Refine practice that models and supports innovation

Reference no: EM133716988

Lead innovative thinking and practice

Project Assessment

Purpose of the assessment
The purpose of this assessment task is to lead innovative thinking and practice in a range of contexts and industry settings.

Skills to lead at least one innovative thinking and practices for an organisation or work area.
Skills to research, review and analyse trends in thinking and emerging practices as they relate
to an organisation's current thinking and practices
Skills to develop capacity to lead innovative thinking and practice in an organisational context.

Resources, tools, and equipment requirements
The following resources, tools and equipment required to complete the assessment task will be discussed with the student before they commence the assessment:
Workplace personnel/stakeholders to participate in the questioning session requires active participation in a range of creative thinking activities
Please refer to the roles and responsibilities section for more information
This should be organised by the Macallan College either via, LMS, telephone conferences, video conferencing or anything of a similar nature
workplace documentation and resources relevant to performance evidence.

Online assessment scenario
You are required to generate, lead and sustain innovative organisational thinking and practice. You are required to read and understand a predetermined issue and/or situation and participate in a number of assessment activities.

Identify, introduce and promote innovative practices, processes, products and/or services according to audience and organisational requirements
Establish ways to capture, communicate and share innovative ideas and practices
Confirm team approaches foster communication, consultation and team development for innovation
Identify, assess and provide relevant resources for innovation processes
Develop and apply strategies to foster a workplace culture that encourages innovation
Establish systems and processes that support innovation
Sustain innovative thinking and practice
Develop strategies where innovation is an integral part of organisational activity
Develop and monitor processes that confirm ongoing awareness of individual and collective contributions to innovative thinking and practice
Identify and analyse potential barriers and risks to innovation and devise strategies to respond
Analyse and reflect on innovation performance as a basis for developing strategies for improvement
Seek feedback from relevant stakeholders
Make changes to innovative thinking and practices according to feedback received

A supervisor will be assigned to you by your Macallan College. The supervisor can answer your questions related to understanding the requirements associated with the assessment task. The supervisor will act according to job role and responsibilities.

The supervisor can be your trainer or assessor or a different trainer or assessor or a staff member (including mentors) from the Macallan College.
Roles and responsibilities
As part of your job role, you have the following job responsibilities:
Identifies, analyses, interprets and evaluates visual and textual information from a range of sources to identify innovation strategies, practices and trends
Uses clear and precise language to document research findings for reference purposes
Develops complex plans, strategies and systems to integrate innovation into the organisation using appropriate formats for the audience and purpose
Discusses, presents and seeks information using appropriate structure and language for the particular audience
Uses questioning and active listening to encourage discussion and to clarify or confirm understanding
Plans, develops, implements and monitors practical strategies to introduce and support innovation in the workplace
Develops new and innovative ideas through exploration, evaluation, analysis and critical thinking
Interprets, analyses and presents numeric/financial information in complex documents
Leads in the development of strategies to integrate innovative practices into the organisation
Evaluates and reflects on personal effectiveness to develop strategies to enhance own performance
Understands how own role links in with others and contributes to broader work goals
Uses a variety of relevant communication tools and strategies to build and maintain effective working relationships
Uses inclusive and collaborative techniques to communicate, negotiate and consult effectively with a range of stakeholders
Actively seeks the perspectives of others as part of work role
Leads in the development of strategies to integrate innovative practices into the organisation
Uses formal analytical and lateral thinking techniques to identify issues, generate and evaluate possible solutions, and select most appropriate option

Resources, tools, and equipment requirements
The following resources, tools and equipment must be available at the workplace to complete this assessment task:
Workplace personnel/stakeholders to participate in the questioning session requires active participation in a range of creative thinking activities
Please refer to the roles and responsibilities section for more information
workplace documentation and resources relevant to performance evidence.

Workplace scenario
You are required to generate, lead and sustain innovative organisational thinking and practice. You are required to read and understand a predetermined issue and/or situation and participate in a number of assessment activities.

