This thesis examines creativity as manifested in an online and transnational network of musicians who compose chipmusic, a kind of electronic music characteristic of 1980s early home computers and videogame sounds. The primary argument is that creativity in chipmusic worlds is networked, meaning that it is dispersed across various activities that are labelled as creative: chipmusic-making, technology-hacking practices that underpin the music, digital cultural practices such as use of social media, online releases, crowdsourcing, staged and screened performances, and any other activity related to chipmusic. The thesis examines the ways in which networked creativity is mediated in the chipscene from an interdisciplinary methodological viewpoint informed by ethnomusicology, anthropology, and sociology. Although the chipscene is geographically dispersed across more than thirty countries worldwide, the chipscene network is well-connected. Communication and music circulation practices of chipmusicians are enabled by the internet. This thesis primarily discusses chipmusic culture that suggests a rich context where creativity discourse is as intensely diverse as the chipscene itself, in which it is embedded. In looking at the creative process and performance practices, I employ a mixed methods approach based on ethnographic research methods and social network analysis, to examine how intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of chipmusic-making, such as ideology, cultural values, network infrastructure, chiptune poetics and aesthetics, distribution of creative roles, authenticity, differentiation, genre dynamics, and intellectual property issues, shape creativity.

Este estudo investigou a relação entre o estilo de liderança autêntica, a criatividade e o desempenho na tarefa. A amostra utilizada na pesquisa foi composta por 194 indivíduos, sendo 131 subordinados e 63 gestores. Verificou-se que os líderes autênticos favorecem um ambiente propício para a criatividade e o desempenho individual dos seus seguidores. O estilo de liderança autêntica também teve efeito significativo no empowerment psicológico e na potência do grupo. O empowerment psicológico configurou-se como um antecedente significativo da criatividade, que, por sua vez, caracterizou-se como um antecedente do desempenho na tarefa. Não foram observados, na amostra analisada, efeitos da potência do grupo nos demais constructos pesquisados. Ainda, foi conduzido um estudo exploratório com o objetivo de averiguar os antecedentes da liderança autêntica e da criatividade no grupo de trabalho. Neste estudo exploratório, verificou-se que os dados demográficos e os fatores de personalidade dos líderes investigados não apresentaram efeitos significativos na liderança autêntica. A criatividade do grupo teve como principal preditor a liderança autêntica. As implicações teóricas, práticas e gerenciais dos resultados encontrados nesta pesquisa são apresentados. / Dissertação (mestrado) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, 2014. / Bibliografia: p. 98-117.

