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ENT 435 Week 2 Assignment
The Importance of Innovation Architecture
Details:
In Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life (2013),
Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg discuss the importance of establishing systems
within organizations that promote not only the creativity that results in
innovation, but also make it possible for employees to bring innovative ideas to fruition. Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg argue
that a leader’s primary job “is not to innovate; it is to become an innovation
architect, creating a work environment that helps . . . people engage in the
key innovation behaviors as part of their daily work”
(p. 4). Such a work environment must be reinforced by innovation
architecture—the structures within an organization that support an innovation,
from the brainstorming phase to final realization. The more well developed the
architecture and the simpler the processes involved,
the more likely employees are to be innovators.
For this assignment, you will research
the innovation architecture of at least three companies that are well-known for
successfully supporting a culture of innovation. Write a 1,500-word paper that addresses the following:
1. What
particular elements of each organization’s culture, processes, and management
systems and styles work well to support innovation?
2. Why do
you think these organizations have been able to capitalize on innovation and intrapreneurship while others have not?
3. Based on
what you have learned, what processes and systems might actually stifle
innovation and intrapreneurship?
4. Imagine
yourself as an innovation architect. What structures or processes would you put
in place to foster a culture of innovation within
your own organization?
Include in-text citations to at least
four reputable secondary sources (such as trade journals, academic journals,
and professional or industry websites) in your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric.
Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore,
students should review the rubric prior to beginning
the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations
for successful completion of the assignment.
You are required to submit this
assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
Reference
Miller, P., & Wedell-Wedellsborg, T.
(2013). Innovation as usual: How
to help your people bring great ideas to life.
Boston: Harvard Business Review Press.
ENT 435 Week 3 CLC: Phase 1-Proposing, Evaluating, and Selecting an
Innovation
Details:
This is a CLC assignment.
During Phase 1, each individual will
submit their own idea for an innovation along with a model they find useful for
evaluating its merits. Each team member is
responsible for completing research on various models. While there are several
models in circulation for evaluating innovations, such as The Lean StartUp
Plan, NOMMAR, SNIFF, and the linear and mental models of innovation, innovators
should not feel constrained by any particular model.
Feel free to borrow elements from multiple models to develop one that would
work best to most effectively evaluate your own innovation.
Teams will then review all of the
submissions and choose the most promising idea to pursue.
The idea should be selected by application of one of the evaluation models
submitted by team members. You will then write a report of 1,500-2,500 words
that describes the team’s selection process and identifies the final choice.
The report must contain the following components:
1. A one-
or two-paragraph summary of each team member’s idea, a description of the model
used to evaluate the idea, and the results of the evaluation. Specifically, the
evaluation should identify the merits, drawbacks, and challenges associated with the idea.
2. Identification
of the selected idea for the project accompanied by a description of the model
used to evaluate the idea. Include the results of the evaluation, which will
serve as the justification for the team’s selection.
Preliminarily forecast the most significant challenges that could impede the
development of the selected idea.
3. A
project plan that summarizes the roles or tasks assigned to each team member
that must be accomplished to complete Phase 2 of the project due in Module 6.
4. In-text
citations from at least five reputable secondary sources. Each person on the
team must contribute an article from the research that was completed on
innovation implementation/evaluation models.
Prepare this assignment according to the
guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
You are required to submit this
assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
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