The following are the goals and objectives to complete this assessment task:
Generate innovative thinking and creativity
Identify and analyse trends shaping organisation's current and future thinking and practice
Identify and use techniques and tools to generate ideas and facilitate thinking
Introduce and promote creative thinking techniques
Research and analyse relevant conditions for innovation and issues that impact innovative thinking and creativity
Research and review innovation drivers and enablers
Lead innovative practices
Assess personal leadership style to confirm it models positive innovative thinking and practice
Review and refine practice that models and supports innovation
Determine and assess the requirements to promote sustainable innovative activities
Construct and implement methods to promote knowledge transfer with relevant stakeholders
Identify, evaluate and manage risks associated with innovation
Support a culture of innovation
Identify, introduce and promote innovative practices, processes, products and/or services according to audience and organisational requirements
Establish ways to capture, communicate and share innovative ideas and practices
Confirm team approaches foster communication, consultation and team development for innovation
Identify, assess and provide relevant resources for innovation processes
Develop and apply strategies to foster a workplace culture that encourages innovation
Establish systems and processes that support innovation
Sustain innovative thinking and practice
Develop strategies where innovation is an integral part of organisational activity

Develop and monitor processes that confirm ongoing awareness of individual and collective contributions to innovative thinking and practice
Identify and analyse potential barriers and risks to innovation and devise strategies to respond
Analyse and reflect on innovation performance as a basis for developing strategies for improvement
Seek feedback from relevant stakeholders
Make changes to innovative thinking and practices according to feedback received

Roles and responsibilities
As part of your job role, you have the following job responsibilities:
Identifies, analyses, interprets and evaluates visual and textual information from a range of sources to identify innovation strategies, practices and trends
Uses clear and precise language to document research findings for reference purposes
Develops complex plans, strategies and systems to integrate innovation into the organisation using appropriate formats for the audience and purpose
Discusses, presents and seeks information using appropriate structure and language for the particular audience
Uses questioning and active listening to encourage discussion and to clarify or confirm understanding
Plans, develops, implements and monitors practical strategies to introduce and support innovation in the workplace
Develops new and innovative ideas through exploration, evaluation, analysis and critical thinking
Interprets, analyses and presents numeric/financial information in complex documents
Leads in the development of strategies to integrate innovative practices into the organisation
Evaluates and reflects on personal effectiveness to develop strategies to enhance own performance
Understands how own role links in with others and contributes to broader work goals
Uses a variety of relevant communication tools and strategies to build and maintain effective working relationships
Uses inclusive and collaborative techniques to communicate, negotiate and consult effectively with a range of stakeholders
Actively seeks the perspectives of others as part of work role
Leads in the development of strategies to integrate innovative practices into the organisation
Uses formal analytical and lateral thinking techniques to identify issues, generate and evaluate possible solutions, and select most appropriate option

Task requirements
This assessment task requires you to generate, lead and sustain innovative organisational thinking and practice. The assessment activities are mentioned within the assessment task.

Assessment Task 2: Skills Test

Scenario:

Generate innovative thinking and creativity

You have been employed as the new Research and Development Manager at Procter and Gamble's Sydney
branch. You have received notice from the head-office that a new line of hair care products will be added. These products will be designed for hot, dry weather conditions and need to appeal to the Australian market.
Your team needs to come up with new fresh ideas for adding this new hair care product range, and you will lead this project. Until you arrived, the team was not very active with regards to innovation; they tended to just sit back and take directions from the Head Office in the States. You have been asked to change this behaviour and to implement innovative thinking and practices at the Australian branch.
To do so, you need to complete the following tasks:

Task 1: Project plan

Task 2: Reflective journal - leadership analysis

Task 3: Promotional plan

Task 4: Conduct a team meeting

Task 5: Risk assessment

Task 6: Sustainability plan

You will commence this work by creating a project plan.

Research, identify and review the key concepts in innovation thinking and practices that are applicable to this industry.
Techniques and tools that have been used and trends for the future.

The innovation drivers and enablers of this industry.

Research, identify and analyse current innovation theories that are applicable to this industry.

Select the processes, at least three (3) that you will use for introducing innovative thinking techniques and practices and write a justification for why you have selected these processes. Use a range of techniques and tools, keeping in mind that you will need to foster both personal and team innovation practices.

What should the Project Plan cover?

