How can resources and equipment affect innovation

Reference no: EM132354875 , Length: word count:2500

Questions -

Question 1 - If you are a leader/manager, what can you do to make innovation an integral part of your leadership and management activities? Describe at least 3.

Question 2 - Answer the following questions about positive reception of ideas.

1. What is a positive reception of ideas from others? Provide an example.

2. What is the impact on the organisation when a leader does not receive ideas from others in a positive way?

3. What is constructive feedback and what role does it play when it comes to providing feedback to innovative ideas?

Question 3 - Answer the following questions about trust and respect.

1. What has trust & respect got to do with innovation?

2. As a manager, how would you establish and maintain trust &respect at the workplace?

3. What are the consequences for workplaces where trust &respect are not maintained?

Question 4 - Answer the following questions about risk and innovation.

1. What can be the risk with opening up opportunities for innovation?

2. How will you asses the risk to decide which ideas to promote and which to archive?

Question 5 - Answer the following questions about your own approaches.

1. How can you make sure that your approaches are consistent with the company's?

2. When should you evaluate your own approaches to ensure they coincide with those of the organisation?

Question 6 - What are work conditions that can encourage innovative practice? Provide at least 3 examples.

Question 7 - A procedure is a fixed, step-by-step sequence of activities or course of action (with definite start and end points) that must be followed in the same order to correctly perform a task. Repetitive procedures are called routines.

1. Write a procedure that fosters innovation in the organisation. You may use your current or previous workplace as an example, or any other place you can imagine.

Question 8 - Give 3 examples of collaborative activities that foster innovation in the workplace.

Question 9 - What can you as a manager do to build and lead teams to work in ways that maximise opportunities for innovation?

Question 10 - You are a manager for a medium size construction company. An employee has made a casual comment about some work process being too long, and suggested changes to the process that would shorten it. How would you respond to this casual suggestion?

Question 11 - Answer the following questions about celebrating innovation.

1. What ways can you think of for celebrating innovation and success in the organisation?

2. What is the benefit in celebrating innovation and success?

Question 12 - You work at a company of 200 employees. One of your new products is struggling to take off and management has decided to arrange an internal prize winning competition for the best innovative idea on how to improve the product. Each employee must suggest something. You are on the selection board to filter 10 out of the 200 ideas and the one in charge of setting up the evaluation method (system). Describe how you would evaluate the ideas.

Question 13 - What is the relationship between the physical environment and innovation?

Question 14 - Give 3 examples of ideas for enhancing the physical work environment that can positively affect collaborative spaces (areas in which people collaborate).

Question 15 - How can resources and equipment affect innovation?

Question 16 - How can design encourage creative mindsets, collaborative working and the development of positive workplace relationships?

Question 17 - Answer the following questions about sharing information

1. What kind of information, knowledge and skills can you share with colleagues?

2. What ways do you know to share this information?

3. What is the benefit to the organisation if this information is shared?

Question 18 - Answer the following questions about learning opportunities.

1. Give 3 examples of formal learning opportunities.

2. Give 3 examples of informal learning opportunities.

3. What can you as a manager do to encourage both types of opportunities?

Note - Required Words- 2500 words. (Each answer may be 100-150 words).

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