...Solve a Problem PHL/458 Rebekah Armstrong University of Phoenix Aleyda Cardenas February 17, 2014 Solve a Problem Creative thinkers have a generalized set of character traits used within the creative thinking process to assist with finding the best resolution to the challenge faced that consist of originality, use of imagination, and effectiveness. Through each of the four stages of creative thinking, thinkers continuously find challenges and multiple ideas that create solutions for these challenges. Determining what the most effective solution to the challenge is may take a varied amount of time but because creative thinkers are so dedicated, they will keep striving to meet their goal. The personal challenge search effectively demonstrated all areas of the creative thinking process from beginning to end. Creative thinking is not just an art form; it is a process that requires hard-work and dedication from independent individuals who strive to find the best possible solution to a challenge. Creative Thinking Process The creative thinking process consists of four steps which break down the different essential areas that cover all aspects of the process, from beginning to end. Creative thinkers have character traits of boldness, resourcefulness, independence, are generally dedicated hard workers. Each step of the creative thinking process is routine for creative thinkers because they know until one step is completed the next cannot commence. Step 1 Many...
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...Solve a Problem PHL/458 Determining Disciplinary Action for Employees in the Workplace My role as manager requires me to observe all loss prevention issues and perform the necessary disciplinary action associated with them. When observing employee issues and assessing the disciplinary action previously taken in the past, I noticed the course of action for offenders was limited. You simply were reprimanded once and fired if the problem persisted. I initially thought this was unfair to our employees because every problem did not warrant the same disciplinary action. After critical examination of possible solutions to the disciplinary process within our company, I concluded management should implement better training for its employees. This would help in our attempts to maximize production and minimize employee mistakes. After evaluating this argument and eliminating other possible solutions and assumptions, I decided this resolution would be best for our company as well as our employees. By providing extensive training to our employees, we would cut down on employee errors and correct mistakes that have been previously made in the past. While starting the process of implementing the new training for our employees, I realized the solution of providing training was a good idea for our company and its employees; however, this solution did not completely solve the original problem of the actual disciplinary action that would be used when an employee made a mistake...
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...Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). These diagnoses are not always the case and also teachers are not medical doctors. This paper will inform you about my creative process to solve the problem of my son’s learning disability. In first grade my son was having a problem with numbers adding and subtracting, and the teacher wanted to fail him in math, I fought that battle to figure out what the issue really was. I now realized I used the creative process to help me solve the problem. There are many stages in the creative process. The first stage is searching for challenges. There were many challenges trying to figure out what my son’s learning disability was. Many thought because he is a twin and was born premature that he was just developing slowly. Once he got in elementary school the teacher said he, had attention deficit disorder. I agreed with neither, I knew there had to be something else going on. The second state is Expressing the Problem or issue. Because the school was content on trying to fail him in math with no interventions, I expressed the problem with his doctor who did test and stated that in fact he did not have ADD, but he does have a developmental delay in math concepts. The third stage is investigating the problem or issue. I took my son to a specialist on my own to get him tested. The only thing the school kept asking was where his father was and does he see him? These questions had nothing to do with him not getting...
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...creative process: to produce ideas and to judge them. Recently in my work place, I had to use the creative process to solve a problem. The first stage of the creative process is searching for challenges. As the Assistant Kitchen Manager in the restaurant, I constantly have to look for original ways to meet challenges in an original and effective way. I don’t usually have to seek out challenges as they come to me in the form of an obvious problem. One night, one of our food runners named Mason arrived for his shift at 4:00pm. He had worked earlier that day from 11:30am to 2:00pm. He doesn’t drive a vehicle so he stays in the nearby shopping center and returned later that day for his evening shift. This is where the challenge began: Mason came back to the restaurant reeking of alcohol and bragged to several team members that he drank in between his shift. I immediately identified this as a challenge that needed to be addressed. The first stage of the creative process represents the habit of searching for challenges on a constant basis but this challenge was obvious to everyone. This is where the second stage of the creative process shifted: expressing the problem or issue. The problem was that we had a team member who had drunk alcohol between his shifts and thought it would be alright to come back to work. In order for me to properly express the problem, I first had to address the most common mistake in making the identification: Was I only seeing this from one perspective...
