...M5.05 Leading innovation and change 1. Explain the importance of innovation for own organisation 1. Explain the importance of innovation for own organization I work in an authority responsible to implement the EU legislation in our country. One of the aims of the organization is to draft policies and to attend meetings concerning the EU policies. EU regulations are directly applicable to each Member State, while directives need to be transposed by the responsible officials. Before any decisions are taken consultations are carried out with the industry, the general public and any interested stakeholders. When a legal tool is in place there is always a transition in which the regulation is implemented hence the industry and the public will have ample time to the new regulations. During this time awareness and publicity is necessary so that we reach as many concerned people as possible. Innovation is important within my organization since there is the need to find new ways to increase publicity of the organization and at the same time we need to educate the public. We are not very reactive to the outside environment hence we need to become more innovative and inherently more adaptable to the external environment. This will allow us to be proactive and more effectively to capture opportunities. Innovation within my organization is needed, mainly in the following aspects: • Service innovation – where new and better service offerings to customers should...
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...Unit 2 Assignment 1 – The Role of Leaders in Innovation MBA6006 – Leading Innovation Global Org Shyla Hasal Capella University INTRODUCTION With the changes in technology and globalization, most organizations today are faced with a dynamic environment. It is important that organizations operating in today’s economy need to be more artistic and innovative to stay alive, to contend, to develop, and to lead. Innovative companies are almost always led by innovative leaders (Dyer, 2011). Leaders are people who are able to think and act creatively in non-routine situations – and who set out to influence the actions, beliefs and feelings of others (Doyle, 2001). Classical Leadership First, to lead involves influencing others. Second, where there are leaders there are followers. Third, leaders seem to come to the fore when there is a crisis or special problem. In other words, they often become visible when an innovative response is needed. Fourth, leaders are people who have a clear idea of what they want to achieve and why (Doyle, 2001). Literature over the last 80 year list four main “generations” theories of leadership which are: Trait theories, Behavioral theories, Contingency theories, and Transformational theories. Strategic Leadership Strategic leaders must develop and maintain a culture that fosters and encourages innovation, and invest in the development and exploitation of innovation (Pellet, 2008). According to Krupp (2013), most executives do not consider...
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...Foundations of Leading Innovation Capella University Introduction This paper examines the leadership practices of managing change and employee development and how they support organizational innovation, analyze how discovery skills support innovation and successful innovators, and explore the author’s own strengths and weaknesses in using discover skills and the leadership practices of managing change and employee development. An organization that develops and fosters the right leadership culture has a competitive advantage over organizations that do not embrace the benefits of a strong leadership culture. Developing and fostering a culture of high performing, innovative leaders at all levels of an organization is more beneficial than creating business plans or adopting the latest leadership trends that will quickly be forgotten and will become obsolete by changes in the marketplace (Waagen, 2002). Leadership Practices That Support Innovation in Organizations Managing Change Developing and facilitating strategies for managing organizational change effectively are skills that high performing leaders are able to utilize in order to be successful. High performing leaders see change as opportunities and are able to adapt and lead others through the change. Change for them is not a challenge or a setback but opportunities to adapt to changes occurring around them and to help other overcome their resistance and fears to the changes. According to (Leslie, 2009 pg.12), “being...
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...LEADING INNOVATION AND CHANGE INSTITUTE OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT LEVEL 5 AWARD /CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA AC 1.1 EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION FOR OWN ORGANISATION Innovation is central to the future of the organisation (Trust) effectiveness to operate in the external/internal environment. The organisations culture needs to set the conditions and processes for Innovation and creativity to take place. Innovation can help set the strategic direction and enhances the ability to respond to key factors identified in a PESTEL analysis or organisational SWOT (appendix a). Evaluating key factors identified in the PESTEL analysis highlights why innovation is important to the organisation: Benefit | Factor | SIMILTANEOUSLY IMPROVE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY | Better use of technology aligned to business strategyEnsure assets are fully usedDevelop IT for patient self-service systemsMaintain focus on high standards of practice, documentation and communication with patientsImprove health education use of social mediaProvide employees with stimulating work that creates a sense of personal growth | ECONOMIC GROWTH BECOMING MORE COMPETIVE | Improve business processesIncrease investment in sciences and technologyCreating confidence for external investmentCreate business partnerships | TRANSFORMS PATIENT OUTCOMES | Improved decision makingNew medicines, medical technologiesFocus on treatments in the homeGood informatics | An important consideration when new innovations...
