Innovation

BSBINN801 Lead innovative thinking and practice

This unit is about generating, leading and sustaining innovative organizational thinking and practice. Each organization’s thinking and practice will be different depending on its core business, purpose, size, complexity and broader operating context.

 

How you will be assessed

You will be assessed through:

• Assessor observation on the job
• Supervisor reference (if the assessor is not the supervisor)
• Review of your project documents
• Interview/assignment based on the requirements below.

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Practical

You will be assessed in the workplace as a safe environment, and you will need to show consistent performance as a manager and leader. You will need access to:

1. workplace documentation and resources.
2. office equipment and materials.
3. case studies or, where available, real situations.
4. interaction with others.

Complete a workplace project or case study demonstrating:

1. A comprehensive understanding and application of key concepts, current theories and processes for introducing, communicating, promoting, supporting and sustaining innovative thinking and practices in an organizational context.
2. Use of various techniques and tools to stimulate creative or innovative thinking.
3. Research, review and critical analysis of trends in thinking and emerging practices as they relate to an organization’s current thinking and practices.
4. Developed capacity to lead innovative thinking and practice in an organizational context.

Show your assessor your workplace and your processes for leading innovative thinking and practices. Explain how it works as you go. Your assessor may ask you any questions on how it works.

 

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Assignment

1. Compare and contrast current and past theories and thinking about innovation.
2. Explain how theory and thinking on innovation and creativity can contribute to applied practice.
3. Discuss the impact of leadership style on innovation in organizations, including how specific approaches can encourage or inhibit innovation.
4. Discuss the relevance of organizational and industry context on innovation.
5. Analyze the internal and external conditions or factors that impact on organizational innovation.
6. Outline strategies for identifying, assessing and managing risks associated with innovation.
7. Give examples of innovation drivers in an organization.
8. Give examples of innovation enablers in an organization.
9. List and describe mechanisms at system or process level that can support innovative practices.
10. Discuss typical challenges and barriers to innovation within an organization and ways of overcoming them.

Note: Your assessor may also ask you a variety of what if questions.

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Detailed requirements

1. Generate innovative thinking and creativity

1. Research and use a range of techniques and tools to generate new ideas and thinking.
2. Research and analyze trends shaping organization’s current and future thinking and practice.
3. Introduce and promote creative thinking techniques to foster personal and team innovation.
4. Evaluate overall context for individual and collective innovative thinking and creativity.
5. Research and analyze specific conditions for innovation and issues that impact on individual and collective innovative thinking and creativity.
6. Research and review innovation drivers and enablers.

 

2. Lead innovative practices

1. Develop personal leadership style to model positive innovative thinking and practice.
2. Review, challenge and refine own style and practice in relation to modelling and supporting innovation.
3. Assess and determine the requirements to promote sustainable innovative activity for the operational context and people involved.
4. Devise and implement most appropriate means to promote knowledge transfer.
5. Identify, evaluate and manage risks associated with innovation within an organization.

 

3. Generate and support a culture of innovation

1. Introduce and promote innovative practices, processes, products or services appropriate to audience and organizational requirements.
2. Establish ways to capture, communicate and share innovative ideas and practices.
3. Initiate and foster communication, consultation and team development approaches that support innovation.
4. Identify, assess and provide adequate resources for innovation.
5. Develop and apply strategies to foster a workplace culture capable of encouraging innovation.
6. Establish mechanisms at system and process level that can support innovation.

 

4. Sustain innovative thinking and practice

1. Develop strategies to make innovation an integral part of organizational activity.
2. Develop and monitor processes to ensure ongoing awareness of individual and collective contributions to innovative thinking and practice.
3. Analyze potential barriers and risks to innovation and devise strategies to respond.
4. Analyze and reflect on innovation performance as a basis for developing strategies for improvement.

 

5. Other.

1. Manage tasks and contingencies on the job.
2. Follow Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards, and industry codes of practice.

 

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