Why Novelty Is Overrated

Autor/inn/en	Tanggaard, Lene; Wegener, Charlotte
Titel	Why Novelty Is Overrated
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 29 (2016) 6, S.728-745 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2015.1040379
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Innovation; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Health Services; Older Adults; Allied Health Occupations Education; Educational Change; Semi Structured Interviews; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Älterer Erwachsener; Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Based on two empirical studies on education in health and elderly care, this paper reflects on the possible role of "old ideas" involved in creative innovation. Most researchers agree that creativity and innovation are the results of a combination of what is new and valuable. What tends to be paid less attention, however, is the fact that many creative activities and everyday innovations in modern-day organisations actually build upon what is already there. Creative products and processes are often the result of some kind of learning from or even re-creation of existing processes and materials. The paper argues that there is excessive enthusiasm towards the novelty aspects of creativity and innovation, which overshadow the potential of old ideas and past experience as drivers of change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01