Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management
Structured Questions
Understanding Innovation and Change in an Organisation
Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management
Structured Questions
Understanding Innovation and Change in an Organisation
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TASK
To develop knowledge and understanding of innovation and change as required by a practising or potential first line manager
In order to manage change a manager needs to understand innovation and change in an organisation
In order to effectively manage the manager needs to know how to plan, monitor and review the implementation and communication of innovation and change in an organisation
In order to engage a team
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Practical ways of overcoming the two or more identified barriers are explained although the various suggested ways are similar in nature
Practical ways of overcoming the two or more identified barriers are explained and the various suggested ways are different in nature
Understand How to Plan, Monitor and Review the Implementation and Communication of Innovation and Change in an Organisation
2.1 Describe which planning, monitoring and review techniques could be used to manage innovation and change (24 marks)
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Less than two planning, monitoring and review techniques which could be used to manage innovation and change are given or, if given, are merely listed or identified as opposed to described
At least two planning, monitoring and review techniques which could be used to manage innovation and change are described although their principle features may be incomplete
Several planning, monitoring and review techniques which could be used to manage innovation and change are fully described in detail, distinguishing between monitoring and review and/or between innovation and change
AC 2.2 Explain why communication is
Understand how to plan, monitor and review the implementation and communication of innovation and change in an organisation – pg
To successfully implement change, employees need to understand how this will benefit them and impact their daily work. One of the things is that something might look good on paper can have drawbacks that are not realized by the planners, but can be easily identified by the employees who must implement the change. Therefore as a manager you need to bring the idea to the employees and get their feedback and continue to empower the employees to make the change that will work for them. Since change doesn’t happen overnight a manager needs to continually in monitoring the process and to assist the
When organisations want to implement change they need to have a plan, taking into consideration existing information that leads to the change, stakeholders views have to be followed for successful implementation, the public views is important, service user’s expectations have to be met by appointing a service team.
One method for managing change in an organization is to be prepared through constant evaluation of the company. The management team needs to continually evaluate sales data, changes in the marketplace and activity by the competition to be able to anticipate change. When a company can see change coming as a result
It is the end of the 2011 financial year. You are an external change management consultant employed by Fast Track Couriers. You have been asked by the General Manager to develop a change management strategy and present the strategy to management for approval.
Leading and managing change require a solid theoretical foundation. This assignment will research the theoretical elements of change and change management. Addressed will be the following: Organic Evolution of Change, Formulating Strategic Development Approaches, Leadership and Management Skills and Gathering and Analyze Data. As societies continue to evolve and changing demand creates the need for new products and services, businesses often are forced to make changes to stay competitive. The businesses that continue to survive and even thrive are usually the ones that most readily adapt to change. A variety of factors can cause a business to reevaluate its methods of operation. According to literature from the past two
Week 3, the lecture on Managing Change describes organizational changes that occur when a company makes a shift from its current state to some preferred future state. Managing organizational change is the process of planning and implementing change in organizations in such a way as to decrease employee resistance and cost to the organization while concurrently expanding the effectiveness of the change effort. Today's business environment requires companies to undergo changes almost constantly if they are to remain competitive. Students of organizational change identify areas of change in order to analyze them. A manager trying to implement a change, no matter how small, should expect to encounter some resistance from within the organization.
Change has become necessary for every organisation there is. World is moving rapidly towards better technologies, efficient systems, new techniques, compact profits, different friendlier environments and organisations are always in the race to reach new heights by thriving effectively in this competitive environment (Kotter, 1996).
Leading Innovation and change being part of managing human and organization behaviors is kind of a complex processes that include several factors, stages, models, perceptions and definitely outcomes. In this paper I will get a deep dive and close up view stating the various definitions, different related models, how they work in practical life and what kind of failures such models face in real life implementation; along with a self reflection to the applied experiences of such
After acquired to change management subject, I think that change is a state of transformation which results in an essential shift in the way we observe and interact with the world. The concept of change is more important in our lives as it enables us to face new experiences, either it be good or bad. To be safe from bad experience of change, knowledge to manage the change is compulsory for
1.1 Change management is described by Armstrong (1) as “the process of achieving the smooth implementation of change by planning and introducing it systematically taking into account the likelihood of it being resisted”. Change, the fundamental constant in any successful organisation, can be adaptive, reconstructive, revolutionary or evolutionary and can happen for a number of diverse reasons:
The change is managed through developing a detailed analysis of current and prospective situations within an organization. It is necessary to address all relevant aspects of change in order to develop a plan for incorporating change in
Goggin and Mitchell (2010) states that “Comparing the various definitions of innovation, it can be seen that there are several common elements what is changed (such as product or process changes); how much is changed (whether it is completely new or only perceived as such); the source of the change (sometimes technology); the influence of the change (for example, its social or commercial value)”
In developing an organization and preparing for the changes necessary a reliable change management plan is often required to overcome workplace resistance when employees are presented with a new way of doing things. Change management is a strategy designed to transition from the status quo to some new ideal way of doing business. CrysTel, a growing telecommunications company, finds itself in a very dynamic industry that along with frequent advances in technology will dictate that it adapt to rapid and persistent changes. Developing a successful change management plan for CrysTel will have distinct goals: optimize flexibility, promote innovation, and sustain change. Change management at CrysTel will involve identifying the strengths and weaknesses of departments within the
Innovation is the process by which ideas are created, selected and implemented to bring about profitable change to organisations. Innovations come as a result of an identified need for organisations to change their current processes, activities or operations. Andriopoulos and Dawson (2009) explain that organisational change is ‘new ways of organizing and working’. They explain that change occur in two dimensions – movement of state and scope of change.