Um dos pontos de relevância do Relatório da Comissão Mundial do Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, de 1987 diz respeito a utilização não predatória dos recursos naturais e com a degradação do meio ambiente. As inovações surgem como meio de se atingir estes objetivos e as organizações tem um importante papel a cumprir neste sentido. Os estudos organizacionais sobre ecoinovação (EI) estão concentrados em países desenvolvidos e a literatura tem recomendado novas pesquisas para se analisar fatores e condições específicas em países em desenvolvimento. Seguindo esta recomendação a pesquisa buscou identificar os direcionadores de ecoinovações, nas indústrias instaladas no Polo Industrial da Zona Franca de Manaus e concomitantemente os obstáculos e orientação à inovação dessas organizações. Do ponto de vista metodológico a pesquisa se desenvolveu sob a forma de estudo de caso, a ser analisado sob as perspectivas qualitativa e quantitativa. A abordagem qualitativa e exploratória foi desenvolvida através de entrevistas e analisadas por meio de análise de conteúdo. A abordagem quantitativa foi realizada por meio de survey em uma amostra de empresas industriais instaladas em Manaus. A pesquisa contribui com a teoria de ecoinovação na Zona Franca de Manaus, identificando direcionadores regionais de ecoinovação conforme proposto em estudos anteriores. A biodiversidade amazônica é o principal fator potencial que pode direcionar ecoinovações, através do desenvolvimento de novos produtos, por meio de biotecnologias, biofármacos, biocosméticos e fitoterápicos (plantas medicinais). Outros direcionadores identificados estão relacionados às mudanças na legislação local, recursos para Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, cursos inovadores, desenvolvimento de processos reversos (reutilização de resíduos em processos produtivos), certificação ambiental, competitividade, criatividade e continuidade dos negócios. As dificuldades e obstáculos mais relevantes estão relacionados à desarticulação entre empresas, academia e órgãos governamentais decorrentes da falta de um sistema de inovação estruturado e de um modelo de inovação consolidado. Outros entraves decorrem de problemas de natureza econômica e gerencial, razões de ordem cultural, operacional e política. Por fim, a pesquisa proporcionou insights para a proposição de estudos futuros relacionados a direcionadores de ecoinovações, deficiências e entraves à consolidação dos sistemas de inovação e seus impactos sobre o desenvolvimento de novos produtos e processos, obstáculos a integração entre os agentes da tríplice hélice (academia, empresas e governo) e seus reflexos sobre o desenvolvimento de inovações, orientação e obstáculos a inovação relacionados com a performance organizacional (performance, financeira, tecnológica e ambiental). / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2017-08-18T16:44:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Pedro Gilberto Aloise.pdf: 11458266 bytes, checksum: f20976518d73f218e650807e170fda89 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-18T16:44:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Pedro Gilberto Aloise.pdf: 11458266 bytes, checksum: f20976518d73f218e650807e170fda89 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-18 / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas, FAPEAM. / One of the points of relevance of the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development of 1987 concerns the non-predatory use of natural resources and the degradation of the environment. Innovations emerge as a means to achieve these goals and organizations have an important role to play in this regard. Organizational studies on eco-innovation (EI) are concentrated in developed countries and the literature has recommended new research to analyze specific factors and conditions in developing countries. Following this recommendation, the research sought to identify the drivers of eco-innovations in the industries installed in the Industrial Pole of the Manaus Free Trade Zone and concomitantly the obstacles and orientation to the innovation of these organizations. From the methodological point of view the research was developed in the form of a case study, to be analyzed under the qualitative and quantitative perspectives.The qualitative and exploratory approach was developed through interviews and analyzed through content analysis. The quantitative approach was performed through a survey of a sample of industrial companies located in Manaus. The research contributes to eco-innovation theory Manaus Free Trade Zone, identifying regional drivers as proposed in previous studies. Amazonian biodiversity is considered the main potential factor that can guide eco-innovations, through the development of new products, through biotechnologies, biopharmaceuticals, bio-cosmetics and herbal medicines. Other identified drivers are related to changes in local legislation, resources for Research and Development, innovative courses, development of reverse technologies (reuse of waste in productive processes), environmental certification, competitiveness, creativity and business continuity. The most relevant difficulties and obstacles are related to the disarticulation between companies, academia and government bodies due to the lack of a structured innovation system and a consolidated innovation model. Other obstacles stem from economic and managerial problems, cultural, operational and political reasons. Finally, the research provided insights for the proposal of future studies related to drivers of eco-innovations, deficiencies and obstacles to the consolidation of innovation systems and their impacts on the development of new products and processes, obstacles to integration among the agents of the triple helix (universisties companies, and government) and its reflections on the development of innovations, orientation and obstacles to innovation related to organizational performance (financial, technological and environmental).

The purposes of the study are to identify factors of creativity which have been revealed in the fields of personality and cognitive theory, art education, and science, and to formulate a base for a theory of creativity.

Title: Kreativ reklam. En bra idé? (Creative advertising. A good idea?) Author: Evelina Karlsson Tutor: Larsåke Larsson Course: Bachelor Thesis: Media and Communication Purpose: The purpose of this study is to, through qualitative studies inquire creative prized advertise in Sweden to see which influence creativity have on both creative director and the audience. The questions are: * Which influence does creativity have on advertising? * What are differences between prized advertisements and those that have not won any prizes? * What opinion does the public have on creative advertising? Theory and previous research: The theoretical foundation of this essay is based on American studies of creative advertising. Theories regarding the public opinion on advertise is also included in the theoretical framework. Material and method: The method of the study is qualitative interview. Four personal interviews with creative directors and two focus-group interview have been done with students of mixed age and gender. The material consists of five creative adverts, prized during the twenty-first century in "Guldägget" ("the golden eggs"), a Swedish advertising competition. Result: Despite of the fact that the previous studies are critical; this study shows a constructive attitude to creative advertising by making it easier and funnier to absorb. The conditions are that creativity has to be rightful proportioned and not too poetical, otherwise it can prevent the recipient from getting the message. Keywords: Advertising agencies, Award winner, Creative ability, Audience attitude.

