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Technical creativity in an international comparative perspective
Citation
Moritz, E. F., & Tan, A. G. (1995). Technical creativity in an international comparative perspective. In V. Hubka (Ed.), Proceedings of ICED 95: 10th International Conference on Engineering Design (pp. 273-278). Heurista.
Abstract
This paper intends to shed a new light on the scientific as well as application-oriented discussion about technical creativity by presenting and interrelating the results of a number of comparative studies about the relevance, perception, and practice of technical creativity in Japan and Germany. As an example, it will be explained why German engineers may be said to be more creative in the mechanical field, and their Japanese counterparts more successful in designing electrical devices. But it will also be shown that a more complex and distinctive understanding of technical creativity is necessary in order to avoid the constant reproduction of ethnocentric self-fulfilling prophecies in this field, and to become able to propose "culture-sensitive" measures to increase creativity in students and engineers alike.
Date Issued
August 1995
Description
This paper was presented at the 10th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED) 1995, held in Praha, Czech Republic from 22 - 24 Aug 1995