MAN6070 Innovation Thinking for Organization Development

Learning outcomes and assessment criteria specific to this assignment:
On completion of the assignment, students should be able to demonstrate their ability to:
1. Justify the significance of innovative thinking and idea generation to support responses to organisational challenges, threats and opportunities
2. Critically evaluate current approaches and thinking within organisations to generate an idea as an innovative response to a contemporary organisational issue.
3. Synthesise research to generate and critically evaluate options in order to formulate a response to a contemporary organisational issue.
4. Apply appropriate resources and techniques to prepare, structure and deliver an oral presentation The nature of today’s global business environment means that contemporary organisations are faced with a range of challenges and opportunities presented by increasing levels of uncertainty, ambiguity and complexity. In order to be successful organisations need to find ways to be innovative, work with and indeed proactively exploit these conditions.
Such environments require individuals, teams and organisations to become more enterprising, resourceful, innovative and creative, and demand more critical or ‘beyond the box’ thinking. The aim of this module is to develop your awareness, skills and experience in the practice of entrepreneurship and innovation. We do this by involving you directly in the processes involved in generating ideas and establishing new ventures, and helping you reflect on how this experience relates to theory on the subject.
The chosen assessment method is appropriate to assess all four of the Module learning outcomes. It supports a theory to practice approach to learning and is in line with key expectations of employers and professional bodies for the development of effective oral communication skills. The capacity to draw on appropriate techniques to prepare and deliver confident and engaging oral presentations is a key management skill and is particularly relevant as a medium to promote innovative thinking and ideas within organisations.