Strategies for Creative Problem Solving

Name: Strategies for Creative Problem Solving
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ISBN: 9780133091663

ISBN-10: 013309166X

ISBN-13: 9780133091663

Edition: 3rd 2014

Authors: H Fogler, Steven LeBlanc, Benjamin Rizzo

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To succeed, engineers and other technology professionals need more than technical and scientific knowledge: they also need problem-solving “street smarts.” For 20 years,Strategies for Creating Problem Solvinghas helped thousands of them gain these skills. Now, award-winning authors and pioneering engineering educators H. Scott Fogler and Steven E. LeBlanc have updated their classic guide to make it even more relevant and effective. Strategies for Creating Problem Solving, Third Editionoffers a complete framework for strengthening and honing creative problem-solving skills in any technical discipline. It teaches practitioners and students how to:Encounter an ill-defined challenge and…

Book details

List price: $59.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 10/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 8.03" wide x 9.96" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Steven A. LeBlanc is an archaeologist and Director of Collections at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.



Preface


About the Authors



Problem-Solving Strategies: Why Bother?



The Characteristics, Attitudes, and Environment Necessary for Effective Problem Solving



Skills Necessary for Effective Problem Solving



First Steps



Problem Definition



Breaking Down the Barriers to Generating Ideas



Generating Solutions



Deciding the Course of Action



Implementing the Solution



Evaluation



Troubleshooting



Putting It All Together


Index


The following additional material will be available on the book's companion website (www.engin.umich.edu/scps)



McMaster's Five-Point Strategy



Experimental Projects



Plotting Data