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A flow model is presented which identifies some of the organizational factors influencing idea generation behavior in industrial R and, 2) knowledge of a means or technique for satisfying the need, solving the problem, or capitalizing on the opportunity. These results are discussed with respect to the stages of creative thought proposed by other investigators. Finally, the organizational events, which were associated as “needs” events or “means” events for the ideas studied, are identified and analyzed with respect to both quantity and quality of ideas.
Baker et al. (Fri,) studied this question.