Subject Code & Title : BSBSTR801 Learner 2 – Lead Innovative Thinking And Practice
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BSBSTR801 Learner 2 – Lead Innovative Thinking And Practice Assessment – Yes College Australia.
Instructions :
1.This is an individual assessment.
2.The purpose of this assessment task is to generate, lead and sustain innovative organisational thinking and practice.
3.To ensure your responses are satisfactory, you should consult a range of learning resources and other information such as handouts, textbooks, learner resources etc.
4.Complete all tasks.
5.This assessment task requires you to act as the Research and Development Manager.
6.You must carefully analyse the information given in the “Annual report of P&G” before completing any task.
7.Time limit to complete task 4 is 15-20 minutes.
8.The roles in the meeting will be allocated to the other students in your class by your trainer/assessor.
9.You must use the provided templates when writing your answers.
10.The word limit for each task is provided in the templates.
11.Keep copies of all submitted materials for your records.
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 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 been very active with regards to innovation, they tended to just sit back and take directions from 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.
1.PROJECT PLAN
Your project plan for implementing innovative thinking and practices will need to include the following;
Introduction:
Body;
1.Research and review the key concepts in innovation thinking and practices that are applicable to this industry.
a. Techniques and tools that have been used and trends for the future.
b. The innovation drivers and enablers of this industry.
2.Research 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.
Project Plan:
Purpose
/Purpose of the project plan/.
What should the Project Plan cover?
The key areas that the Project Plan should cover are:
1.Techniques and tools that have been used and trends for the future.
2. The innovation drivers and enablers of this industry.
3.Current innovation theories that are applicable to this industry and their analysis.
4. Three (3) processes that you will use for introducing innovative thinking techniques and practices
5. Justification for the selection of these processes.
Techniques and tools that have been used and trends for the future.
/Document the techniques and tools by analysing the key concepts in innovation thinking and practices that apply to this industry/.
innovation drivers and enablers.
/The innovation drivers and enablers of this industry considering the key concepts in innovation thinking and practices that apply to this industry/.
Three (3) processes that you will use for introducing innovative thinking techniques and practices
/Research and analyse current innovation theories that are applicable to this industry and document selected processes for introducing innovative thinking techniques and practices/.
Justification for the selection of these processes.
/Justification for the selection of each process/.
2.REFLECTIVE JOURNAL – LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS
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.
3.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;
BSBSTR801 Learner 2 – Lead Innovative Thinking And Practice Assessment – Yes College Australia.
- 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.
Template: Promotional Plan
4. 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.
a. Write an invitation to the meeting.
b. 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
c.Conduct the meeting; four of your classmates will act as members of your team. Get a fifth classmate to write meeting minutes.
d.Use the minutes to write a conclusion of the meeting outcomes. Make sure you capture your team members ideas.
Meeting agenda template:
5.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.
Risk assessment template:
6.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.
Sustainability plan template :
Your assessor will look for evidence that you have:
a) Researched a range of techniques and tools to generate new ideas and thinking and used:
Meetings
Brainstorming sessions
Discussions with team.
b) Completed research and analyzed trends shaping the organisation’s current and future thinking and practice:
Comparison analysis with another new launch of the product range
Discussed current practices of P&G.
c) Introduced and promoted creative thinking techniques to foster personal and team innovation
Invited team members for ideas
Invited industry experts for innovative ideas.
d) Evaluated overall context for individual and collective innovative thinking and creativity.
e) Researched and analyzed specific conditions for innovation and issues that impact on individual and collective innovative thinking and creativity.
f) Researched and reviewed innovation drivers and enablers.
g) Developed a personal leadership style to model positive innovative thinking and practice.
h) Reviewed challenges and refined own style and practice in relation modelling and supporting innovation.
BSBSTR801 Learner 2 – Lead Innovative Thinking And Practice Assessment – Yes College Australia.
i) Assessed and determined the requirements to promote sustainable innovative activity for the operational context and people involved.
j) Devised and implemented the most appropriate means to promote knowledge transfer.
k) Identified, evaluated and managed risks associated with innovation within an organization.
l) Managed a meeting effectively
1. Clear communication
2. Encouraged team for creative ideas
3.Concluded the meeting with position note.
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