Management Report on Disruptive Innovations to Address Threats from Climate Change

Threats from Climate Change

Write a management report recommending one or more disruptive innovations (a product or a service) to address threats to your business from climate change.

• Who will be the early adopters of the innovation?

• How will the innovation lead to a reduction in GHG emissions? Expectations of a good assignment:

• Use of academic English language.

• If you are not confident in this, then please contact [email protected] for support

• Evidence of critical reading and thinking

• If you are not sure what is required,

• Proper and appropriate use of references

Do library research – this means actually reading academic papers

No theoretical discussions about climate change or innovation

Evidence critical thinking and writing

• Read the marking rubric:

• Introduction to the report

• Descriptions of threats to business from climate change and policy frameworks

• Summary of three types of innovation

• Description of disruptive innovations to address threats to business

• Clarity of writing, references and report structure

• Brief synopsis of the paper – an overview of what will be covered including the type of business selected and the disruptive innovation to be introduced and discussed

• Brief sign posting to the structure of the paper

• Keep this down to around 100 words. Section 2: Threats

• What are the threats from climate change to the selected business?

• How – practically – does climate change threaten the business?

• What policy and regulatory frameworks pose threats to the business and again, how?

• Any images (which must be properly referenced and appropriate) are to be put into the Appendix.

• Keep to this to around 400 words Section 3: Innovation

• Briefly review innovation theory with specific reference to three types of innovation

Incremental innovation

Game changing innovation

• The reviews should identify clearly what each type means and give an example of it in practice.

• Keep this section down to about 600 words – 200 for each type Section 4: Business case

• This is the heart of the assignment

• Address the two key questions:

Who will be the early adopters of the business’ innovative products/ services?

How will the business innovation contribute to a reduction in GHG emissions?

• Be sure to state what type of innovation you are recommending and  why

• Specify clearly how you anticipate this innovation will help address the threats of climate change and policy regulations

• I don’t expect calculations or estimates of reductions Business case (part 2):

• I do expect to see a clear logical path linking the innovation to anticipated reductions in GHG – it should be reasonable and realistic

• I do expect to see evidence of critical thinking and writing.

• This is a management report – so it is important that you make a business case to support your recommendations. This means clearly stated and logical arguments in favour of the innovation.

• Be sure to identify any uncertainties and risks and potential mitigation strategies for dealing with these.

• Use about 1,100 words for this part Section 5:

• Here, you review the foregoing content of your report in a summary format

• This should emphasise Section 4 The Business Case more than the innovation theory

• This should be around 300 words Section 6: References

• Properly formatted references please.

• Learn how to reference websites, journal articles, and books

• Any reference included in your list that is either not cited in the text  or is irrelevant will be considered poor academic behaviour and may cost you marks

• I do check references to make sure that they are appropriate

• Websites must be referenced with a complete URL and also the date it was accessed.