M.Comm. / Today's managers, faced with rapidly changing and fast-paced competitive environments, are challenged to manage "discontinuities created by an interdependent global economy, heightened volatility, hypercompetition, demographic changes, knowledge-based competition, and demassification of some sectors accompanied by enormous growth in others" (Daft & Lewin, 1993:i). Such environmental conditions place intense demands on organisations to interpret opportunities and threats actively when making key strategic decisions. To cope with such challenges, existing larger firms are increasingly turning to corporate entrepreneurship as a means of growth and strategic renewal (Guth & Ginsberg, 1990). Entrepreneurship involves a process of value creation in which an individual or team brings together a unique package of resources to exploit an opportunity. The key steps involved are: identifying opportunities, developing business concepts, determining needed resources, acquiring resources, and managing and harvesting the venture (Jones, Morris & Rockmore, 1995:86). Corporate entrepreneurship (also termed intrapreneurship) involves extending the firm's domain of competence and corresponding opportunity set through new resource combinations that are internally generated (Burgelman, 1984).- Terms such as 'reinventing the corporation', 'the empowered organisation' and 'organisational renewal' are used to describe change efforts where entrepreneurship is a central ingredient. Research has shown that organisations that adopt an entrepreneurial posture in order to cope with the uncertain environment are characterised along dimensions such as unpredictability, dynamism and heterogeneity. These organisations enjoy superior performance (Covin & Slevin, 1988; Zahra & Covin, 1995). The domain of entrepreneurship is no longer restricted in a conceptual sense to the process of creating an independent new venture (Wortman, 1987; Low & MacMillan, 1988). Lumpkin and Dess (1996:136) describe the essential act of entrepreneurship more appropriately as 'new entry'. New entry is the act of launching a new venture, either by a start-up firm, through an existing firm, or via 'internal corporate venturing' (Burgelman, 1983). With this in mind, they distinguish between entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation. Entrepreneurship explains what entrepreneurship consists of, and entrepreneurial orientation describes how new entry is undertaken. Entrepreneurial orientation can therefore be defined as the processes, practices and decision-making activities that lead to new entry (Lumpkin & Dess, 1996:136). However, the entrepreneurial orientation (also referred to as entrepreneurial posture) is not limited to the creation of new organisations, but exists in all actions that distinguish entrepreneurial behaviour from other types of business activity that might be undertaken to capitalise on an opportunity (Lumpkin & Dess, 1996:153). These actions also pervade the organisation at all levels (Covin & Slevin, 1991:7).

La thèse traite de la question de l’autonomie de l’activité de penser du petit enfant et de ses manifestations lors de l’entrée en école maternelle. Elle analyse les processus intrapsychiques et intersubjectifs, enfants/ adultes, parents/enseignants, dans l’environnement institutionnel, selon une approche clinique d'orientation psychanalytique. La perspective heuristique est de mieux comprendre la constitution du Je-élève de l’enfant, en référence au concept de Je dans la théorie de P. Aulagnier (1975). L’investigation empirique repose sur des observations de classes et de couloirs de petites sections, des entretiens avec les enseignants concernés et sur un groupe de parole d’élèves de CM2, au seuil du collège. L’entrée à l’école maternelle constitue un moment faisant rupture dans la vie de l’enfant et de sa famille, dont l’enjeu majeur est la séparation, opération nécessaire à l’investissement des objets scolaires. Ce moment de l’institutionnalisation de l’enfant, est considéré sous le double angle d’une fonction de production d’un élève préformaté et d’une fonction constructive au service du processus d’autonomisation intellectuelle. L’espace scolaire, toujours qualifié de maternel, est appréhendé sous un angle socio-historique, et l’aporie entre école et maternel est alors étudiée sous l’angle de la fonction maternelle en s’appuyant sur des concepts psychanalytiques. La thèse montre que si le désir de l’enfant de prendre place dans le groupe social et d’apprendre, s’étaye sur le désir des adultes le concernant, l’élève, pour exercer son activité de penser de manière autonome doit pouvoir trouver des espaces où déployer sa créativité et se projeter comme apprenant. / The following thesis aims at dealing with the question of autonomy of the activity of thinking of the young child and its expressions at the moment of starting pre-school. It analyses the intrapsychic and intersubjective processes between children/adults, parents/teachers in the institutional environment, following a clinical approach of psychanalytic orientation. The heuristic perspective is to understand the constitution of the I-pupil of the child with reference to the concept of “I” in the theory of P.Aulagnier (1975). The empirical investigation is based on observations of classes and also corridors of the nursery, on interviews with the teachers concerned and also on a discussion group composed by pupils who are about to enter the middle school. The entry to the nursery school constitutes a moment making break in the life of the child and his family; the major issue is the separation, necessary operation in the investment of school objects. The moment of institutionalizing a child is considered in its double function of production of a pre-formatted pupil and of construction on the process that conduce to intellectual autonomy. The french nursery school, always qualified by “maternelle”, is comprehended under a social-historical angle, and the aporia between maternal and school is analyzed basing on the psychanalytical concept of maternal function. The thesis justifies that if the desire of the child to take place in the social group and to learn is supported by the desire of the adults concerning him, the pupil, in order to exercise his activity of thinking in a autonomous way has to find spaces where to practice his creativity and to look forward to his future as learner.

