WRS - Creativity and Resourcefulness

Which of the following does NOT demonstrate creativity and resourcefulness?

• Contributing new ideas from improving products and procedures

• Displaying initiative readily, independently and responsibly

• Making a decision quickly

• Developing operational policies and procedures that use resources in a sustainable manner

Which of the following is NOT an example of creativity and resourcefulness?

• Handling new situations and obstacles effectively

• Allowing others to solve difficult problems instead of trying yourself

Information about the outcomes of past or present activities or a system's operations results is best described as _.

• knowledge

• feedback

• data logging

• progress

What is creativity?

• Focusing on your personal development instead of helping others improve their personal abilities

• Being really skilled at doing the same thing over and over again (repetitive tasks)

• The act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality

• Allowing others on your team to complete projects but getting the praise for being part of a team

"Creativity is natural, developmental and lifelong. The only barriers to it in organizations are contentment and fear." What's the best answer to this statement?

• Definitely True

• Definitely Not True

• Creativity is not natural

"Being open minded about new possibilities is critical to putting resourcefulness into action." What does it mean to be "open minded"?

• Being a good listener

• Being willing to consider new ideas

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Resourcefulness is defined as the ability to deal creatively and effectively with problems. Which of the following is an example of resourcefulness?

• Cooking on a charcoal grill after you realize you ran out of cooking gas.

• Leave work for the day after you get stressed out on a job.

• Focus on passing your favorite class instead of all of your 5 classes.

• Buying new tools each time you are missing one.

To try the same strategy, intervention or effort repeatedly to solve the same problem without any solution is best described as _.

• chaotic

• creative

• resourceful

• unwise

Before you can effectively resolve a problem on the job you have to first do this?

• Propose different solutions

• Clearly identify the problem

To effectively resolve conflict with other staff members before job assignments is both being resourceful and creative.

• True

• False

• Not in all cases

• Conflicts don't occur at work