@techreport{Deckert2015, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Tensions in Creativity - Using the Value Square to Model Individual Creativity}, series = {CBD Working Paper Series}, volume = {2}, journal = {CBD Working Paper Series}, publisher = {Cologne Business School}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Cologne Business School}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-18209}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The definition of individual creativity is based on a tension between novelty on the one side and usefulness respectively appropriateness on the other side. The paper explores how this tension pervades the stage and componential theories of creativity. To achieve this, the so called value square ("Wertequadrat") developed by Helwig (1967) and Schulz von Thun (1998)is used which balances a value with its countervalue to analyze creativity. The author identifies tensions of action and inaction, expertise and mindfulness, precision and ambiguity as well as immersion and detachment permeating the creative process and the components of creativity. As a conclusion a morphological box for creativity is presented which allows one to show which combination of characteristics of the tensions support different stages of creativity. Furthermore implications for development and time management are discussed.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Deckert2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Nachhaltige Logistik}, series = {CSR und Logistik - Spannungsfelder Green Logistics und City-Logistik}, booktitle = {CSR und Logistik - Spannungsfelder Green Logistics und City-Logistik}, editor = {Deckert, Carsten}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-662-46934-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-46934-7_1}, pages = {3 -- 41}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{EversheimDeckertWestekemper2000, author = {Eversheim, Walter and Deckert, Carsten and Westekemper, Markus}, title = {Increasing Efficiency through Integration of Freeform-Features into the CAD/CAM Chain}, series = {Product Data Technology Europe 2000}, booktitle = {Product Data Technology Europe 2000}, pages = {355 -- 362}, year = {2000}, language = {en} } @article{Deckert2017, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Tensions in Creative Products: Using the Value Square to Model Functional Creativity}, series = {International Journal of Creativity \& Problem Solving}, volume = {26}, journal = {International Journal of Creativity \& Problem Solving}, pages = {71 -- 93}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{DeckertGuillen2017, author = {Deckert, Carsten and Guill{\´e}n, Viola Isabel Nyssen}, title = {Kulturelle Einfl{\"u}sse auf die nationale Innovationsf{\"a}higkeit}, series = {WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium}, volume = {46}, journal = {WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium}, number = {7-8}, publisher = {Vahlen}, doi = {10.15358/0340-1650-2017-7-8-25}, pages = {25 -- 31}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{Deckert2017, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Spannungsfelder der Corporate Creativity: Einfl{\"u}sse des Arbeitsumfelds auf die organisationale Kreativit{\"a}t}, series = {Zeitschrift OrganisationsEntwicklung}, journal = {Zeitschrift OrganisationsEntwicklung}, number = {3}, pages = {79 -- 82}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{Deckert2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Ecological sustainability of material resources - Why material efficiency just isn't enough}, series = {uwf UmweltWirtschaftsForum}, volume = {24}, journal = {uwf UmweltWirtschaftsForum}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, doi = {10.1007/s00550-016-0419-2}, pages = {325 -- 335}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @article{Deckert2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {On the Originality-Effectiveness Duality of Creativity: Tensions Concerning the Components of Creativity}, series = {Business Creativity and the Creative Economy}, volume = {2}, journal = {Business Creativity and the Creative Economy}, number = {1}, doi = {10.18536/bcce.2016.10.2.1.07}, pages = {70 -- 82}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The standard definition of individual creativity is based on a tension between originality on the one side and effectiveness (usefulness and appropriateness) on the other side. In this article this tension is called the originality-effectiveness duality of creativity. The article explores how this duality pervades the componential theories of creativity. To analyze the components of creativity with regard to their tensions, the so called value square ("Wertequadrat") developed by Helwig (1967) and Schulz von Thun (1998) is used. The value square explains each component as a dynamic equilibrium and shows how a positive value is balanced with its positive countervalue. Tensions of mindfulness, precision and ambiguity, as well as immersion and detachment are identified permeating the components of creativity. This article explores the implications these tensions have for creativity research and for businesses in a creative economy.