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Support Guideline BSBSTR801
Lead Innovative Thinking and Practice
Useful resources:
1. BSBLSTR801Learner Guide and PPT (to be downloaded from MOODLE)
2. Bounce Fitness website - https://bouncefitness.precisiongroup.com.au/supplementary-files/critical-thinking-and-problem-solving-bsbstr801/ (Username: albrightlearner Password: albright@123) to access the templates.
Assessment 1:08 Short Questions
Assessment 2:07 Tasks. Please provide more focus on the highlighted points in the sections/subsection of the Templates provided for the Tasks. For the Tasks of the Assessment 2, you will need to complete the template provided in the respective task.
SUBMSSION DUE DATE: 11/12/2022
You need to add a cover page with the information below:
Name:
Student ID: AIBL xxxxxxxxx
Unit: BSBSTR801- Lead Innovative Thinking and Practice
Date of Submission:
Trainer: Dr Sheikh Asadullah
Assessment 1 – Short Answer Questions
Question 1
Complete the table below about theories and thinking about innovation.
In 50 words or more, describe how each theory and each thinking activity is applied to practice innovation in the workplace.
Theory About Innovation
Description of How Theory is Applied to Practice Innovation in the Workplace
i. Systems Theory
According to the systems theory, innovation requires both technology and the free flow of information. This indicates that a creative process depends on the exchange of knowledge and technology among individuals, businesses, and organisations. It includes the interactions between the individuals required to transform an idea into a method, thing, or service inside the company.
ii. Total Quality
Management
Total Quality Management, often known as TQM, is a method that businesses frequently employ to increase the effectiveness, dependability, and quality of their manufacturing processes. As a result, organisations may be able to attain and maintain their intended level of performance and constantly enhance their company operations by using complete quality management.
Thinking About Innovation
Description of How Thinking is Applied to Practice
Innovation in the Workplace
i. Blue Sky Thinking
Blue sky thinking is the process of coming up with original ideas while working as a team or group inside an organisation. No restrictions, judgements, or boundaries exist throughout this process, and all thoughts are recorded in writing. Regardless of the form of the ideas, the goal is to produce as many as possible in order to gather fresh perspectives and feedback for further refinement.
ii. Design Thinking
Design thinking is a method to idea generation that is focused on understanding the wants and preferences of the consumer with the aim of producing unique ideas to meet those client requirements via the development of new and creative processes and products.
Question 2
Complete the table below.
a. List at least two techniques of creative thinking.
b. In 50 words or more, explain how each technique is used to generate new ideas.
Technique of Creative Thinking
Explanation of How the Technique is Used to
Generate New Ideas
i. Mind Mapping/Brainstorming
A method of brainstorming called mind mapping entails recording any ideas that come to mind, without excluding anything, in order to store them for a later stage of refinement. Therefore, it entails coming up with as many ideas as you can and writing them down so that you can subsequently perform a careful selection procedure.
ii.Six creative questions
Six original questions are incorporated into this method to encourage the development of fresh, original concepts as well as new approaches and procedures. The following are some of the six original questions that should be posed:
● Why?
● Where?
● When?
● Who?
● What?
● How?
Question 3
Complete the table below:
a. List at least two methods to promote sustainable innovative activities.
b. In 50 words or more, explain how each method is used to promote sustainable innovative activities in the workplace.
Method to Promote Sustainable Innovative Activities
Description of How Each Method is Used in the
Workplace
i. Avoid inertia
Being proactive and refusing to slow down the pace of innovation inside the organisation may be part of this strategy for fostering sustainable creative practises. It is therefore feasible to encourage sustainable innovation by continuing innovation over a longer length of time.
ii.Develop exploration opportunities
As a technique to guarantee that the pace of innovation doesn't slow down, this strategy for fostering sustainable inventive practises inside the organisation may involve creating exploratory possibilities that can be turned into innovations.
iii. Develop exploitation opportunities
In order to ensure incremental innovations inside the organisation, this strategy of supporting sustainable innovative practises may involve continuing to have both huge and small-scale incremental innovations.
Question 4
Answer the following questions about innovative work practices.
a.In 50 words or more, explain what innovative work practices in an organisation are.
Innovative work practises within an organisation relate to the actions and working methods used to support an innovative workplace culture. Organizations and teams that concentrate on enhancing corporate performance, procedures, and efficiency may be a part of these creative work practises. As a result, when organisational plans for innovation are successfully carried out, they develop into creative work practises that may be used to improve organisational goals, strategies, behaviours, and working techniques.
b.Outline at least three innovative work practices that are used in an organisation.
i. putting into practise and utilising collaborative work arrangements, such as messaging and collaboration platforms that enable team members of the organisation to interact and coordinate tasks, projects, and responsibilities using programmes like Notion, Slack, and Trello.
ii. providing team members of the organisation with formal and informal learning opportunities, such as webinars and professional training programmes, in order to promote and acquire new skills, competences, and information connected to the organisations business operations.
iii. Making physical changes to the workplace, such as designing, furnishing, and decorating work spaces or introducing new equipment, may boost team members' performance and the operations of the organisation while also fostering creativity.
Question 5
Complete the table below:
a. List at least two strategies to foster a workplace culture of innovation.
b. In 50 words or more, explain how each strategy can be used to foster a workplace culture of innovation.
Strategies to Foster a Workplace Culture of Innovation
Explanation of How the Strategy is Used to Foster a Workplace Culture of Innovation
i. Collaboration
By encouraging the creation of concepts for improving the present work environment, this method encourages an innovation-friendly workplace culture. In order to obtain their full support for successful communication, this may be accomplished by effectively conveying the innovative activities, strategies, and ideas to the pertinent stakeholders.
ii.inclusion and diversity
This method supports an innovative workplace culture because diversity fosters creativity and offers a variety of viewpoints from various backgrounds, which increases input and knowledge of creative working practises inside the organisation.