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...Solve the problem Solve the problem Describe creative process The four stages in the creative process as described in Ch. 5 of the text are the following: searching for the problem, expressing the problem or issue, investigating the problem or issue, and producing ideas. * Stage one of the creative process – searching for the problem – emphasizes the importance of responding to problems in triggering one’s creativity (Ruggiero, 2009). * Stage two centers on expressing the problem or issue in numerous ways and finding the most creative and helpful ideas. * Stage three objectives is obtaining the information necessary to solve the problem or issue. * The fourth and final stage of the creative process deals with producing the ideas necessary to solve the problem or determine a stance on the issue. Personal Challenge Considering the four stages in the creative process that work to solve an issue or problem, a personal challenge that I can apply the stages to would be in re-evaluating myself as a whole and making life changes to become a better wife, mother, and person in general. I used and applied three out of the six techniques described in Ch. 6 to determine which areas needed the most work. The first technique, “being observant,” help me realized how tired my husband has been in dealing with our children shown through his look, the faint circles under his eyes and slower movement in his style. I realize that I can be from more help and...
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...Solve a Problem Student Name PHL/458 Date Instructor Solve a Problem Four Stages in the Creative Process According to Ruggiero, (2009), “The creative process has four stages which are: searching for challenges, expressing the particular problem or issue, investigating the problem, and producing a variety of ideas” (p. 105). The first stage of the creative process is searching for challenges. During this stage of the process a person should become accustomed to the habit of constantly searching for a challenge. It is important to note that a person can be creative only in response to challenges that he or she perceives (p. 105). The second stage in the creative process is expressing the problem or issue. The objective of this process is to find the best expression of the problem that will provide the most helpful ideas. A common mistake made in this stage of the process is seeing the problem from only one perspective and therefore closing oneself off to other points of view (p. 106). The third stage in the creative thinking process is investigating the problem or issue. The objective of this stage is to obtain the necessary information to deal with the problem or issue. This can be done by searching experiences and observing them for information pertinent to the problem at hand. The fourth stage of the process is producing ideas....
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...Our chapter describes four stages to the creative process. The first stage is to search for challenges regularly. Not all challenges will be just black and white. Some challenges require one to utilize their creative thought process to allow their mind to think of areas that may need a little improving. The second stage is to express the problem or issue. Perhaps writing out different thought patterns and coming up with an idea that best match the correct or needed result can stimulate progress in the process. The third stage in the creative process is investigating the problem or issue. If you encountered a specific problem or issue that you couldn’t resolve, you may need to ask someone with more experience or research the issue to reach an adequate solution. Producing ideas is the fourth and final stage. One must make a precise decision to determine which ideal concept they will take. In this stage there lie two obstacles. While trying to produce ideas one must fight the urge to limit your ideas. The other obstacle is not settling on the first idea that comes to mind and to try harder to come up with something different. Some may think their first thought is also the best result, but you should challenge yourself to think past your first thought to chime into your creative nature. A personal challenge for me was going back to school. I had to think of all the different obstacles going back to school would pose on my normal day to day routine. Returning to school...
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...Solve a Problem Paper There is so much more to solving a problem than most people think there is. There is a whole process that was created to help identify challenges and creatively find solutions to the problems created. In this paper, I will explain each stage in the creative process and will choose a personal challenge that I will walk through the creative process. There are four stages to the creative process that include searching for challenges, expressing the problem or issue, investigating the problem or issue, and producing ideas. In the first stage: searching for challenges, it is expected for challenges to be constantly thought about and searched for. The text book “The Art of Thinking”, it says that the importance of searching for challenges is reflected in the fact that you can be creative only in response to challenges that you perceive (Ruggiero, 2009). In other words, without challenges there is no need for the mind to be creative. The second stage of the creative process is expressing the problem or issue. In this stage, it is best to find an expression that will yield the most helpful ideas. When looking for the best expression, it is looking for the best way to identify the problem or issue in a question form. The third stage: investigating the problem or issue, is where necessary information is collected to effectively deal with the problem or issue. Lastly, the fourth stage: producing ideas, is the stage where ideas are produced to decide what...
