Facilitating creativity and innovation in hospitality organizations: challenges, experiences and future directions

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-347
Author(s):  
Marc B. Stierand ◽  
Roy C. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Future Directions ◽  
Hospitality Organizations ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

scholarly journals Tourist Experience and Innovative Hospitality Management in Different Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6578
Author(s):  
Alon Gelbman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Hospitality Management ◽  
Tourist Experience ◽  
Hospitality Organizations ◽  
Culture Characteristics ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Document Review ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

The complexity of modern tourism and hospitality management because of competition in the destination market, and especially in urban tourism destinations, has created a demand for creativity and innovation. To satisfy heightened tourist expectations for a specialized experience, hospitality organizations emphasize local culture characteristics and the urban community. The purpose of this paper is to examine how an urban hospitality organization emphasizes community and social values in its hostels, and how the tourist experience is adapted to each city’s culture and atmosphere (Nazareth, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv). The theoretical framework is based on the link connecting urban hospitality with the tourist experience, and how tourism innovation and creativity is managed, during this age of competition and specialization. The qualitative methodology includes participant observation, document review, and in-depth interviews. The findings of this study add a new dimension to the existing knowledge, namely the role of creativity and innovation in helping the management of an urban hospitality organization to shape the tourist experience. The study developed a new unique model for “implementing innovation in urban hospitality management” which describes the framework of connections and interactions between the various sustainable community based and social aspects. The novelty of this research model lies in the emphasis on how management uses innovation and creativity to brand the whole chain so as to realize the vision and values it wishes to promote. This also entails a system of sub-positioning that aligns the vision and values with the distinctive culture of each city and with each local community’s nature and traditions.

scholarly journals Thematic Ideation: A Superior Supplementary Concept in Creativity and Innovation

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402094742
Author(s):  
Rakhshan Ummar ◽  
Sharjeel Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
New Products ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Fuzzy Front End ◽  
Front End ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Product Idea

New products improve competitiveness through their creativity and innovativeness. Creativity and innovativeness are parallel yet non-identical concepts; newly introduced products are either somewhat thematically similar or taxonomically similar to the existing products. There is a need for the explication of creativity and innovativeness as separate or as unified concepts in newly developed products, in particular, thematic products. A mixed-method design was adopted to establish definitions and components of creativity and innovativeness in the ideas presented at the innovation summit through 489 perceptual reports on 14 feature-based and theme-based product ideas. On the whole, three components—originality, value, and commercial appeal—were derived and tested. Results revealed the significance of originality as a major component of creativity and innovativeness in all products. Perceived value was significantly related to originality in both taxonomic and thematic products. Originality and value predicted creativity whereas innovativeness was predicted by commercial appeal along with originality and value in all products. The underlying purchase intention in taxonomic and thematic product ideas was the product’s relatedness with lifestyle. A product idea to be implemented in business as innovation was found to be dependent on its creativity and commercial appeal. This asserted three factors mandatory at the Fuzzy Front End (FFE), namely, originality, value, and commercial appeal. Discussion includes the interpretation of results and future directions.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. xx-20
Author(s):  
Andrew H. Van de Ven ◽  
Marshall Scott Poole
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Organization Change ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Power And Influence

This chapter summarizes and reflects on the evolving scholarship on processes of organizational change and innovation that has emerged since the first edition of The Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation in 2004. This includes human agency, time conceptions, causality, and levels of analysis. In addition, we add voices not heard in the first edition about affect and emotion, power and influence, paradox and conflict, political perspectives and endings of organization change, creativity and innovation. These core topics provide an overview of the handbook chapters and future directions for research and practice.

