Anne Dorland, Mount Royal University

Research

organizational creativity creative capacity innovation organizational behaviour skills development creativity interviews surveys

Latest funding

Creative thinking at work: a study of design thinking and creativity relevant processes in Canadian organizations
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$8,680

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Creative thinking at work: a study of design thinking and creativity relevant processes in Canadian organizations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dorland, Anne Marie R.E.

Keywords: creative capacity; innovation; organizational behaviour; skills development; creativity; organizational creativity; interviews; surveys; participant observation; key performance indicators; organizational creativity

$8,680

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: organizational creativity Dear Professor Dorland, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on organizational creativity connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Creative thinking at work: a study of design thinking and creativity relevant processes in Canadian organizations" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]