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Deckert2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Tensions in Corporate Creativity}, series = {Book of Papers}, booktitle = {Book of Papers}, organization = {M-Sphere - Association for Promotion of Multidisciplinarity in Science and Business}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-18065}, pages = {79 -- 86}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The standard definition of creativity is based on a tension between originality and effectiveness. Borrowing from the wave-particle duality in physics one could say that there is an originality-effectiveness duality at work for creativity. The paper explores how this tension pervades Amabile's (1997) componential theory of organizational creativity with the components organizational motivation, management practices (including work assignment and work control) and resources. As a method the so called value square (" Wertequadrat ") developed by Helwig (1967) and Schulz von Thun (1998) is used which balances a value with its countervalue. The author identifies a tension of corporate tradition and corporate change for organizational motivation, a tension of skills and challenges for work assignment, a tension of management by control and management by loss of control for work control as well as a tension of organizational efficiency and organizational slack for resources. Additionally different implications of these tensions for the resistance of a company to creativity, for an organizational climate conducive to creativity as well as for resource allocation in creative endeavours are discussed.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Deckert2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Tensions in Creative Products - Using the Value Square to Model Functional Creativity}, series = {CBS Working Paper Series}, volume = {4}, journal = {CBS Working Paper Series}, publisher = {Cologne Business School}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Cologne Business School}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-18078}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @article{DeckertMaeckel2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten and M{\"a}ckel, Frederic}, title = {Bestimmung des Carbon Footprints in der Transportbranche - Status und Entwicklungstendenzen in Nordrhein-Westfalen}, series = {uwf UmweltWirtschaftsForum}, volume = {24}, journal = {uwf UmweltWirtschaftsForum}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, doi = {10.1007/s00550-016-0427-2}, pages = {269 -- 276}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @article{DeckertScherer2017, author = {Deckert, Carsten and Scherer, Anke}, title = {The Dao of Innovation: What European Innovators Can Learn from Philosophical Daoism}, series = {Kindai Management Review}, volume = {5}, journal = {Kindai Management Review}, number = {4}, pages = {105 -- 118}, year = {2017}, abstract = {A central question for managers in charge of innovation is to what extent creativity and inno-vation can be controlled and supervised, or whether they just have to be set free and allowed to take shape. In assessing this dilemma the authors conclude that there is a contradiction of action versus inaction on the personal level as well as a contradiction of control versus loss of control on the organizational level. What European innovators can learn from philosophical Daoism is an attitude that allows a process to just develop "naturally" and refrains from prem-ature interference with the intention to permanently be in control. In business structures that judge everything according to its usefulness, i.e. profitability for the company, a look at the laid-back attitude of Daoism where usefulness and uselessness are relative qualities might relief the pressure on people to perform in a premeditated way. Innovation can be supported, but creativity cannot be forced. It can only be allowed to happen when control, interference, and action are balanced out with non-interference, and go-with-the-flow. This attitude in not an excuse for stressed-out managers to neglect their duty, but a time honoured worldview of one of the oldest civilizations in the world that can give them the sovereignty to "get out of the way" and let innovation happen.}, language = {en} } @techreport{DeckertSchererNyssenGuillen2015, author = {Deckert, Carsten and Scherer, Anke and Nyssen Guill{\´e}n, Viola}, title = {Cultural Impacts on National Innovativeness - Links between the GLOBE Cultural Dimensions and the GII and IUS Innovation Indexes}, series = {CBD Working Paper Series}, volume = {1}, journal = {CBD Working Paper Series}, publisher = {Cologne Business School}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Cologne Business School}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The working paper at hand assumes that differences of innovativeness of different countries can be explained to a certain extent by cultural differences. Thus, the paper deals with the research question of which cultural dimensions have an influence on national innovativeness. Previous research mainly uses the Hofstede-dimensions to describe cultural differences and often focuses on single parameters to describe national innovativeness (e.g. number of patents per capita). This paper, instead, uses the dimensions of the GLOBE-study which builds on the findings of Hofstede but is more up-to-date and comprehensive and uses two innovation indexes - the Global Innovation Index (GII) and the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) - to describe national innovativeness. The authors use correlation analysis to find relationships between the GLOBEdimensions and the innovation indexes. They find positive correlations of innovativeness (both indexes) to Future Orientation (practice scale), Gender Egalitarianism (value scale), Human Orientation (value scale) and Uncertainty Avoidance (practice scale) as well as negative correlations to In-Group Collectivism (practice scale), Future Orientation (value scale) and Uncertainty Avoidance (value scale). Some of the findings are contrary to existing hypotheses, e.g. only a weak negative correlation of Power Distance to one of the indexes. Furthermore the findings show significant differences between practice scales and value scales, especially concerning Future Orientation and Uncertainty Avoidance which deserve further examination. Overall it can be concluded that culture has an impact on national innovativeness. The different cultural dimensions of the GLOBE-study show a multi-faceted interrelationship between culture and innovation. To come to a concise answer for the question which dimensions affect national innovativeness in which way additional research will be necessary.