Future Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 180-201
Keyword(s):  
Change Process ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Key Topics ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

The last chapter in this book contributes to an exploration of future research on creativity, innovation, and PBL. The future directions are guided by key topics including seeking for appropriate strategies, new technologies in PBL, management of change process, and a problem-based approach to research innovation. Beyond an educational model of PBL, this chapter maps future research directions that bring a deeper rethinking of how to facilitate creativity development and innovation in Chinese universities and how to research creativity and innovation by a problem-based approach in a global context.

scholarly journals CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION: STATE OF THE ART AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR RESEARCH

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (04) ◽  
pp. 1602001 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER BREM ◽  
ROGELIO PUENTE-DIAZ ◽  
MARINE AGOGUÉ
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Management Of Innovation ◽  
Creativity Research ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

Creativity is a vibrant field of scientific research with important applied implications for the management of innovation. In this article, we argue that the proliferation of creativity research has led to positive and less positive outcomes and discuss five relevant research themes. We first introduce our readers to the different proposed dimensions of a creative object. Next, we explain recent developments on the level of the creativity magnitude issue. Based on that, we review how researchers currently operationalize creativity. After discussing how creativity is conceptualized and operationalized, we outline how it might be enhanced. Finally, we present an overview of the wide variety of methodological approaches currently used in creativity research. We close by calling for more interdisciplinary research and offering other suggestions for future directions.

Industry as Contexts or Theory? A Systematic and Meta-Analysis of Status and Directions of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Hospitality

2021 ◽  
pp. 109634802110191
Author(s):  
Emily Ma ◽  
Danni Wang ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Aijing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Hospitality Organizations ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Service Oriented

Owing to the service-oriented nature of hospitality organizations, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) has drawn increasing attention from hospitality researchers over the last two decades. Taking a systematic and meta-analytical approach, this study presents a comprehensive picture of the status, conceptual and measurement frameworks, fundamental theories, method, antecedents, consequences, and meta-analytical relationships among popular variables. In addition, the study points out research gaps and future directions for hospitality OCB research, drawing on comparison with mainstream OCB literature. In particular, there is a need for more holistic, reliable, and validated OCB frameworks and measures for different hospitality contexts; a need for research on the consequences of OCB at the level of customers, coworkers, and employees; and more rigorous research methodologies. The findings further suggest that the unique characteristics of hospitality organizations not only provide meaningful contexts but also broaden and deepen the scope of OCB theories.

On Future Directions in Pathology

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 274-277
Author(s):  
Benjamin F. Trump ◽  
Irene K. Berezesky ◽  
Raymond T. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Clinical Pathology ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Diagnostic Pathology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Organ Systems ◽  
The Many

The role of electron microscopy and associated techniques is assured in diagnostic pathology. At the present time, most of the progress has been made on tissues examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and correlated with light microscopy (LM) and by cytochemistry using both plastic and paraffin-embedded materials. As mentioned elsewhere in this symposium, this has revolutionized many fields of pathology including diagnostic, anatomic and clinical pathology. It began with the kidney; however, it has now been extended to most other organ systems and to tumor diagnosis in general. The results of the past few years tend to indicate the future directions and needs of this expanding field. Now, in addition to routine EM, pathologists have access to the many newly developed methods and instruments mentioned below which should aid considerably not only in diagnostic pathology but in investigative pathology as well.

Meeting the Best Practice for Hearing Aid Verification in Children: Challenges and Future Directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 877-894
Author(s):  
Nur Azyani Amri ◽  
Tian Kar Quar ◽  
Foong Yen Chong
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Fitting Hearing Aids

Purpose This study examined the current pediatric amplification practice with an emphasis on hearing aid verification using probe microphone measurement (PMM), among audiologists in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Frequency of practice, access to PMM system, practiced protocols, barriers, and perception toward the benefits of PMM were identified through a survey. Method A questionnaire was distributed to and filled in by the audiologists who provided pediatric amplification service in Klang Valley, Malaysia. One hundred eight ( N = 108) audiologists, composed of 90.3% women and 9.7% men (age range: 23–48 years), participated in the survey. Results PMM was not a clinical routine practiced by a majority of the audiologists, despite its recognition as the best clinical practice that should be incorporated into protocols for fitting hearing aids in children. Variations in practice existed warranting further steps to improve the current practice for children with hearing impairment. The lack of access to PMM equipment was 1 major barrier for the audiologists to practice real-ear verification. Practitioners' characteristics such as time constraints, low confidence, and knowledge levels were also identified as barriers that impede the uptake of the evidence-based practice. Conclusions The implementation of PMM in clinical practice remains a challenge to the audiology profession. A knowledge-transfer approach that takes into consideration the barriers and involves effective collaboration or engagement between the knowledge providers and potential stakeholders is required to promote the clinical application of evidence-based best practice.

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