Sustainable social development, economic growth and technological breakthroughs: creativity and creative change
Abstract
This theoretical article is intended for complex analysis of complicated phenomena and processes of the promotion of creativity and creative changes in the main areas of the contemporary social and economic life, as well as for the current and most important issues of sustainability, social development, economic growth and technological breakthroughs.
Purpose – to prepare, disseminate and implement the new concept of the sustainable social development, economic growth, innovations and technological breakthroughs, the essence of which is an integrated holistic approach to harmonization of various development processes and the use of specific managerial tools and instruments based on the ideas of creativity and creative changes.Research methodology – systematic analysis and synthesis of various scientific ideas and approaches, formulation and analysis of new insights.
Findings – a new concept of the promotion of creativity and creative changes is prepared. This concept provides an integrated approach to the solution of the problems of social development, economic growth, innovation activities, technological progress and breakthroughs, as well as of the application of the specific managerial tools and instruments based on the ideas of creativity and creative changes. Implementation of this concept in the practice of the social and economic activities, research and academic studies creates various preconditions for anticipation and realization of new opportunities for social and economic development and technological breakthroughs under contemporary conditions of globalization, European integration and the creation of knowledge-based society.
Research limitations – the proposed concept is limited to the cases of the research on general tendencies and the development processes of the society, as well as to the cases of the macroeconomic analysis and preparation of the strategic decisions for social, economic, political and technological development.
Originality/Value – the new insights and perspective ideas provided for the priorities of the various social sciences and humanities, particularly – sociology, economics and management science, and of the application of the specific management tools, are described and analyzed. Orientation to these insights and ideas highlights new significant trends in the scientific research.
Article in English.
Darni socialinė raida, ekonomikos augimas ir technologiniai proveržiai: kūrybiškumas ir kūrybiški pokyčiai
Santrauka
Šis teorinio pobūdžio straipsnis skirtas kūrybiškumo ir kūrybiškų pokyčių, taip pat darnios socialinės raidos, ekonomikos augimo bei technologinių proveržių, procesų ir reiškinių, būdingų svarbiausioms šiuolaikinio socialinio ir ekonominio gyvenimo sritims, kompleksinei analizei ir skatinimui.
Straipsnio tikslas – parengti, paskleisti ir įgyvendinti naują darnios socialinės raidos, ekonomikos augimo, inovacijų ir technologinių proveržių koncepciją, kurios esmė – integruotas holistinis požiūris į įvairių raidos procesų suderinimą bei adekvačių valdymo priemonių, grindžiamų kūrybiškumo ir kūrybiškų pokyčių idėjomis, naudojimą.
Straipsnio tyrimo metodika – sisteminė įvairių mokslinių idėjų ir požiūrių analizė bei sintezė, naujų įžvalgų formulavimas ir pritaikymas.
Straipsnio išvados – parengta nauja kūrybiškumo ir kūrybiškų pokyčių analizės bei skatinimo koncepcija. Ji atspindi integruotą požiūrį į socialinės raidos, ekonomikos augimo, inovacinės veiklos, technologijų pažangos ir proveržių problemų sprendimą, taip pat į specifinių vadybos priemonių, grindžiamų kūrybiškumo ir kūrybiškų pokyčių idėjomis, naudojimą. Įgyvendinant šią koncepciją socialinės ir ekonominės raidos, mokslinių tyrimų ir akademinių studijų praktikoje, sudaromos prielaidos numatyti ir realizuoti naujas galimybes plėtoti socialinę ir ekonominę pažangą, aktyvinti ekonomikos augimą ir technologinius proveržius šiuolaikinėmis globalizacijos, Europos integracijos ir žinių visuomenės kūrimo sąlygomis.
Straipsnio tyrimų apribojimai – siūlomos koncepcijos pritaikymas apsiriboja bendrųjų visuomenės raidos procesų ir tendencijų tyrimų, taip pat makroekonominės analizės ir strateginių sprendimų, skirtų socialinei, ekonominei, politinei ir technologinei plėtrai, rengimo atvejais.
Straipsnio originalumas / vertė – aprašomos ir išanalizuotos naujos įžvalgos bei perspektyvios idėjos, naudotinos plėtojant įvairias socialinių ir humanitarinių mokslų kryptis, ypač sociologiją, ekonomiką ir vadybą, taip pat reikšmingus valdymo priemonių taikymo tyrimus. Orientacija į šias įžvalgas ir idėjas leidžia išryškinti naujus mokslinių tyrimų prioritetus ir perspektyvias tendencijas.
Reikšminiai žodžiai: kūrybiškumas, ekonomikos augimas, inovacijos, vadyba, moksliniai tyrimai, socialinė raida, tvarumas, technologijų pažanga ir proveržiai.
Keyword : creativity, economic growth, innovation, management, scientific research, social development, sustainability, technological advance and breakthroughs
How to Cite
Melnikas, B. (2019). Sustainable social development, economic growth and technological breakthroughs: creativity and creative change. Creativity Studies, 12(2), 301-314. https://doi.org/10.3846/cs.2019.10335
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Melnikas, B. (2013). Žiniomis grindžiamos visuomenės kūrimas: globalizacija, darni plėtra, ekonominiai sprendimai. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla.
Melnikas, B., & Reichelt, B. (2004). Wirtschaft und Mentalitaet: Tendenzen der EU-Osterweiterung. Leipzig: Leifim – Verlag.
Mody, A. 2018. Euro tragedy: a drama in nine acts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199351381.001.0001
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