6(a)attitude

Definition
A predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively towards a certain
idea, object, person, or situation. Attitude influences an individual's choice of action,
and responses to challenges, incentives, and rewards (together called stimuli).
Four major components of attitude are (1) Affective: emotions or feelings.
(2) Cognitive: belief or opinions held consciously. (3) Conative: inclination for action.
(4) Evaluative: positive or negative response to stimuli.
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6(b)
Ten ways to encourage creative thinking

You can help

your firm innovate by creating a culture in which all employees are actively encouraged to
put ideas forward. But how do you get the best from people and encourage them to be at their most
creative?
1.

Stress the importance of creativity. Ensure all your staff know that you want to hear their ideas.
Unless they understand how innovating your business processes can keep your firm competitive, your efforts at
encouraging creative thinking risk falling flat.

2.

Make time for brainstorming. Allocate time for new ideas to emerge. For example, set aside time for
brainstorming, hold regular group workshops and arrange team days out. A team involved in a brainstorming
session is likely to be more effective than the sum of its parts. Individuals within the team can feed off each other
exploring, testing and refining ideas. You should also give individuals the space to reflect privately on their work
if you think they need it.

3.

Actively solicit ideas. Place suggestion boxes around the workplace, appeal for new ideas to solve
particular problems and, quite literally, keep your door open to new ideas.

4.

Train staff in innovation techniques. Your staff may be able to bounce an idea around, but be
unfamiliar with the skills involved in creative problem-solving. You may find training sessions in formal techniques
such as brainstorming, lateral thinking and mind-mapping worthwhile.

5.

Cross-fertilise. Broadening peoples experiences can be a great way to spark ideas. Shortterm job swaps and shadowing in-house can introduce a fresh perspective to roles. Encourage people to look at
how other businesses do things, even those in other sectors, and consider how they can be adapted or
improved.

6.

Challenge the way staff work. Encourage employees to keep looking anew at the way they approach
their work. Ask people whether they have considered alternative ways of working and what might be achieved by
doing things differently.

7.

Be supportive. Respond enthusiastically to all ideas and never make someone offering an idea,
however hopeless, feel foolish. Give even the most apparently outlandish of ideas a chance to be aired.

8.

Tolerate mistakes. A certain amount of risk-taking is inevitable with creative thinking. Allow people to
learn from their mistakes. Never put off the creative flow by penalising those whose ideas dont work out.

9.

Reward creativity. Motivate individuals or teams who come up with winning ideas by actively
recognising creativity, for example through an awards scheme. You could even demonstrate your recognition that
not all ideas work out by rewarding those who just have a rich flow of suggestions, regardless of whether they are
put into action at work.

10.

Act on ideas. Creative thinking is only worthwhile if it results in action. Provide the time and resources
to develop and implement those ideas worth acting upon. Failure to do so not only means your firm will fail to
benefit from innovation, but flow of ideas may well dry up if staff feel the process is pointless.

6E
Virtual environment software refers to any software, program or system that
implements, manages and controls multiple virtual environment instances. Thesoftware is
installed within an organization's existing IT infrastructure and controlled from within the
organization itself. From a central interface the software creates an interactive and
immersive experience for administrators and users.

Uses[edit]
Virtual environment software can be purposed for any use, from advanced military training in a
virtual environment simulator to virtual classrooms. Many Virtual Environments are being
purposed as branding channels for products and services by enterprise corporations and nonprofit groups.
Currently, virtual event and virtual tradeshow have been the early accepted uses of virtual event
services. More recently, virtual environment software platforms have offered choice to
enterprises with the ability to connect people across the Internet. Virtual Environment Software
enables organizations to extend their market and industry reach while reducing (all travel-related)
costs and time.

Background[edit]
Providers of virtual environments have tended to focus on the early marketplace adoption of
virtual events. These providers are typically software as a service(SaaS)-based. Most have
evolved from the streaming media/gaming arena and social networking applications.
This early virtual event marketplace is now moving towards 3D persistent environments, where
enterprises combine e-commerce, social media as core operating systems, and is evolving into
virtual environments for branding, customer acquisition, and service centers. A Persistent
Environment enables users, visitors and administrators to re-visit a part or parts of the event or
session. Information gathered by attendees and end users is typically stored in a virtual briefcase
typically including contact information and marketing materials.

Potential advantages[edit]
Virtual environment software has the potential to maximize the benefits of both online and onpremises environments. A flexible platform would allow companies to deploy the software in both
environments while having the ability to run reports on data in both locations from a
centralized interface. The advent of persistent environments lends itself to a rich integration with
enterprise technology assets which can be solved efficiently through the implementation of
software.[1]
Virtual environment software can be applied to virtual learning environments (also called
Learning Management Systems or LMS). In the US, Universities, Colleges and similar higher
education institutions have adopted virtual learning environments to economize time, resources
and course effectiveness.[2]

Future[edit]
Virtual events, trade shows and environments are not projected to replace physical events and
interactions. Instead they are seen as extensions and enhancements to these physical events
and environments by increasing lead generation and reaching a wider audience while decreasing
expenses. The virtual environmentsindustry has been projected to reach a market size in the
billions of dollars.[3]

Market availability[edit]
Virtual environment software is an alternative to bundled services. Companies known to provide
virtual environment software are UBIVENT, InterCall orvcopious.