BSBINN502 Build & Sustain Innovative Work Environment Assignment-Mentor Education Australia.

Instructions:
What you will need
BSBINN502 Build & Sustain Innovative Work Environment Assignment-Mentor Education Australia.

• Research materials such as books, internet, magazines, workplace documentation etc.
• Access to legislative and regulatory documentation via internet search
• Your Learner Guide and other learning materials provided for this unit of competence

Task 1- Report of Innovative Practices

Part A. Case Study:
Your task is to undertake some research into a company that has built and sustained an innovative work environment. This may be a local company, or even a global company. Once you have researched into at least one innovation that has been successfully implemented in the workplace, briefly describe both the company and the innovation, and then answer the following questions:
1.How does the company lead through innovation?

a. Discuss how the company has made innovation part of its management activities?
b. How does it positively receive ideas?
c. What types of relationships does the company have?
d. What risks has it taken to become innovative?

2.How are management involved in the process?
3.How do the company evaluate their innovations?
4.Are there any work practices in place that support innovation?
5.Is teamwork and collaboration involved in maximizing innovation opportunities? How?
6.How is the innovation promoted in the workplace and in the wider community?
7.Does the physical environment of the company support or inhibit innovation? How?
8.How are learning opportunities shared throughout the company and the wider community?

BSBINN502 Build & Sustain Innovative Work Environment Assignment-Mentor Education Australia.

Part B. Contexts and Practices
For this task you must research each of the following topics and include in your report your findings. Use the following questions as a guide to your research:
1.Explain the concepts and theories of innovation and how these link to innovation in practice.
2.Explain the context for innovation in the workplace including core business values, overall objectives, broader environmental context, and the need to ensure the value and benefit of innovative ideas and projects
3.Discuss the factors and tools that can motivate individuals to use creative thinking and apply innovative work practices.
4.Research and discuss the legislative framework that impacts on operations in the relevant workplace context.
5.Explain how different approaches to management and leadership can support or hinder innovation
6.Discuss typical challenges and barriers to innovation within teams and
organisations and ways of overcoming these including rewarding and celebrating innovation, coaching, and learning, modelling behaviour and managing the physical environment.

Task 2. Presentation of Innovative Concepts and Practices

1.You and your group are the business development team at a local business, and you have been tasked with establishing procedures and practices that foster innovation in the business, and that reinforce the values of innovation to the vision and objectives of the organisation. As part of this task you will need to introduce your team to the concepts of embedding innovation in your day to day work practices. You are to create a presentation using MS PowerPoint to introduce the concepts of how to work as an innovative team. Your presentation should be a minimum of 18 slides.Your presentation should include detailed presenter notes expanding on the topics in each of your slides of at least 80 – 100 words per slide and address how innovative work approaches will influence:

a.Collaborative work arrangements
b.Building team capacity to contribute to innovation
c.Providing formal and informal learning opportunities
d.Evaluating ideas
e.Evaluation of our own work
f.Taking considered risks that provide opportunities for innovation
g.Celebration and promotion of innovation
h.Consultation
i.Being receptive to ideas
j.Respectful communications and sharing of ideas and feedback

BSBINN502 Build & Sustain Innovative Work Environment Assignment-Mentor Education Australia.

Task 3: Workspace Design

What does an innovative working environment look like?

For this task you are to present a design for a re-fit of a working environment that supports and encourages innovative practice for a team of 8 people. Your design may be an office layout, a fit out (furniture, fittings, and technology) or decoration plan.
You should include:
a.Details of the space that you are redesigning and an image of the space as it is now
b.A drawing, layout, or sketch of your design
c.A list of resources that will be needed to change the current working environment
d.A discussion of why you believe that your design will support and encourage innovative practice for the team.

Project checklist

Part B. Contexts and Practices
For this task you must research each of the following topics and include in your report your findings. Use the following questions as a guide to your research:

Task 2. Presentation of Innovative Concepts and Practices

Your presentation should include detailed presenter notes expanding on the topics in each of your slides of at least 100 words per slide and address how innovative work approaches will influence:

Task 3: Workspace Design

For this task you are to present a design for a re-fit of a working environment that supports and encourages innovative practice for a team of 8 people. Your design may be an office layout, a fit out (furniture, fittings, and technology) or decoration plan.You should include:

1. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Instructions
Answer the questions below by typing in the space provided. If you require more space, you can add additional rows to the response section.
What you will need

• Research materials such as books, internet, magazines, workplace documentation etc.
• Access to legislative and regulatory documentation via internet search
• Your Learner Guide and other learning materials provided for this unit of competence
  

1.Discuss two ways to foster innovation.
2.What are the four most common pitfalls that stifle innovation?
3.Why do you need to monitor your progress?
4.List four things that you could do to encourage colleagues to be more innovative and creative.
5.What are the 7 typical methods of innovative thinking that can assist you to encourage staff to think outside the box?
6.Discuss one of the skills that are vital to an entrepreneur.
7.What are some of the internal causes of failure of innovation?
8.What do innovation values involve?
9.Impact of the physical environment may relate to what?
10.What are workplace performance factors? List four.
11.Coaching and mentoring share many similarities. List at least six.

BSBINN502 Build & Sustain Innovative Work Environment Assignment-Mentor Education Australia.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS CHECKLIST