Creative Approaches to Problem Solving, 3rd Edition
A comprehensive textbook on the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) framework (version 6.1). This book provides in-depth background, detailed descriptions, and thorough explanations of the CPS method. It includes a variety of tools for each of the three process components (Understanding the Challenge, Generating Ideas, and Preparing for Action), for the management component (Planning Your Approach), and for every CPS stage. The explanations are enhanced by practical examples, and each chapter includes stories of real applications from businesses, educational groups, and other organizations around the world.
Creative Approaches to Problem Solving (3rd Edition) draws on more than a decade of new research, development, and applications since the book’s initial publication, and represents the most complete treatment now available of the five-decade tradition of work on CPS.
More than 320 pages, paperback, 2010.
Scott Isaksen, Brian Dorval & Donald Treffinger
A comprehensive textbook on the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) framework (version 6.1). This book provides in-depth background, detailed descriptions, and thorough explanations of the CPS method. It includes a variety of tools for each of the three process components (Understanding the Challenge, Generating Ideas, and Preparing for Action), for the management component (Planning Your Approach), and for every CPS stage. The explanations are enhanced by practical examples, and each chapter includes stories of real applications from businesses, educational groups, and other organizations around the world.
Creative Approaches to Problem Solving (3rd Edition) draws on more than a decade of new research, development, and applications since the book’s initial publication, and represents the most complete treatment now available of the five-decade tradition of work on CPS.
More than 320 pages, paperback, 2010.