Reference no: EM133160652

Improvements

Identifying improvements based on performance, analysing changing trends and opportunities, areas for improvement, gap analysis and communicating improvement needs and opportunities.

Research and discuss
Research three current trends and explain how it is an opportunity for an organisation to be innovative and apply continuous improvement practices.
Your trainer/assessor will facilitate a discussion after you have completed your research.

Activity: Project
Work in small groups for this project. Divide the work equally and when you meet to discuss activities ensure that you collaborate with one another as part of a team, place an active role in encouraging and facilitating innovation, build rapport with your team and use problem solving when undertaking tasks.
You are working with a team to manage and promote innovation and continuous improvement for an organisation. You may choose an organisation from either researching on the internet or one that you work for.
During the course of the unit you are to undertake the following:
• Consult, facilitate and contribute with your team to:
o Research background on the organisation
o Identify two areas where you think improvements could be made;
o Identify how you can promote the value of creativity, innovation and sustainability and recognising its success
• Use one creative thinking technique to test a new idea for innovating the organisation.
• Using spreadsheet software provide a cost-benefit analysis for the options identified.
• Identify the risks involved in the options
• Determine the change management strategy that you could use for implementing new innovations.
• Brainstorm with your group and develop insights, experiences and ideas for improvements that could be incorporated into the organisations knowledge management system for future planning.
Creative a continuous improvement and innovation plan that could be used to present to stakeholders.
Your trainer/assessor will support you in the activity and provide you with timelines and submission deadlines for completing each task.