Student Instructions

This project requires students to:

· Research and analyse trends shaping the organisation’s current and future thinking and practice. You will need to consider:

· current and past theories and thinking about innovation and creativity

· global and local innovation drivers and enablers, both internal and external to the organisation

· the impact of the organisation’s mission, objectives and current strategies on innovation performance

· specific conditions required for innovation

· issues that impact on individual and collective innovative thinking and creativity.

· Evaluate the overall context for individual and collective innovative thinking and creativity within the target organisation ensuring:

· potential barriers and risks to innovation

· the impact of legislative frameworks, such as those relating to copyright and intellectual property

· current innovation performance and opportunities for developing strategies to improve innovation.

· Reflect on the leadership role that you could play to improve innovation in the target organisation. Student should consider:

· their own leadership skills and leadership style and the impact these can have on fostering innovation

· opportunities for enhancing students’ personal effectiveness to promote a culture of ongoing learning and development

· strategies for modelling innovative thinking and practice.

· Identify a number of options for improving innovation in the target organisation. These options should take account of:

· strategies to respond to identified organisational barriers and risks

· management techniques and tools for encouraging creative thinking and for converting creative thinking into innovation

· theories, processes and practices for organisational transformation

· strategies for managing the stages of change.