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...Littlefield Technologies Assignment 5 PM on February 22 . Starting at 5 PM on Wednesday, February 27, the simulation will begin The game will end at 9 PM on Sunday, March 3. Accessing your factory http://quick.responsive.net/lt/toronto3/entry.html Littlefield Technologies’ Operations board stuffing testing tuning Operations Policies at Littlefield Purchasing Supplies Processing in Batches Contract Pricing Borrowing from the Bank Cash Balance The winning team is the team with the most cash at the end of the game (cash on hand less debt). Current State of the System and Your Assignment At the end of day 350, the factory will shut down and your final cash position will be determined. Starting at 5 PM on Wednesday, February 27, the simulation will begin The game will end at 9 PM on Sunday, March 3. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE FINAL SECONDS TO MAKE YOUR CHANGES. SOMETIMES THEY TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO BE PROCESSED. Written Assignment: Analysis of Game 2 of Littlefield Technologies Simulation Due March 14, 8:30 am in eDropbox Your group is going to be evaluated in part on your success in the game and in part on how clear, well structured and thorough your write-up is. The write-up only covers the second round, played from February 27 through March 3. It should not discuss the first round. Your write-up should address the following points: • A brief description of what actions you chose and when. Not a full list of every action, but the major...
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...Case 1: Malincho (Word limit: 1000 words, A4, 12-times new roman, 1.5 line spacing) Q1. What is the Case all about? The case is all about Mr. Kalin Pentchev’s business. Kalin is a Bulgarian who traveled to the US for his Accounting and Finance studies. His experiences and discussions led him to the cheese business: Bulgarian feta importation. The case describes his story from 2000 to 2003 where he started from nothing and built a well-established business. His activity went from importing containers of cheese only, to importing a variety of Eastern European products. * First time business * Early stages * Opportunities Q2. Please describe Mr. Kalin Pentchev’s personality Kalin is a hardworker, selfmade man who doesn’t seem to have limits on what he can do to create a successful business. He has an interesting personality because he can spend a lot of time brainstorming before taking a decision, but when it comes to solve an urgent issue he is able to think fast and adapt to almost any situation. Intelligent with strong business abilities, he knows how to manipulate peoples mind like when he decides to buy a brand new car and a suit just to impress the people he has to make business with. Q3. Is It a good opportunity for Kalin’s business? Kalin started from almost nothing. He had to take risks, think fast and use his network to succeed, while remaining aware of the costs and benefits of everything. His personality suits perfectly for his activity since you need...
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...Make sure your Numbers paragraph follows guidelines on both sides of handout Numbers Intro Paragraph Grading Rubric 1. Presentation 20 points __ 4 3 2 Margins All 1 inch __ 4 3 2 Page Number Last name & page number in header, right justified __ 4 3 2 Title Block Following sample on other side __ 4 3 2 Line Spacing All double space—NOT 1.15 + double space __ 4 3 2 Title Represents Thesis; no extra space before or after; no bold, no underline, 12 pt font, capitalized first word and all words except prepositions (in, on, etc.), conjunctions (and, or, etc.), and articles (the, a, or an) 2. Organization 50 points (20, 20, 10) __ 20 18 16 Intro Sentence Get reader’s attention. Begin with something recognizable and then transition to Numbers—2 sentences maximum __ 20 18 16 Thesis/Main point of Numbers—A thesis statement is a single declarative sentence that states what you want your readers to know, believe, or understand about the content of Numbers after having read your essay—1 sentence __ 10 9 8 Points/Proofs 1. Moving from Sinai to the border of the promised land 2. Rejection of the promised land 3. 40 years of wasted travel 4. Balaam, Balak, and Baal-Peor—the end of the 1st generation Rewrite my 4 points: 1–3 sentences to defend your Thesis 3. Mechanics: 30 points __ 30 27 24 Read through 3 times checking for errors ___ TOTAL Example from Deuteronomy Dino Pedrone,...
