Facilitating Innovation and Change – NZDB6201: New Zealand Diploma in Business (with strands in Leadership and Management)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General Requirements
Selecting an organisation
Select a New Zealand organisation or a global organisation operating in New Zealand and engage in research to complete this assessment.
The selected organisation must be approved by your lecturer before you start writing.  You must seek approval from your lecturer before the end of week 4.
No 2 students will be allowed to use the same organisation. First come, first served. Your lecturer will keep a record of student selection.
Research
You are required to use academic books, journals, and companies’ websites to support the points you make in your report.
This report requires the use of secondary data only. You will conduct secondary research about your selected existing NZ organisation, including analysing its annual reports, media reports, articles, and website information.
Ensure all research used is referenced properly using the APA referencing standard.
All answers must be in your own words, i.e. please do not use too many quotes, but describe/ analyse/ comment in your own words.
Your discussion for all the sections must be embedded in theory learnt in class.
Structure and Formatting
You are required to write a Report of around 2500 words for an actual large global / NZ organisation.
Complete the tasks in the format of a business report. Generally speaking, a good business report would be well researched, provide multiple perspectives on the question/ task, and be presented in a professional manner.
Please refer to the marking criteria provided for more detailed information concerning the tasks.
See the guidelines for Task 2 Presentation provided in the document separately.
Feedback
You must hand in a copy of your draft to your lecturer in Week 10 to seek feedback on the progress.
When and How to submit
A soft copy and a hard copy of the Report must be submitted to the lecturer by Week 14. The exact due date will be advised by your lecturer. The presentations will happen in weeks 15 and 16.
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Paper:
Task 1:  Business Concept Report
[ 55 marks]
The key requirement for this task is for the learner to:

1. a) Identify a business problem or challenge that exists within their selected New Zealand or Global business operating in New Zealand in relation to product, service, process, technology or system
2. b) Research and identify a potential creative and innovative solution that will convert that problem/challenge into an opportunity for the organization.

The report must address the following requirements.
 

1. Cover page and Table of Contents

(Cover page includes)

• Name of the business
• Student Full name
• Student ID
• Name of the paper
• Title of assessment
• Declaration on plagiarism

 
 (LO1 d)  1 mark
 

2. Introduction

Research, evaluate and provide a detailed description of your chosen organization: you must include at least 5 key elements to describe the organization, for example, its history, size, functions, business environment, products/services, markets.Total 2marks (LO3 a)
 

3. Provide detailed analysis of 1 business problem or challenge facing the organization and its significance for the organization’s future.LO1c10 marks.
4. • Provide evidence of at least one (1) type of innovation and must be related to a product, service, process, technology , or system . LO1a  2 marks.

 
4.2 Providea detailed description of an innovative idea/solution and how it will resolve the problem/challenge.The Innovation must be described as one of breakthrough,sustaining,disruptiveorbasicresearch.LO1a12 marks.
 
 

5. Discuss how business knowledge is applied to implement the innovative activities for all of the following 5 areas (principles and practices of) operations; accounting; sales and marketing; human resources and risk management. Full and correct references must be provided for the sources used. (200 words +/- 10%)      LO2a   5 marks.

6. • Strategic level changes required in relation to either a structure, system, technology, culture, human resource or organizational goal in order to achieve the innovation. LO1b 6 marks.
   • Discuss which type of change your example falls within (radical change, linear incremental change, and non-linear breakthroughs). LO1b 2 marks.

7. • Assume, the role of a team leader tasked with the responsibility of driving and implementing change. Outline 3 strategies that the management can use to create a culture of innovation within the organization in order to ensure ongoing innovation within the organization.These strategies should include development of motivational skills-both of own and others, during innovation and organisational change. LO1a2 marks ; LO1b3 marks.

• Provide evidence of analysis and justification of howSelfandothersaremotivatedanddevelopedtoimproveemployeeengagementandproductivityto contributetoinnovationandorganisationalchangewithinthe businessentity (of motivational skills – both of own and others during innovation and organisational change.LO1e 6 marks.

8. You must use correct referencing style throughout the report. At least 5 academic journals and at least 2 books must be consulted and referenced.-LO 1d4 marks.

 
 
Task 2 – Presentation – 15 Marks (LO2a- 2 marks;LO3a- & LO3b- 13 marks.)
 
 

1. You must prepare a 15 minutes’ presentation that summarizes all the major sections of your Business Concept Report.  Therefore, you can complete this task only after you have completed and handed in Task 1.
2. A copy of your presentation slides should be sent to an external stakeholder as decided in consultation and with the approval of your lecturer (These could be existing or potential customers of your selected organization). A short feedback form including a minimum of two relevant questions should be attached and the external stakeholder requested to provide written feedback on the form provided regarding the contents of your Concept Report. You are required to hand in this feedback form at the time of your presentation to your lecturer.
3. Please note the presentation will be recorded by your lecturer (i.e. videotaped) for the purpose of post-moderation. You are required to hand in all presentation visuals (e.g. poster, slideshow, flipchart paper), as well as any props and handouts used in this presentation.
4. Time allocated: Approximately 15 minutes plus an additional 5 minutes of question time by the audience.
5. Your presentation is an individual presentation, i.e. no group presentation is allowed
6. You must hand your presentation material to your lecturer before the presentation.
7. You need to prepare presentation visuals that guide and lead your presentation. Please note:
   1. Visuals must support your presentation and should not distract from your presentation (e.g. too crowded, illustrations that are not linked to the content)
   2. Visuals must be of high quality (e.g. free of grammar and spelling errors). Good visuals will have a combination of words and graphics
   3. While MS PowerPoint slides are very popular, please remember they are not the only visuals available
   4. Please use handouts as you see fit
8. Please ensure you speak in a clear and concise manner and engage with your audience
9. You may use presentation notes to support your presentation but please ensure you do not read of such notes. Your notes should be a backup only in case you get stuck, or in case you need to cite data that is difficult to remember (e.g. statistics/data).

1. Your presentation will be assessed by a group of assessors – maximum 3. One assessor will play the role of an internal stakeholder; a second assessor will play the role of an external stakeholder. You will be required to address the questions raised by the stakeholders at the end of your presentation during question time.
2. Please refer to the marking guide for more detailed information concerning the presentation task[15 marks]

 
Task 1:  Business Concept Report– Marking Schedule
 
Assessment 2- Presentation – Marking Schedule
 
Student Name:………………………………………Student number:…………………………
 
Assessor /Moderator Name…………………………………..
 
Date of assessment/moderation………………………………
 

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