Chris Bilton

Gebundenes Buch

Management and Creativity

From Creative Industries to Creative Management

Beschreibung

In this book, Chris Bilton, who has worked as a performer, writer, arts worker and academic, challenges the stereotypical opposition between 'creatives' and 'suits'. Creativity, he suggests, is not just about spontaneous discovery and inspiration, it is also a self-conscious, deliberately managed process. Similarly, management is not only shaped by rational processes, it also involves insight, intuition, creativity and risk. Bilton draws on the work of management theorists and creativity theorists, and on the practical experience of individuals working in creative industries, in his attempt to improve our understanding of the relationship between the management of creativity and creative approaches to management. His work forms part of a wider move to consider the relevance of creative processes and structures in our new, creative economy.

Autor

Dr Chris Bilton is Lecturer in the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies and Director of the MA in Creative and Media Enterprises at the University of Warwick. Previously, he has worked as a performer, writer, community arts worker and arts development officer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781405119955
• ISBN-10: 1405119950
• Artikelnr.: 21667336

Rezensionen

"This important book demonstrates exactly why a full understandingof creativity really matters - not only in the context ofdeveloping more vibrant and personally satisfying areas of economicactivity, but even more importantly, in its ability to help usdevelop a better understanding of the value of creative individualsin the 21st century" from the foreword by Lord Puttnam

"This is an exceptional book in three respects. Firstly, it is abook about management that truly appreciates the creative process.Secondly, it is a book about creativity that understands and seeksto engage with practical business realities. And, finally,Management and Creativity actually proves its own thesis:that the best thinking occurs when the worlds of"creativity" and "business" intersect."Stephen Cummings, Victoria University of Wellington

"The book will appeal to a broad audience of creatives,policy-markers and students looking for an alterantice, sounderframework for understanding how to nurture creativity in theworkplace." Management Today