}, language = {en} } @article{WillersDeckert2015, author = {Willers, Christoph and Deckert, Carsten}, title = {eFood in Deutschland}, series = {Der Betriebswirt}, volume = {56}, journal = {Der Betriebswirt}, number = {11}, publisher = {Duncker \& Humblot}, doi = {10.3790/dbw.56.4.10}, pages = {10 -- 15}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Im Vergleich zu „Pionierbranchen" wie Mode oder Medien steht der Online-Handel mit Lebensmitteln erst am Anfang. Dabei kann dieser zu einem Wettbewerbsvorteil werden - wenn der Handel es richtig angeht. Auf der anderen Seite steht das Risiko einer strategischen Falle, d.h. es wird unter Umst{\"a}nden aufgrund der Widerst{\"a}nde beim Verbraucher nur ein Nischenmarkt bedient, der eine geringe Profitabilit{\"a}t aufweist. Im Spannungsfeld „Marktpotenzial auf Handelsseite" vs. „Zur{\"u}ckhaltung beim Verbraucher" r{\"u}cken dabei Fragen der Kommunikationspolitik im Online-Lebensmittelhandel in den Fokus. F{\"u}r eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung stellt eine eindeutige Typologie eine notwendige Basis dar, um die konkreten Bed{\"u}rfnisse potenzieller Konsumenten anzusprechen. Ein Engagement im eFood-Bereich ist daher als Investition in die zuk{\"u}nftige Entwicklung der M{\"a}rkte und ihrer Zielgruppen zu betrachten. Although online trading in the food sector is still in early stages, it may become a competitive edge - if retailers go about it the right way. On the other hand, due to consumer resistance, there is the risk of serving only a niche market, which cannot be maintained in terms of profitability. Therefore, a stronger focus on communication policies is needed. Engaging in the eFood sector finally has to be seen as an important investment into future markets and their target groups. Keywords: online lebensmittelhandel, lieferfenster, informationszeitalter, face to the customer}, language = {de} } @article{Deckert2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Spannungsfelder der Kreativit{\"a}t I - Der kreative Prozess}, series = {Ideen- und Innovationsmanagement}, volume = {43}, journal = {Ideen- und Innovationsmanagement}, number = {2}, publisher = {Erich Schmidt Verlag}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die Definition der individuellen Kreativit{\"a}t basiert auf einem fundamentalen Spannungsverh{\"a}ltnis zwischen Neuartigkeit und Originalit{\"a}t auf der einen Seite sowie N{\"u}tzlichkeit und Angemessenheit auf der anderen Seite. Man kann in Anlehnung an den Welle-Teilchen-Dualismus des Lichtes auch von einem Originalit{\"a}ts-Effektivit{\"a}ts-Dualismus der Kreativit{\"a}t sprechen. Diese zweiteilige Serie betrachtet die Auswirkungen dieses Spannungsverh{\"a}ltnisses auf den kreativen Prozess und die Komponenten der Kreativit{\"a}t. In diesem ersten Teil wird das Spannungsverh{\"a}ltnis des kreativen Prozesses aus Handeln und Geschehen-Lassen betrachtet. In der n{\"a}chsten Ausgabe folgt ein Beitrag {\"u}ber die Spannungsfelder der Komponenten der Kreativit{\"a}t nach Amabile: Expertise, kreative Denkfertigkeiten und Motivation. Zur Darstellung dieser Sachverhalte wird das Wertequadrat nach Helwig (1967) und Schulz von Thun (1998) verwendet, in dem ein Wert ins Verh{\"a}ltnis mit seinem positiven Gegenwert gesetzt wird. Dadurch k{\"o}nnen bzgl. des kreativen Prozesses die negativen Auswirkungen operativer Hektik in Form einer „Culture of Looking Busy" und Implikationen f{\"u}r das individuelle Zeitmanagement abgeleitet werden.}, language = {de} } @article{Deckert2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Spannungsfelder der Kreativit{\"a}t II - Komponenten der Kreativit{\"a}t}, series = {Ideen- und Innovationsmanagement}, volume = {43}, journal = {Ideen- und Innovationsmanagement}, number = {3}, publisher = {Erich Schmidt Verlag}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die Definition der individuellen Kreativit{\"a}t basiert auf einem fundamentalen Spannungsverh{\"a}ltnis zwischen Neuartigkeit und Originalit{\"a}t auf der einen Seite sowie N{\"u}tzlichkeit und Angemessenheit auf der anderen Seite. Man kann in Anlehnung an den Welle-Teilchen-Dualismus des Lichtes auch von einem Originalit{\"a}ts-Effektivit{\"a}ts-Dualismus der Kreativit{\"a}t sprechen. Diese zweiteilige Serie betrachtet die Auswirkungen dieses Spannungsverh{\"a}ltnisses auf den kreativen Prozess und die Komponenten der Kreativit{\"a}t. Im ersten Teil wurde bereits das Spannungsverh{\"a}ltnis des kreativen Prozesses aus Handeln und Geschehen-Lassen betrachtet. In diesem Beitrag werden die Spannungsfelder der Komponenten der Kreativit{\"a}t nach Amabile behandelt: Expertise, kreatives Denken und Motivation. Zur Darstellung dieser Sachverhalte wird das Wertequadrat nach Helwig und Schulz von Thun verwendet, in dem ein Wert ins Verh{\"a}ltnis mit seinem positiven Gegenwert gesetzt wird. Dadurch k{\"o}nnen bzgl. der Komponenten der Kreativit{\"a}t Verbesserungsmaßnahmen abgeleitet und ein morphologischer Kasten der Kreativit{\"a}t aufgestellt werden.}, language = {de} }