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...Solve a Problem Paper There are many situations that a person will experience throughout her professional careers. Often the ways in which people handle these issues will affect the ways in which they are viewed within the organization, which will either help or hinder them in the end. The creative process can often help employees to navigate through issues in a professional manner that presents new ways of dealing with issues. By allowing people to plan and practice, through brainstorm ideas, discussing the ideas, and questioning these ideas, improvising on those ideas, reviewing the ideas, refining the thoughts revolving around the ideas proposed, and sharing and reflecting on the various ideas proposed, people can successfully use the creative thinking process to resolve various problems (Murphy, 1956). For example, the creative process was instrumental in assisting workers resolve many issues that presented itself within the ad agency. While doing an internship for the state agency that regulates higher education, it has been witnessed many issues resolved through the use of the creative thinking process. Many of these issues presented themselves during meetings, whether it was during the preparation for these meetings, or whether it was while discussing various issues within the meeting. For example, various school leaders met to evaluate ways in which they could decrease the number of students who become college drop-outs. Students’ dropping out of college...
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...The creative process uses four steps to solve a problem. They are searching for challenges, identifying the problem, investigating it and finding solutions for the problem. My personal challenge has been with the wiring harness for the glow plug system and starting system on my GM diesel truck. I had to wonder why GM routed the wire harnesses in such a way as to be exposed to the most heat which will eventually destroy the wires and their protective covering. Since I am in the process of installing a rebuilt engine in the truck I decided to see if I could repair the wiring harnesses and if there was a possible better way to route them. So I could alleviate the electrical problems I have had with this truck specific to this area. I have had other problems with this truck that I have done upgrades on or improvements which turned out very well so I felt confident I could solve and improve on what GM did. The problem is this is on the right hand side of the engine where the exhaust driven turbo charger is located. The location of the wire harnesses is a couple inches away from the two exhaust pipes and the special oversize exhaust manifold which the turbo mounts too. The heat from all this seems to causes the glow plug wiring system to become inoperative and makes the truck hard to start. This will cause the glow plugs not to operate because the wires feeding them electricity to operate are heat damaged which builds up resistance and low voltage to the glow plugs. Glow plugs need...
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...Solve a Problem Paper Tamara Peeples PHL 458 March 18, 2013 Latrisha McAloon Solve a Problem Paper The stages of the creative process are search for challenges, express the problem or issue, investigate the problem or issue and produce ideas. The first stage – the essence of creativity is meeting challenges in an imaginative, original, and effective way (Ruggeri, 2009, p105). The second stage – the objective in this stage is to find the best expression of the problem or issue, the one that will yield the most helpful ideas (Ruggeri, 2009, p105). The third stage – the objective of this stage is to obtain the information necessary to deal effectively with the problem or issue (Ruggeri, 2009, p106). The fourth stage – the objective in this stage is to generate enough ideas to decide what action to take or what belief to embrace (Ruggeri, 2009, p106). With the fourth stage there can be two common obstacles, unconscious tendency to limit your ideas to common, familiar, habitual responses, to block out uncommon and unfamiliar ones, then the temptation to stop producing ideas too soon. As a child, many look forward to getting older so that they can: “…do what they want…”; “…go to bed when they want…”; “watch as much television as they want, etc. However, I am learning that age and independence do not necessarily go hand in hand. Even as an adult, there comes a time that our freedom becomes necessarily limited by the balance of other important principles; such as safety and...
