Synopses & Reviews
This volume presents research that integrates decision making and creativity within the social contexts in which these processes occur. The volume is an essential addition to and expansion of recent approaches to decision making. Such approaches attempt to incorporate more of the psychological and socio-cultural context in which human decision making takes place. The authors come from different disciplines and also belong to a broad spectrum of research traditions. They present innovative chapters dealing with both theoretical and empirical aspects of decision making in different personal and organizational contexts. All chapters are written from the perspective that human decision making is inherently social and more or less creative. The volume addresses fundamental questions about the nature of human decision making as it occurs in different social contexts. Thereby, it becomes essential reading for researchers in decision making and for advanced students in psychology, management science, informatics, and related disciplines.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction. 1. Social and Creative Decision Making;
C.M. Allwood, M. Selart. Part II: Basic and General Issues. 2. The Nature of Creative Decision Making;
K.G. Stoycheva, T.I. Lubart. 3. Task Creativity and Social Creativity in Decision-Making Groups;
H. Wilke, M. Kaplan. 4. The Economic, Social, and Psychological Outcomes of Implementing a Deliberate Process of Organizational Creativity;
M. Basadur. 5. Decision Making in the Context of Environmental Risks;
H.-R. Pfister, G. Böhm. Part III: Applied Areas. A. Personal Life.
6. The Creation of a Realizable Option in the Face of Marital Distress: Application of a Perspective Model for Decision Making on Divorce;
H. Willén. 7. Constructive Psychological Processes Before and After a Real-Life Decision;
I. Salo, O. Svenson. 8. Contingent Decision Making in the Social World: The `Mental Ruler' Model;
K. Takemura. B. Management and Work Organisation.
9. Creativity and Complex Problem Solving in the Social Context;
P. Badke-Schaub, C. Buerschaper. 10. On Practitioners' Usage of Creativity Heuristics in the Decision Process;
M. Selart, O. Boe. 11. Managerial Behavior and Decision Making; Personal and Situational Factors;
C.J. Vinkenburg, et al. 12. Discipline and Creative Work - Designing Next Year's Car Model;
S. Jönsson, et al. 13. Managers' Strategic Decision Processes in Large Organizations;
L. Hedelin, C.M. Allwood. 14. Making Expansive Decisions: An Activity-Theoretical Study of Practitioners Building Collaborative Medical Care for Children;
Y. Engeström. Author Index. Subject Index.