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...LG. All of these companies are well known in the US and have control over the market. Haier Group will have to lower their prices for their products in order to get U.S. consumers to want buy their products. Then they’ll have to convince U.S. consumers that their products are comparable with the other major brands when it comes to productivity. When they achieve this goal there will be no stopping Haier. B. THE SITUATION Haier Group started out in 1984 and was enterprise that was owned by the Chinese government. They originally imported refrigerator technology from Germany. Haier would eventually start to venture into international expansion, acquisitions and mergers, capital operations, scientific management and technical innovation. The company was able to transform from a small enterprise in 1984 with a debit of 1.47 million to its current position as the number one domestic electrical appliance producer in China by 2004. In November 2004 Haier CEO Zhang Ruiman announced that the main goal of his company was to increase the volume of his company’s products sold in the U.S....
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...Defining Diversity Defining Diversity * To me, diversity encompasses a wide range of elements in which to classify a student population. It includes the obvious such as race/ethnicity, culture, gender, disabilities, and socio-economic status. However, diversity goes so much deeper. Diversity also includes the various cognitive levels in students, the different styles in which they learn, and the various levels of motivation in students. Each of these diversity categories can be evidenced in an educational setting. The impact it has on a school can be positive if it is approached and handled appropriately by the school and its’ teachers. If it is not, it can have very negative effects on the school and the student. Having low expectations and showing bias toward one diverse group over another can have a very negative and lasting impact. It is important to acknowledge that ALL students can achieve if given the motivation and encouragement to do so. According to Janine Bempechat, high achievers in all ethnic groups believed that success was die to hard work. She concluded, “Teachers need to help low achievers understand that poor performance does not result from a lack of ability as much as from lack of trying” (Nieto & Bode, 2008). It is for this reason that it is of utmost importance that teachers convey positive messages to their students. Building self-esteem can be the first step in academic achievement. If students do not believe they have the ability...
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...KXI723 Organisational Problem Solving for Business Analysts, Semester 2, 2012 Assignment 1 – Executive Report on SODA/Cognitive Mapping Title: Executive Report Type: In-Semester - individual assignment Task Length: 12 A4 pages in 12 point font, double spaced , plus bibliography, use normal margins Weighting: 10% Due: 3.00pm Tuesday 21st August Description: Executive Report on SODA/Cognitive Mapping Methodology for Strategy Formulation and Organisational Problem Solving Imagine that you are an early career junior executive in a multinational corporation. You are well thought of by the CEO who regards you as an “ideas person”. The CEO has asked you to prepare a short briefing paper or executive report on the SODA/Cognitive Mapping methodology. The CEO hopes that you can clearly describe and explain the methodology in about 6 pages – the CEO does not have time to do the reading of books and journals himself and, further, does not have the time to read a report of more than 6 pages. For academic purposes please reference the Executive Report carefully, listing the references in alphabetical order of family names in a section called “References” [The References section does not count as part of the 6 pages]. In the Executive Report you are expected to cover, among other things, the following: • The assumptions and theory behind SODA/Cognitive Mapping • The nature of cognitive mapping, oval mapping and causal mapping and any differences between...
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...Communications Effective & Ineffective Rebecca Edwards BCOM/275 December 14, 2011 University of PhoenixDale J. Harrington Communications Effective & Ineffective Communication is a process of sending and receiving messages. Communication is to listen, receive information and someone else’s thoughts in writing, verbal or in person. I believe communications can be non-verbal or verbal. Verbal communications can be written or oral and non verbal is expressions, body move, and eye contact. We need to have good effective skills both personal and professional in every day life, to maintain relationships, either with co-workers or family. Demonstrative can be effective by collaborating. I believe oral communication is very effective, because we are voicing our opinion and receiving feedback from each employee. Having good effective skills both personal and professional in every day life, to maintain relationships, for example; co-workers family and friends. I believe in having eye contact indicates you are listening to the sender and [Incomplete sentence and the font size is 11 and not 12 with this paragraph.] Ineffective communication in an organization can lead to non-productive employees, due to ignoring the employees request or statements on the job situation. Unhealthy open door policy can make it difficult or employees to do their job properly. Some organizations have employees or management that have language barriers...
