Innovation, Creativity, and Imagination: Drama, Theatre, Performance in Taiwanese Corporate Training 創新、創意與想像力: 戲劇、劇場、表演在臺灣企業訓練的理論初探暨實務應用
Abstract
Since 2004, there has been a Taiwanese trend of applying drama, theatre, and performance to corporate training, and this trend has yet to be thoroughly explored in scholarship. This research focuses on the investigation of this new phenomenon in the organizational and cultural levels. It analyzes the organic interplay among one characteristic of Taiwanese corporate culture (innovation), one feature of Laozi’s Taoism (creativity), and one principle of performance (imagination). As a practitioner-researcher, the author suggests that the purpose of applying drama, theatre, and performance in corporate training is not to enhance acting skills, physical techniques, or technical competences, but to explore organizational dynamics through embodiment and to enrich management-related knowledge such as innovation and creativity. The author provides thick description and participant observation. The author interprets Taoism tradition in Taiwanese corporate culture, reviews the Western scholarship in theatre and performance studies (particularly performative pedagogy). In addition, the author reports and analyzes the Taiwanese practices. In conclusion, the author provides two future research directions and hopes this article can encourage cross-cultural research and facilitate better communication between academic and business contexts.
Keywords: corporate training, performance studies, Laozi, innovation, creativity
自從2004年起,臺灣開啟了將戲劇、劇場、表演,應用在企業訓練 的風潮。而這個風潮,尚未受學術界充分研究。本研究著重在文化 與組織的層次:檢視臺灣企業文化中的創新、道家思想中的創意、 與表演中的想像力,三者間的交互關係。本文作者同時兼任實踐者 與研究者,主張:將戲劇、劇場、表演,應用在企業訓練,並非為 了提昇表演技巧、亦非強化肢體技法、也非增強技術面的能力。而 是藉由身體化的體現,來探究組織動能,以及增進受訓者在管理方 面的知識,譬如創新與創意。本文作者提供豐厚的描述與參與者觀 察、詮釋臺灣企業中的道家思想、剖析劇場與表演研究(尤其是表 演教育學)的學術文獻,並分析臺灣的實踐案例。最後,作者建議 兩個未來的研究方向,並期盼本文能鼓勵跨文化研究,同時促成學 術界與產業界的交流與合作。
關鍵詞:企業訓練、表演研究、老子、創新、創意
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