How Innovation and Creativity Can

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How innovation and creativity canenhance the

profile of quantity surveyor forfuture

&

how QS buisness can be strategyenhance byinnovation and creativity.


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A quantity surveyor should:

have a sound knowledge of building construction

be proficient in maths

have a logical, methodical approach to work

have excellent communication skills be computer literate.

Be CREATIVITY and INNOVATIVE


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Creativity and innovation of quantity surveyorand how it can improve and enhance the profile

and the business


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CREATIVITY

Swartz defines creative thinking as finding new andimproved ways to do things and that success hingeson finding ways to do things better.

Florida found that the creative class has animportant influence on the aesthetics and thedevelopment of cities, and according to him,creativity may also ensure economic development

and growth


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CREATIVITY involve the people with an ability tocreate new ideas, technologies, models and values;

include quantity surveying.

In respect of creativity, Florida distinguishes threeelements as characteristics of the creative class.These are:

technology, talent

tolerance


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the three Ts

Technology: knowledge and products ofknowledge.

technology is playing a larger part in CI

The success of the construction industry isincreasingly predicated on technology


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the three Ts

Technology: knowledge and products ofknowledge.

technology is playing a larger part in CI

The success of the construction industry isincreasingly predicated on technology


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Talent: ability of human creative capital in asociety.

Talent is intelligence, confidence and natural ability.

It's too easy to fall back on thinking someone isgifted, when really that isn't necessarily true


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Tolerance: openness thinking , inclusiveness of people,and mobilization of talents.

It allows people of many cultures, backgrounds,

religions, races and beliefs to participate and work

together in an economy or in an entity .

Construction project always carried out in team, whichconsist of architect, quantity surveyor, project manager,

engineer and others.Attitude of tolerance within the team members is neededto succeed the project.


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creativity as a social process, continuously shaped byvalues, norms, practices and structures and thatindividual persons could develop their own skills,knowledge and resources and commitment todifferent forms of creative activities


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INNOVATION

Freeman (1989) describes innovation as non-trivialchange and improvement in a process, product orsystem that is novel to the institution developing thechange.

Innovation can be radical, involving technicalbreakthrough and the emergence of new products,services, organizational forms etc.

a firm does not have to be the first firm todo something new or different in order to bedescribed as innovating.


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Quantity Surveyor

need for more open constructive attitudes.

organizations in construction need to have in place

supportive organizational mechanisms of afinancial, technological, constructional,organizational and behavioral nature .

need to trial and adopt mature new technologies if

they are to keep up with sector wide innovation.


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How to success in innovation

requires strong leadership,

a culture of sharing information

co-operative working appropriate infrastructure to support

implementation


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Laborde & Sanvido (1994) offer a model of the processof innovation; i.e.

the stages involved in identification of options,

evaluation and selection, implementation and feedback from the results of

innovation


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The RICS was rated as a more important source ofknowledge and information for resource innovation

1 Sources within the firm2 Sources within the firms enterprise group

3 Clients

4 Competitor quantity surveying firms5 Other professional service firms/consultancy firms

6 Professional conferences, meetings, publications


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7 Government (regulation changes)

8 Universities

9 Suppliers of software & equipment

10 Banks & other financial institutions11 Computer based information networks

12 Government & private research institutions


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the impact of innovation within the firm Reduce costs Expand fee income Improve profit margins

Improve quality of services Extend range of services Replace existing services Enhance ability to adapt

Bring new clients to firm Enhance reputation Fulfill government regulations

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