Techniques and tools that have been used and trends for the future.

Three (3) processes that you will use for introducing innovative thinking techniques and practices

Develop a personal leadership style

Refer to the annual report and analyse what type of leadership style is currently preferred at Procter and Gamble. Use 150 - 200 words.
Research and analyse your personal leadership style. What kind of leadership style have you been using to date? Use 150 - 200 words.
Outline at least three (3) strategies you will implement to develop your leadership style to model positive , innovative thinking and practices. Use 150 - 200 words
Outline three (3) strategies you will use to continuously review, challenge and refine your own style and practice in relation to modelling and supporting innovation. Use 150 - 200 words.

Type of leadership style currently preferred at Procter and Gamble (150 - 200 words)

Analysis of your personal leadership style (150 - 200 words)

Three (3) strategies you will implement to develop your leadership style to model positive, innovative thinking and practices. (150 - 200 words)

Three (3) strategies you will use to continuously review, challenge and refine your own style and practice in relation to modelling and supporting innovation. (150 - 200 words)

PROMOTIONAL PLAN

How will you promote innovative thinking and practices in the business? Create a promotional plan for how you will introduce this to the following audiences;
The CEO and board of the company

Your team in the research and development department

Across the organisation

Outline three (3) strategies for each audience (e.g. face-to-face meetings, team meeting, online meetings, video, PowerPoint presentation, social media, email, newsletter, gaming, competitions, etc.) and outline how you will get your message across.
Write a justification for the strategies you have chosen.

CONDUCT A TEAM MEETING

Introduce and promote your creative thinking techniques to foster personal and team innovation in a team meeting. Use the three strategies you have outlined above for your team members to get your message across.
Write an invitation to the meeting.

Create an agenda for the meeting and introduce your plan for the implementation of innovative thinking and practices.
Your agenda should encourage your team members to discuss the following points;

The resources required for innovation to occur

Strategies the team can implement to foster a workplace culture that encourages innovation

Discuss mechanisms at system and process level that can support innovation

Ways to capture, communicate and share innovative ideas and practices

Conduct the meeting; four of your classmates will act as members of your team. Get a fifth classmate to write meeting minutes.
Use the minutes to write a conclusion of the meeting outcomes. Make sure you capture your team members ideas.

RISK ASSESSMENT

How will you support innovative thinking and practices in the organisation? Complete a risk assessment and ask yourself;
What are the potential barriers and risks to innovation? Analyse the specific conditions for innovation and issues that may impact on individual and collective innovative thinking and creativity.
Devise strategies, at least three, to respond.

SUSTAINABILITY PLAN

How will you ensure innovative thinking and practices in the organisation are sustained? What happens when the novelty wears off? How will you evaluate and when? How will you moderate when change happens? What support structures you will implement?
Include the following in your plan;

Your strategies to make innovation an integral part of organisational activity

Monitoring processes to ensure ongoing awareness of individual and collective contributions to innovative thinking and practice.

REFLECTION ON INNOVATIVE THINKING AND PRACTICES

Reflect on innovative thinking and practices in consultation with the four (4) team members and the Supervisor and make changes to the innovative practices according to the feedback received.
Write an invitation to the meeting.

Create an agenda for the meeting and introduce your plan for the implementation of innovative thinking and practices.
Your agenda should encourage your team members to discuss the following points;

Innovation drivers and enables

Processes that you will use for introducing innovative thinking techniques and practices

Selected process

Strategies to make innovation an integral part of organisational activity

Conduct the meeting; four of your classmates will act as members of your team, and the trainer/assessor will act as the Supervisor. Get a fifth classmate to write meeting minutes.
Discuss the following during the meeting:

Innovation drivers and enables

Processes that you will use for introducing innovative thinking techniques and practices

Selected process

Strategies to make innovation an integral part of organisational activity

Seek feedback from the stakeholders specified above regarding innovative thinking and practices.

Use the minutes to write a conclusion of the meeting outcomes. Make sure you capture your team members ideas.
Make changes to innovative thinking and practices according to feedback received. Update the following and submit to the trainer/assessor:
Project plan (Activity 1)
Sustainability plan (Activity 6)

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