Mental Process Paper

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Mental Process Paper

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Mental Process Paper

Every organization will have accomplishments and failures that develop from making decisions. Being familiar with management decision making is very important, especially in today's market. Creative Intelligence describes the aspects of personality that drive is to achieve outstanding results (Rowe, 2004). Identifying an individual's creative intelligence will help a person understand the style that best describes the individual. Creative intelligence is what refers to the way people use their creative ability. Every individual has different and similar creative intelligence, depending on their beliefs, upbringing, and education. The four different styles of creative intelligence are intuitive, innovative, imaginative, and inspirational. It is important for all organizations to understand the four creative intelligence styles, and the influence towards management decision making. This paper will compare and contrast the four creative intelligence styles and discuss how the five forces influence the mental models and mindsets.

Intuitive Style

The intuitive style focuses on results and relies on past experiences to guide actions (Rowe, 2004). A supervisor with an intuitive style will be concerned with revenue, expansion of the company, and employee efficiency. An example of a manager who is intuitive; is a person who is a great leader who is hard working, spirited and focuses on achieving goals. The intuitive style has great effect in the decision making of an organization, the mindset of the intuitive person is determined and focus to meet the company's goals and needs.

Innovative Style

The innovative style concentrates on problem-solving, is systematic, and relies on data (Rowe, 2004). An individual with this style is willing to execute the complicated and tentative work that may be required within the...