Management Question

Unit Overview:

To develop understanding and ability of leading innovation and change as required by a practising or potential middle manager

Task Overview:

The purpose of this unit is to develop understanding and ability of leading innovation and change as required by a practising or potential middle manager

Assignment Structure:

An ILM Assessment Task provides an opportunity to relate your learning directly to your current organisation.It is recommended that you discuss the assignment with your line manager to explore and agree how the task could be used to support the needs of your employer (as well as evidencing your learning as part of completing your ILM qualification).

If you are not currently working within an organisation, then you may complete this task in relation to an organisation with which you are familiar. This could include experience working in a voluntary capacity

The nominal word count for this assignment is 2500 words: The suggested range is between 2000 and 3000 words, however individuals have different writing styles, and there is no penalty if the word-count range is exceeded.

Understand the need for innovation and change management within an organisation

Provide an account of the practices and features of innovation and managing change that explain the importance of innovation and managing change for own organisation.

  • Explain the importance of innovation for own organisation (8 marks)
  • Explain the importance of managing change within own organisation (8 marks)

Be able to propose innovative solutions to improve organisational performance

An opportunity for innovation and improvement in own organisation to be assessed and a rationale presented to justify the innovation and improvement in the context of organisational objectives.

You are then required to generate innovative options that will deliver the identified improvement and to evaluate the options to determine feasibility and viability in order to reach a conclusion or to make recommendations.

  • Assess an opportunity for innovation and improvement in own organisation (16 marks)
  • Justify the improvement identified, in the context of organisational objectives (8 marks)
  • Use a range of techniques to generate innovative options to deliver the improvement identified (16 marks)
  • Evaluate options for generating the proposed improvement to determine feasibility and viability (20 marks)

Be able to lead and manage change within an organisation

Map stakeholder expectations and create and implement a full change management plan for the innovation and improvement based on those expectations, including the monitoring of progress against targets

  • Create a change management plan that is designed to meet stakeholders expectations (16 marks)
  • Implement the change management plan, monitoring progress against agreed targets (8 marks)

Declaration: By submitting this assignment, you confirm that the work is your own.

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