This study considered exploratorily and theoretically about the diversity of majors and the enhancement of the organizational creativity through in-depth interviews with 4 public agricultural research officials who works at the National Institute of H...
This study considered exploratorily and theoretically about the diversity of majors and the enhancement of the organizational creativity through in-depth interviews with 4 public agricultural research officials who works at the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science in the Rural Development Administration. The results are as follows. First, for the need of securing the diversity of majors for the enhancement of the organizational creativity all the interviewers were sympathetic. Second, in terms of the enhancement of the organizational creativity of the NIHHS the diversity of the majors are fully secured already. Third, the way of employing people purposely who majored in Humanities, Scocial Sciences for the enhancement of the organizational creativity is generally considered negative. Fourth, as the way of the securing of the diversity of the heterogeneous majors, the special recruitment of the people who majored in the desired field and the collaborative research projet were suggested. The points of suggestion of this study are as follows. The efforts of securing the diversity of the heterogeneous fields and the supports of the organization for the cultivation of humanities refinement of the members, the innovation of the organizational system and culture that tolerate the diversity, the change of the mind of the organization administrator are necessary.