Mobilising Creativity and Innovation

Report on Mobilising and Sustaining Creativity and Innovation in your work organisation

Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding
Demonstrate a systematic understanding and critical appreciation of theories and models of creativity, innovation and change management in the context of contemporary organisations.

Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
Synthesise individual and organisational theoretical perspectives to systematically promote the potential for creativity, innovation and change in practice.

Aims and learning outcomes determine the need to develop a critical understanding of how creativity and innovation might be promoted and sustained, including the effective management of change. You will produce two assignments that demonstrate all learning outcomes.

Assignment

Building on your recommendations from Assignment 1, critically analyse and evaluate how creativity and innovation might be mobilised and sustained in the context of your work organisation. You are required to use influential contemporary theories to analyse in-depth and synthesiseorganisational systems leading to clear conclusions and feasible recommendations. You will write a report of 1500 words fully supported by quality academic sources.

Both assignments are located in the context of your work organisation to ensure relevance.

- Demonstrate adequate knowledge, skills, abilities and approaches necessary to effectively orchestrate organisational systems to promote and sustain creativity, innovation and manage change.
- Synthesise adequate capability across multiple levels to add value and optimise creativity, innovation and organisational performance.

Here are some of the requirements we will be discussing in the assignment workshops:
- You need to complete the guided learning to develop your understanding of influential contributors
- You need to extend this through independent research using quality academic and practitioner sources
- You will apply theory in practice for critical, in-depth analysis in the context of your work organisation
- Consider what are the main conclusions derived from in-depth analysis?
- Make feasible recommendations that are directly actionable
- You must use in-text citations throughout to acknowledge others' ideas in support of your critical analysis
- You must use the Harvard style of referencing.

A Discussion Forum will be made available for questions and answers

In assignment 2, you must build on analysis and recommendations in the first assignment, critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise how creativity and innovation might be mobilised and sustained in the context of your work organisation. Assignment 2 is concerned specifically with the development and sustainability of an organisational climate and culture to promote and support creativity and innovation across the organisation, with regard to group and organisational levels of analysis.

1. You are required to critically evaluate and synthesise issues to demonstrate how creativity and innovation can be mobilised to support continuous innovation in the context of your workplace. Your analysis may include organisational climate, culture, creative leadership, and actions that promote sustained creative and innovative behavior on group and organisational levels, which make a significant difference to continuous innovation.

2. You will develop a plan to promote creativity and innovation in the context of your work organisation, supported by contemporary academic perspectives and include an in-depth literature review to evaluate critically alternative perspectives in order to draw meaningful conclusions and develop feasible recommendations.

3. You will present your analysis and plan in report format of approximately 1500 words (+/- 10%), excluding tables, references and appendices.

4. In the unlikely event that your work organisation prevents adequate analysis, the UK Tutor can agree an alternative.