pertaining to the challenge is determined.

The next step is options generation. This step involves brainstorming of possible

solutions of addressing the causes of the problem. This step needs so many possible solutions to

be identified. Creativity takes center stage here as it is from these possible solutions that a good

solution to deal with the problem will be gotten.

The next step is options evaluation. In this step investigation of the possible solutions is

done. This investigation is aimed at getting to know the factors that go with each solution. The

next step is decision making. This step is where settling on the best solution is done. After

putting the pros and cons together of every solution the best solution is arrived at, at this step. In

order to settle on a particular solution sometimes one goes by the facts and the figures that every

solution has. In other times intuitions are used.

The next step is action and reflection. In this step action is taken. Whatever the solution

that was settled on in the fifth step, this is where it is implemented. Once this is achieved it is still

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Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT Organizational Management Institution Affiliation Date 1 ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT 2 Creative Problem Solving According to Crutchfield (2013), creative problem solving refers to the ways problems and challenges are approached using imaginative and innovative ways. Creative problem solving encompasses taking a lot of different steps. One of the steps towards creative problem solving is objective finding. This is the first step of creative problem solving process and it is in this step that the problem is defined and the desired goal to be achieved is clearly defined in order to ensure that everyone in the organization knows what is intended to be achieved. The next step is fact finding. It is in this step that the figuring out of what could be the causes of the problem, how bad the problem is and the urgency of dealing with the identified problem is done. Under this step all the information pertaining to the challenge is determined. The next step is options generation. This step involves brainstorming of possible solutions of addressing the causes of the problem. This step needs so many possible solutions to be identified. Creativity takes center stage here as it is from these possible solutions that a good solution to deal with the problem will be gotten. The next step is options evaluation. In this step investigation of the possible solutions is done. This investigation is aimed at getting to know the factors that go with each so ...
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