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...Complications of a Bad Neighbor-Solve a Problem Paper Rhonda Mayer PHL/458 September 2, 2012 Tracy Colcord At some point everyone encounters a problem or issue in their lifetime and the most difficult part of it could be finding a solution. According to the book “ The Art of Thinking” by Ryan Ruggiero, the greatest difficulty people have in thinking about problems and issues is evaluating the various solutions and choosing the best one. Growing up most of us desire to have a family and a nice comfortable home. Taking the first step to buying a house is a difficult decision and most couples goes through a lot of planning when preparing to make this commitment. Aside from financial support, searching for the right house takes a lot a lot of time. When the house is found that’s desired the next step is to investigate the neighborhood. Many times this step is omitted but it may be the most important step to making a final decision because the neighborhood as a whole is the place which people invest, raise their children and live for many years to come. Making sure to cover all needed steps to buying a home is most crucial for peace and happiness to be united inside and outside the home. When I bought my first home in Georgia in 1998, my husband and I were in a hurry to purchase a home for our family of three. I was in my early twenties and was very inexperienced in buying a new home. After several months of looking at multiple houses which were shown by my cousin...
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...‘How Can We Solve Our Social Problem’ by Crone, J.is a book that show Practical approach to tackling problems in our community today but one would really as why have the governments never thought of introducing such ideas to deal with humanities’ social problems. It’s quite clear as much as some of the ideas sound very nice it’s difficult for any political arm to try to implement because of the long term and short term effects they will have on the community. A good example of an impractical ideas is the book concept of the American judicial system. Many times confessions are used as strong evidences in court however they can be very misleading if the confessions are false .In United States more than 400 untrue confessions (Cassell, 1998).these confessions may lead to wrong conviction which is inappropriate. Social Problems: Community, Policy and Social Action Third Edition Leon-Guerrero, A. Sage also doesn’t touch on the family bit which is the core of all social aspects. The books doesn’t also consider the values and beliefs that already exist in the community today. Beliefs don’t just fade away in one day. Only an organized strategy can see to the extinction of social beliefs and value. The two books have very nice ideas on how to revolutionize the social aspect of America but the writer forgot to discuss the reasons why some of the ideas cannot be implemented in the current situation in the America and the results that would be achieved if the ideas are implemented. ...
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...In daily operation, DESTONER MACHINE may have some noises. How to find out the cause of the noises and how to solve the problem? First, when the destoner machine wind screen has noises, this always has close relations with the wind screen conformity. Due to the rough point of weld in corn processing, the wind screen small mouth margin height is not consistent. In allocation, it always has friction with the rotor end. Second, electromagnetism sound: it can be divided into high frequency and low frequency. It may be because of the bad conformance of the axle iron core chute，the rough iron core inner chamber and the inconformity of the rotor outer diameter processing. Usually we can adopt the method of changing rotor to solve this problem. Third, high and low voice from the motor: a. The destoner machine stator and rotor have uneven air gap. If the voice is sometimes high and sometimes low, and the voice interval time keeps invariant, then it may be caused by the bearing abrasion which makes the stator and the rotor not concentric. b. Unbalanced three-phase-current. c. Loose iron core. Fourth, if there has uneven crash, it may be caused by the crashing between the fan blade and the fan housing. Fifth, the noises from the stator and the rotor friction belongs to the limiting condition of chamber sweeping. Finally, other factors also may cause destoner machine noises, such as slot sedge part popping, vibration, long fixed bolt of the bearing cap. We should check whether...
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...Can Economics Solve the Problem of Global Warming? The potential negative effects of global warming are very serious. Even by just concentrating on economic factors, global warming has the potential to cause unprecedented costs to the global economy. Yet, despite the forecasted dangers and economic costs, there seems to be a disinterest in implementing necessary policies to avert the consequences of global warming. There are many reasons why it is difficult to deal with the issue of global warming such as the problem of “free rider”, externalities, intergenerational externalities etc. Global warming is by definition a phenomena which affects every country. Pollution may be caused by a small percentage of developed countries and yet those who suffer the most may be pacific islands who contribute nothing to global warming. When it comes to reducing carbon emissions there is a classic free rider problem. Countries can benefit from lower emissions by relying on other countries to make sacrifices and reduce their pollution levels. The problem is that countries can then become reluctant to start reducing emissions until other countries start reducing emissions as well. Why should a tiny country like Sweden make sacrifices in reducing carbon emissions, if the US continues to create a large part of the world's CO2 emissions? Global warming is to a large extent caused by externalities. When you drive an SUV, the contribution to global warming is an external cost which you don't...
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