Creativity and Innovation in Business and Beyond

Leon Mann is Professorial Fellow and Director of the Research Leadership Unit, Melbourne Research Office, University of Melbourne. He is a past President of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2001-2003) and of the Australian Psychological Society (1987-1988). He is the co-author with Irving Janis of Decision Making (1977), Social Psychology (1969), Developing Leaders in R&D (1994) and Leadership, Management and Innovation in R&D Project Teams (2005).Janet Chan is Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. She has worked as a consultant for a number of government organisations, was awarded nine Australian Research Council grants, and has published numerous books and articles on criminal justice and policing issues, including Changing Police Culture (1997), Fair Cop: Learning the Art of Policing (2003), and Reshaping Juvenile Justice (2005). Her recent research projects have focused on understanding individual and collective creative practice among artists, scientists and art-science collaborations.

• 1. Introduction: Creativity and Innovation. Janet Chan and Leon Mann 2. National Innovation Systems and Creativity. Jonathan West 3. Innovation and Creativity in Industry and the Service Sectors. Jane Marceau 4.Space, Place and Innovation. Jane Marceau 5. Historical Approaches to Creativity and Innovation. Simon Ville 6. Economic Approaches to Understanding and Promoting Innovation. Joshua Gans 7.Creativity and Innovation: A Legal Perspective. Andrew Christie 8. Promoting Creativity and Innovation through Law. Brian Fitzgerald 9. Towards a Sociology of Creativity. Janet Chan 10.Social Psychology of Creativity and Innovation. Leon Mann 11. Creativity and Innovation Management: Play’s the Thing. Mark Dodgson 12. Inducing and Disciplining Creativity in Organisations Under Escalating Complexity. Jonathan West 13.Creativity and Innovation: An Educational Perspective. Erica McWilliam 14.The Psychology of Creativity and Its Educational Consequences. John Sweller and Leon Mann 15. Creativity Meets Innovation: Examining Relationships and Pathways. Leon Mann 16.Creativity and Innovation: Principles and Policy Implications. Leon Mann

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