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Title
Develop initiatives for innovation management
Level
7
Purpose
Credits
12
This unit standard is for people who have, or seek, responsibility
for the development and management of innovation strategies at
a corporate or total organisation level.
People credited with this unit standard are able to develop a
culture conducive to innovation and creativity, and lead and
manage innovation processes within the organisation.
Classification
Business Environment > Business Culture and Environment
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Organisation refers to a specific business entity which may be – profit or non-profit; in
private, public, or voluntary sectors; a business unit, iwi, or other special-purpose body.
Innovation is a process which covers the use of knowledge and information for creation
and introduction of a product, service, system, or process that is new, useful, and of
commercial value.
Creativity is a cognitive process which establishes a relationship between concepts or
objects which had not previously been linked, so that a new insight is developed.
Innovation structure refers to the type of group created for, and charged with
responsibility for, an innovation project. It may include groups described as innovation
teams, venture teams, project teams.
Values include the way in which the organisation, its employees, and representatives
operate with respect to each other and the world at large. Values include the shared
aspirations and beliefs which are the basis of the organisation’s mission and operations.
They express the corporate culture while recognising and respecting the cultural
diversity within the organisation.
2
This unit standard will be assessed on the basis of evidence of demonstrated
performance in the workplace. In practice, this will call for a variety of modes of
assessment and forms of evidence. Evidence is required to show consistency of
performance across a range of situations and to demonstrate knowledge,
understanding, and skill in the principles and practices directly relating to the competent
performance of outcomes and evidence requirements.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Develop a culture conducive to innovation and creativity.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description of innovation follows a systems point of view, and identifies scope,
and opportunities for change processes and forms of innovation to take place.
Range
change processes – linear incremental change, non-linear
breakthroughs;
forms of innovation include – products, services, processes,
technologies, systems.
1.2
Organisational and environmental scanning methods identify sources and
opportunities for successful innovation.
1.3
Recommended changes in organisational structure and management systems
contribute to providing an environment conducive to innovation and creativity.
1.4
Participation in, and contribution to, the search for innovation characterise the
strategic intent, and are drawn from people throughout the organisation.
1.5
Positive values accorded to innovation and creativity are recognised and
communicated throughout the organisation, with recognition and reward
commensurate with contribution.
1.6
Innovation structures and networks provide for differentiation in time and
methods from other parts of the organisation structure, but with integrating
mechanisms to facilitate communications between them.
1.7
Resources allocated to the processes of idea generation, feasibility study,
technology, and market assessment and project formulation demonstrate the
commitment of the organisation to the management of innovation.
Outcome 2
Lead and manage innovation processes within the organisation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Innovation structure is established with membership, resources, and support, and
with clarity of goals and expectations, including freedom to act autonomously and
self-manage the project.
2.2
Innovation management roles are clarified and assigned to specified people (or
self-assigned) as a means of using, developing, and enhancing skills.
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innovation management roles include – idea generator, product
champion, sponsor, project leader, project team member;
evidence of knowledge and understanding of role contributions,
competencies, and relationships to the success of an innovation
project.
Range
2.3
Protection and support provided to innovation projects’ participants enable them to
function creatively in conditions of uncertainty and risk, including the freedom to
fail.
2.4
Advice and assistance are provided only so far as necessary to allow progress to
be maintained and to enable individuals and groups to work autonomously.
2.5
The ways in which advice and support are provided confirm joint
commitment to innovation goals, demonstrate trust in those carrying
out the work, give encouragement, and reinforce confidence.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 January 1997
31 December 2015
Revision
2
7 September 1999
31 December 2015
Rollover and
Revision
3
17 April 2009
31 December 2015
Rollover and
Revision
4
20 September 2012
31 December 2018
Review
5
19 May 2016
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0113
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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