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...Advanced Corporate Finance: Guidelines for In-class Presentations and Term Papers 1. Grading The information in the handouts is not very clear and does not include the case, so here some more precision about the grading rules: Everybody should do a writeup for the Wrigley Capital Structure Case. If you only do the case the final exam will count for 70% and the case writeup for 30% of the final grade. In case you want to improve your grade you should think about handing in a term paper or making an in-class presentation. If you do this the case writeup as well as the term paper or presentation will count for 25% of the final grade and the final exam will be reduced to 50%. 2. In-class Presentations The fundamentals: Approximate size: 10-15 powerpoint slides Approximate duration: 15 min Presentation date: will be assigned by me depending on the content Maximum group size: 4 class participants Presentations are optional Not everybody will be able to participate in a presentation, Purpose of the in class presentation: The presentations are intended to summarize academic research on a given issue. The presentation should not only be factually correct and complete but the topic should be well presented. The class should be able to easily understand and follow the argumentation. Grades will not only depend on the content but also on the quality of the presentation. Format: There is no predefined format, as the optimal way to present an issue depends...
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...Page numbers appear in upper right corner Short title at left margin in caps Use the Header/Footer feature to insert the short title and page # at the top of every page. Use the words Running head on first page only (use header function of Different First Page) The title of the paper and subsequent information is centered on the page and double spaced Notice that the font is Times New Roman, 12 point size Learning Autobiography (LAB # 1): Formal and Informal Educational Experiences Student’s Name Date LAS 30012 Writing and Critical Thinking in the Liberal Arts Ottawa University (Notice the next page number appears with short title) Title of Paper (Notice that the title of the paper is repeated here--centered, with the main words capitalized) Most of the papers you write at the college level should begin with an introduction. The introduction is much like a movie preview, in that it gives the reader a glimpse into what your paper is about, its purpose, and how it is organized. Instead of simply listing the things you will discuss in the paper, think creatively about how you could engage the reader and motivate him or her to want to read what you have written. The introduction section for both Learning Autobiographies should be one-quarter to one-half page in length. Formal Educational Experiences (Notice that the main headings of the paper are centered, boldface, and main words are capitalized. Also note that the heading...
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...ECE THESIS WRITING GUIDELINES I. Abstract All capitalized, bold font style, center page alignment, double line spacing (body) The abstract gives the reader an overview of the study, based on information from the other sections of the report. The information given in the abstract is usually the basis of many readers as to whether they will read the entire report or not. The abstract is one paragraph of about 100-200 words. The typical information elements included in an abstract are as follows: 1. Some background or general information on the study and the main topic (or purpose of the study and its scope) 2. Some information on how the study was conducted (or the methodology used in the study) 3. The most important findings of the study. 4. A statement of conclusion (justified based on the data presented). I. Body of the Manuscript Chapter 1 (Capitalize the first letter only, bold font style, center page) TITLE (FIRST LEVEL HEADING, bold face, center page) Example: Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Line spacing: double space Spacing before: 0 pt Spacing after: 0 pt Paragraph indention: 1.50 cm Alignment: justified. Line spacing in the body: double space; 0 pt before and after No extra space will be given after the last sentence and another paragraph Content of The Problem and its Setting This chapter gives an overview of the thesis/practicum of research report, giving the reader background or basis of the problem to be...
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...always so, there are times where conflict can bring unexpected qualities from people – change a person for the better. Humans are stubborn, without being naturally stubborn, humans would have not evolved like we did. Furthermore, conflict leads to the building of strong relationships amongst those involved. An agreement is formed between people with the same goal of overcoming conflict; they can support each other through this hardship. During “Omagh”, the Help and Support group had Protestants and Catholic members. Even though the two did not blend together before, they were united in conflict. Additionally, the United Nations was formed on the basis of this idea - People had the same beliefs about world peace and formed an organization leading the charge for a better world. When people fight for the same cause, they are united together as one. People change for the better. However, every coin has two sides. Conflict is not always virtuous; it breeds suffering. Whether it is at the mercy of global or local catastrophes, people are most vulnerable during...
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