Facilitating group creativity: Experience with a group decision support system
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special Issue: Decision Support and Knowledge-Based Systems
Designing for creativity: considerations for DSS development
Information and Management
Information requirements specification I: Brainstorming collective decision-making approach
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Information and Management
Engaging multiple perspectives: A value-based decision-making model
Decision Support Systems
Investigation of voice and text output modes with abstraction in a computer interface
Interacting with Computers
Individual creativity in teams: The importance of communication media mix
Decision Support Systems
Toward a theory of managing creativity-intensive processes: a creative industries study
Information Systems and e-Business Management
A Capstone Course in the Information Systems Curriculum
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Computers in Human Behavior
Help that is not recognized: Harmful neglect of decision support systems
Decision Support Systems
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The subject of creativity is a neglected area in the literature of the information systems field. Yet, according to a Delphi survey of chief information officers, the field needs to be developing more creative and innovative solutions to its problems. Organizations must first be sure that certain preconditions and organizational components be in place to help individuals and teams become more creative. They can then use numerous creativity improvements techniques that have proved successful in other disciplines. In this article, six case studies show how analytical techniques (progressive abstraction, interrogations, and force field analysis) and intuitive techniques (associations/images, wishful thinking, and analogy/metaphor) have been used in several industries to solve a variety of IS-related problems and/or opportunities. Al told, some 20 creativity techniques provide especially appropriate for the IS field. Once managers understand when and where to use creativity techniques, they can move forward with implementing formal creativity improvement programs in their organizations.