Question 6
Complete the table below:
a. List at least two systems and two processes that support innovation.
b. In 50 words or more, explain how each system and each process can be used to support innovation in the workplace.
System to Support Innovation
Explanation of How the System Can be Used to Support Innovation in the Workplace
i. Customer relationship management system (CRM)
The CRM system provides details on the company's clients, their profiles, activities, and interactions with the organisation in order to more efficiently manage and develop client relationships.
ii.Employee feedback system
Employee feedback systems make it possible to gather data on employee cooperation, boost innovation by identifying areas for improvement and ways to increase worker productivity.
Process to Support Innovation
Explanation of How the Process Can be Used to Support Innovation in the Workplace
i. Developing Solutions
In order to get more effective and quicker processes that emerge from an innovative development of solutions inside the organisation, developing solutions results in positive improvements that can happen as a process of creative thinking.
ii.Fulfilling customer needs
In order to effectively fulfil the demands of the customer, an organisation may benefit from supporting innovation by identifying and developing methods for satisfying their wants and expectations. This will encourage the development of new and creative ideas inside the organisation.
Question 7
Complete the table below:
a. List at least two internal and two external factors that impact innovation in the workplace.
b. In 50 words or more, describe how each factor impacts innovation in the workplace.
Internal Factor
How Each Factor Impacts Innovation in the
Workplace
i.
Leadership
Since it serves to model and give the appropriate behaviour that enables to achieve and execute innovation within the workplace, leadership used within the organisation is very essential for innovation in the workplace.
When it comes to adopting innovation in the workplace, workplace culture is crucial since resistance to change is a problematic barrier that could prevent the adoption of innovation in the workplace. Therefore, encouraging workplace culture may make it feasible to foster creativity.
ii.
Workplace culture
When it comes to adopting innovation in the workplace, workplace culture is crucial since resistance to change is a problematic barrier that could prevent the adoption of innovation in the workplace. Therefore, encouraging workplace culture may make it feasible to foster creativity.
External Factor
How Each Factor Impacts Innovation in the
Workplace
i.
Customers
Customers are responsible for pushing innovation in processes and goods since businesses aim to satisfy their wants in order to draw in the target market. Customers therefore encourage businesses to develop more inventive procedures, goods, and services.
ii.Competitors
Competitors are another important innovation driver since businesses frequently develop novel concepts, procedures, goods, and services to satisfy the needs of their clients. Therefore, it could be required to develop more original concepts in order to compete with these rivals.
Question 8
Complete the table below:
a. List at least one strategy for each of the following aspects of risk management associated with innovation:
i. Identifying risks
ii. Assessing risks
iii. Managing risks
b. In 50 words or more, explain how each strategy can be used in the workplace.
Strategy for Identifying Risks
Explanation of How the Strategy Can Be Used in the Workplace
Using a risk register
With the aim of executing the most appropriate and efficient corrective steps to each risk and avoiding bad outcomes as much as possible, it may be feasible to identify risks by employing a risk register that allows for the identification and documentation of all the related hazards.
Strategy for Assessing Risks
Explanation of How the Strategy Can Be Used in the Workplace
Create a hierarchy of controls
It could be feasible to analyse hazards by doing a risk assessment based on their likelihood, in order to determine the likelihood of occurrence, the severity of the impact, and the capacity to develop the best potential corrective action.
Strategy for Managing Risks
Explanation of How the Strategy Can Be Used in the Workplace
Create a hierarchy of controls
By developing a hierarchy of risk controls, which includes a system to manage risks related to the project being executed, it would be able to manage hazards. Accordingly, depending on their nature and potential results, it may be able to prioritise and identify the risks that may need to be controlled first.
What to submit:
· Answers to all questions
· References
Assessment 2 – Workplace Project Assessment
Assessment Overview
This workplace assessment requires you to lead at least one form of innovative thinking and practice for an organisation or work area. This assessment is divided into seven tasks:
· Task 1: Innovation Research Report
· Task 2: Working Environment Enhancement Report
· Task 3: Risk Register
· Task 4: Promote Innovation in the Organisation
· Task 5: Innovation Culture Report
· Task 6: Innovation Sustainability Report
· Task 7: Innovation Monitoring Report
You are required to complete the assessment tasks in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.
Resources Required for Assessment
Resources you need to access to complete the workplace assessment are outlined in the Resources Required for Assessment section of this workbook, and in the corresponding Assessor’s Checklist and/or Observation Form of each task.
Discuss each requirement with your assessor before commencing with each task. They will organise the resources required for this assessment.
Forms and Templates
Generic forms and templates to be used for the assessments are specified for each task, unless otherwise stated. These can be accessed from the following link:
BSBSTR801 Forms and Templates
Username: albrightlearner
Password: albright@123
Task 1: Innovation Research Report
This task will require you to prepare an Innovation Research Report and promote creative thinking techniques to the organisation.
Use the Innovation Research Report template- provided below. To complete this task, you must:
Review Workplace Assessment Task 1 – Assessor’s Checklist before starting this task. This form outlines the following:
· Resources you are required to access to complete the task.
· All criteria your submission must address to satisfactorily complete this task.
Your assessor will discuss these resources with you, and the criteria outlined in this form prior to this assessment.
Submit the completed Innovation Research Report to your assessor.
INNOVATION RESEARCH REPORT
Learner Name
Workplace/Organisation
State/Territory
Date Prepared
Innovation Thinking and Practices
Innovative thinking refers to the mindsets that promote creative thinking of ideas, solutions, and different approaches to problems.
Innovative practices refer to activities that help make changes and introduce new ideas in the...