Fostering Team Creativity in Higher Education Settings

Autor/inn/en	de Villiers Scheepers, Margarietha J.; Maree, Lelani
Titel	Fostering Team Creativity in Higher Education Settings
Quelle	In: e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 9 (2015) 1, S.70-86 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1835-9132
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teamwork; Creativity; Problem Solving; Higher Education; Creative Development; Learning Processes; Task Analysis; Skill Development; Teaching Methods; Quasiexperimental Design; Outcomes of Education; Workshops; Creative Thinking; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Business Administration Education; Adoption (Ideas); Difficulty Level; Undergraduate Students; Statistical Analysis; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kreativität; Problemlösen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Aufgabenanalyse; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Kreatives Denken; Unternehmungsgeist; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Statistische Analyse; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper examines how team creativity can be developed using the Synectics creative problem-solving approach by taking stickiness into account. Stickiness represents the difficulty learners experience in internalising knowledge and skills to perform a task productively. Using a quasi-experimental design learners' perceived change in team creativity was assessed over three months. The findings indicate that team creativity is enhanced using the Synectics approach, overcoming many stickiness challenges. Significant improvements were observed for team creative skills immediately after the workshops and remained three months later. The study's findings add to knowledge of how creativity can be enhanced in teams overcoming inhibitors and suggesting that teams benefit from developing their team creative skills which favour problem-solving, novel ideas and innovation. Synectics, as a team creative problem-solving approach, can be used successfully to stimulate creativity in higher education contexts. Implications for theory and management educators are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Business Education Research Association. PO Box 408, Mapleton, Queensland 4560, Australia. e-mail: editor@ejbest.org; Web site: http://www.ejbest.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01