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Education CREATIVE THINKING AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATION IN THE DECISION SCIENCES
Author(s) -
Evans James R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1986.tb00224.x
Subject(s) - creativity , creative problem solving , management science , creative thinking , process (computing) , computer science , mathematics education , decision process , creative brief , engineering ethics , psychology , engineering , social psychology , operating system
Creative problem solving is seldom addressed directly in the decision sciences literature. The first half of this paper reviews current thinking about creativity and its educational importance. The remainder addresses creative problem‐solving processes and, in particular, the process developed by Parnes, Noller and Biondi [24] and Osborn [23]. This process has been integrated into an OR/MS problem‐solving course which is described. Conclusions and implications for decision sciences education and practice in general are discussed.