Creative Problem Solving

What does CPS stand for?

• Creative Prolem Solving

• Counseling Problem Solver

• Constructive Problem Solving

• Creative Problem Solving

Creative Problem Solving for Manager is authored by Tony Proctor.

• True

• False

Creativity does not involve the ability to come up with new and different viewpoints on a subject.

• True

• False

How many stages are there in the CPS process?

• 6

• 8

• 4

• 9

Please select the 6 stages of the CPS process.

• Objective finding, problem finding, fact finding, idea finding, solution finding and acceptance finding.

• Subjective finding, fact finding, problem finding, idea finding, solution finding and acceptance finding.

• Objective finding, fact finding, problem finding, idea finding, solution finding and acceptance finding.

  
  

• Problem finding, statement finding, fact finding, idea finding, solution finding and acceptance finding.

What types of thinking is used during creative problem solving?

• Divergent and convergent thinking.

• Divergent and contingent thinking.

• Divergent thinking alone.

• Convergent thinking alone.

Convergent thinking is intuitive and divergent thinking is logical.

• True

• False

Apart from the 6 stages of Creative Problem Solving framework, there are other alternative theoretical frameworks that can be used in Creative Problem Solving.

• True

• False

What are the 4 Ps of CPS?

• Problem, possibilities, plan and perform.

• Problem, possibilities, progress and perform.

Who said,

"a problem can be defined as any situation in which a gap is perceived to exist between what is and what should be".

• Van Gundy (1981)

  
  

• Proctor (2014)

• Boris (2020)

• Isaksen and Treffinger (1985)