Reference no: EM133537845 , Length: word count:1000
Managing Innovation
Assessment Task Report
Description
The Purpose: The final assessment is specifically designed to allow students to pull together the key insights from unit to apply these to an organisational setting. The content from the podcasts, slides, readings and discussion boards will all be useful in completing this assessment.
The Audience: Your audience for this report is the senior leadership team of the organisation. You need to write your report in the style and format which is appropriate for this audience.
The Task: Based on the case information provided you are required to analyse the managing innovation challenges and opportunities within this organisation. Your deliverable is a business report for the senior leadership team which provides an in-depth analysis of the organisation's innovation management capability and can act as a toolkit for them to accelerate innovation within the organisation.
Specific Requirements
You need to produce a business report of 3000 words in total (excluding the title page, index, diagrams/tables, the list of references and any appendixes). The format of the report is up to you to decide but it is suggested that all reports have the following sections:
- Title page
- Index
- Executive summary
- Content of the report (your choice of the sections and sub-sections but here is one suggestion) oOverview of context oHow innovation is managed oInnovation management issues oProposed solution to accelerating innovation.
- References
- Appendix (if needed, but keep these to a minimum and make sure that you summarise and reference any information in the appendices in the main section of your report)
LO 1: Appraise and integrate the components of innovation management to show how they interact to achieve innovative outcomes
LO 2: Evaluate the key drivers of innovation and debate the future challenges to innovation within organisations
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO5: Problem solving