Decesion Making in Creative Work Environment
Decesion Making in Creative Work Environment
A Case in Handicraft Industry in Nepal
Introduction
It is a challenge to identify what exactly is a creative business environment. I have divided the work environment into creative and non-creative based on the article “6 Myths of Creativity”. The handicraft industry is composed of a repetitive work environment where the work is done by most of the people on the basis of the orders given by the clients and their supervisors. On the basis of the questionnaires, I have identified the factory of the handicraft industry as a non creative work environment where the decisions are made according to a pre planned procedures. For this purpose, I intervieId the proprietor of the “Omane Craft Works”, Gyanendra Nakarmi.
The following ansIrs Ire gathered to our questions: * The employees Ire instructed to do their work from the upper level. * There was specialization in cutting, pasting, colouring, and finishing. * There is provision of job variety and rotation but since the workers Ire interested only in one work at a time, there are rarely such activities being done. * There was sometimes ambiguous and uncertain environment of huge and many orders at a time. Such type of environment is handled through work division and team work. * Planning is always done from the initiation phase to the end until the products are finally made. * The items are designed according to the planned framework of either the management or the customers. * Innovations in designs come from three areas: * Innovation of artists * Customers * Proprietors
* The output level varies per period and according to the requirement. If the output is far below than the desired, reasons are identified. * The working hours are of eight hours with one hour break. * The formal reporting system is not specified. The employees can report to either the supervisor or the proprietor himself. * Employees are considered while making the
A Case in Handicraft Industry in Nepal
Introduction
It is a challenge to identify what exactly is a creative business environment. I have divided the work environment into creative and non-creative based on the article “6 Myths of Creativity”. The handicraft industry is composed of a repetitive work environment where the work is done by most of the people on the basis of the orders given by the clients and their supervisors. On the basis of the questionnaires, I have identified the factory of the handicraft industry as a non creative work environment where the decisions are made according to a pre planned procedures. For this purpose, I intervieId the proprietor of the “Omane Craft Works”, Gyanendra Nakarmi.
The following ansIrs Ire gathered to our questions: * The employees Ire instructed to do their work from the upper level. * There was specialization in cutting, pasting, colouring, and finishing. * There is provision of job variety and rotation but since the workers Ire interested only in one work at a time, there are rarely such activities being done. * There was sometimes ambiguous and uncertain environment of huge and many orders at a time. Such type of environment is handled through work division and team work. * Planning is always done from the initiation phase to the end until the products are finally made. * The items are designed according to the planned framework of either the management or the customers. * Innovations in designs come from three areas: * Innovation of artists * Customers * Proprietors
* The output level varies per period and according to the requirement. If the output is far below than the desired, reasons are identified. * The working hours are of eight hours with one hour break. * The formal reporting system is not specified. The employees can report to either the supervisor or the proprietor himself. * Employees are considered while making the