Motivation is recognised as an important factor in the treatment of any patient.1,2 Motivation is also recognised as the cornerstone of occupational therapy.2,3 In recent history there has been an increase in the number of people diagnosed with diabetes and its complications, including diabetic foot complications.4-8 Motivation has been identified as a factor contributing to the treatment outcomes of a person with diabetic foot complications, and an assessment into the level of motivation is recommended.6,9-12 A review of the literature in the field revealed that this assessment of motivation has not been sufficiently investigated. The Model of Creative Ability provides a framework within which to assess motivation and principles with which to treat a client, based on the level of motivation.1-3 The purpose of this study was thus to investigate whether occupational therapy treatment, tailored to the level of motivation, for patients with diabetic foot complications, has more positive treatment outcomes than occupational therapy that is not tailored. An experimental pre-test-post-test-design with an experimental and a control group was used to conduct the research. Change in ulcer size and change in quality of life score were the two dependant variables that were measured both pre- and post-test. Subjects were assessed using the Reintegration to Normal Living Index to obtain a quality of life score. A wound tracing was done to determine the ulcer size, and the Creative Participation Assessment was used to establish the level of motivation and thus tailor the occupational therapy treatment that the subjects received. Subjects in the experimental group then underwent three months of tailored occupational therapy, whereas subjects in the control group continued to receive occupational therapy as usual for the same time period. At the end of the three month treatment period, the subjects were reassessed using the same assessments that were used pre-test. These results were then analysed statistically, to determine if a statistically significant difference occurred between the experimental and control groups with regards to the dependant variables. In spite of the small sample size, the results of the research indicate a positive trend towards occupational therapy treatment that is tailored to a client’s level of motivation. Copyright / Dissertation (MOccTher)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Occupational Therapy / unrestricted

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Thesis (PhD (Industrial Systems))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Industrial and Systems Engineering / unrestricted

Current trends in technology have led to a need for creativity and innovation in the design of contemporary digital products and systems. This has resulted in design thinking and creative design process having a higher profile in digital design practice. In turn, this has impacted computing education, by creating a need for computing students to develop creativity and design thinking skills. Creative design is taught using design studio teaching methods, which require a culture, environment and activities that are different to the teaching methods used in traditional computing education. Some computing academics have implemented courses using aspects of studio teaching methods, but no clear guidelines for a computing academic without creative design experience to fully apply studio teaching methods in courses could be found. The reason for the change in the role of design in the digital domain and how it affected the needs of computing students was investigated and a comparison of typical design studio and computing teaching methods was conducted using a learning systems model adapted for this specific purpose. This led to an identification of areas that required further investigation, or gaps in the knowledge of how to adapt design studio methods for use within a traditional computing education environment. These gaps were used as the basis for identifying a set of research questions for an empirical study. An exploratory case study was conducted at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University to answer the research questions. Three computing academics implemented studio teaching methods within three separate modules, following provisional guidelines devised from the preliminary research. Feedback was collected from the lecturers and the students registered for the modules regarding their experiences. It was found that it would be possible for computing academics to implement aspects of a design studio approach within the existing computing environment. An explicit teaching method, termed the computing studio teaching method, was developed from the results of the case study. This teaching method aims to provide computing academics with little or no creative design experience with explicit methods for implementing modified design studio teaching methods in order to promote creativity and design thinking within traditional computing modules. This teaching method will be tested, validated and refined in future research.