Address the following points:$1.$ Review the posts by your peers about Ekvall's ten dimensions and provide your feedback by answering the following questions:My peer, Micheal stated that after he completed the creative climate assessment, the results from the assessment were pretty accurate about his company to a certain extent. he felt that the dimension of "conflict" was difficult to score as hia company does not welcome conflict even though it happens in any work environment. My peer felt that most working environments have conflict as employees take ideas or the credit of others which creates conflicts. For this dimension scored lowest in the assessment along with the "debate" dimension. Another dimension that was difficult to score was "idea support", My peer felt that his company supports all ideas that may come in but he feit that when a golden idea comes, our upper management seems to take the idea and develops it$,$ which takes away from the employee who generated the original idea. "Challenges, Dynamism, Playfulness, and Freedom" all ranked the highest on his assessment score as they all play a role at my company. My peer stated that they see challenges every day that we have to solve or overcome, the liveliness and playfulness is very high at my organization along with the freedom of working with very limited supervision. According to my peer, this assessment was very accurate when rating his company.

o Do you agree or disagree with the need for additional dimensions?

o Were you surprised that Ekvall included only one dimension that is negatively correlated? What conclusions can you draw from that fact?

o Do you agree or disagree with the post about the dimension that is the most difficult to assess?$2.$ Review the creative climate assessments posted by your peers and provide your feedback by answering the following questions:$3.$ DimensionNotesRatingChallenge

At my company, we are involved in all daily operations and long$-$term goals. My department oversees and handles any issues when receiving cargo off vessels, trucks, and rail. The same when shipping cargo via these modes$\mathrm{.}3$Dynamism and Liveliness My organization has a one team structure that we are all apart of$.$ The overall atmosphere has an abundance of positivity with a full speed ahead mentality$\mathrm{.}3$Playfulness and Humor Stevedoring operations has always been a work hard, play hard environment. It has at times gone over the line but overall is a very playful environment$\mathrm{.}3$Freedom My organization has an own it mentality which means assigned tasks get completed without structured supervision. My company also has a relaxed work from home policy for those that can produce the same outcomes at home as they can at work$\mathrm{.}3$ Risk Taking For the most part, risk taking is not something that is commonly practiced as it is a safety factor and a risk for injuries$\mathrm{.}0$Idea TimeWhen processing new ideas, idea time is granted along with deadlines$\mathrm{.}2$Idea Support With new ideas, my company is overall supportive if it aligns with company policy and mission. Some ideas that are generated can be taken over by upper management$\mathrm{.}2$ Trust and Openness The communication is open and straightforward at my organization. The message is always clear and precise in what needs to be done$\mathrm{.}3$ Debate My organization does not promote clashes among viewpoints but am overall discussion over the topic without any encounters or exchanges$\mathrm{.}1$ Conflict $($negatively correlated$)$For the most part, conflict does not have a place at my organization. The only time you will see this is if one employee takes anothers idea or credit for success with an operation$\mathrm{.}14.$

Summary: My organization scored $21$ points on the Creative Climate Assessment. I work in the Process and Quality Compliance department, and we are always looking for better and efficient ways

o Based on the notes, did you disagree with any of the ten ratings in the assessments?

o Do you think it would be more beneficial for organizations to try to strengthen the aspects of their creative climate that are the strongest or to improve the aspects that are the weakest?

o What recommendations would you make to the organization to improve their creative climate? For example, think about how established organizations with existing structures designed for efficient and effective use of resources can relax some of their restrictions to allow playfulness, freedom, and risk$-$taking without losing control of the things that allow it to be currently successful.