InnoBLAST, Inc.George is a manager for InnoBLAST Inc., a web-based applications company.In an attempt to promote new ideas, George decides to allow his engineering team to devote 15% of their work time to whatever projects they would like to work on and reduces their assigned workload.He then institutes a 30 minute period each morning where the team members are asked to look over their current project list for the day and develop more knowledge about a task before they move on to work on their assigned tasks.George is attempting to promote:
A)employee relations.
B)employee creativity.
C)employee work/life balance.
D)a learning-oriented culture.
E)task-orientation.

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Creativity is the development of original ideas that make a socially recognized contribution.Creativity is at work when imagining opportunities, such as how a company's expertise might be redirected to untapped markets.Creativity is present when developing alternatives, such as figuring out new places to look for existing solutions or working out the design of a custom-made solution.The value of creativity in decision making is evident at Google, the Internet search engine company.Google's creative culture includes a natural practice of experimenting with ideas and seeking out different uses of technology.Perhaps most famous is the company's policy of giving engineers 20 percent of their time to develop projects of their choosing.