Creative and Innovative Management

Assignment brief
Qualification BTEC – LEVEL 7 – Extended Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership
Unit number and title Unit 6: Creative and Innovative Management

Assignment title UNDERSTANDING THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
The purpose of this assignment is to understand how creative and innovative management systems are built and run in organizations.
Scenario
You are assigned to a CIO (Chief Innovation Officer) position of a big scale company. You have an experience of 22 months in this company. In this period of time, you built a system to uplift creative and innovation management processes. In the end of your second year, you are supposed to write a report about your executions as CIO from the date you assigned to this position. In your report include the following:

Task-1
 Evaluate current creative and innovative management processes in your organisation (if not choose a company) by using the Innovation assessment check-list given to you by Tutor. Describe the procedures and make comparisons with other departments/organisations. (A.C. 1-1)
 Explain how to lead others to positively embrace innovation and change in your organization. Fill out the «Leadership Style Inventory» and evaluate your style with pros and cons. (150 words) (A.C. 1-2)

Task-2
 Give details of your organisation’s «mission» and «vision» statements. Assess the influence of vision and mission on generation of creative and innovative management processes in your organisation. Explain your thoughts and compare with benchmark organisations’ mission and vision statements (A.C. 2-1)
 Use analytical tools to identify potential creative and innovative management ideas which you or your employees suggested. (A.C. 2-2)
 Choose an improvement idea of your own related with your job and assess its risks/benefits and feasibility using analytical tools. Submit your study in max. 3 pages.(A.C.2-2, A.C.2-3)
 Use one of