Report: Establishing Systems that Support Innovations

This report delves into the critical aspects of establishing systems to support innovation within an organization. It begins by identifying how new systems can foster innovation, emphasizing the importance of resource allocation, employee creativity, and accommodating leadership styles. The report then explores change management, defining it as the process of preparing, supporting, and assisting an organization in adapting to changes, and details various change management theories and models, including Lewin's, McKinsey's, Kotter's, and Nudge theories. Furthermore, the report outlines the creation of innovative system concepts, emphasizing the importance of aligning innovation strategies with the company's future state, competitive advantages, and time constraints. The report also specifies key questions for testing innovative ideas, underscoring the significance of profitability and safety in innovative trials. It identifies aspects of organizational innovation where gaps or barriers may arise, such as lack of resources, collaboration, focus, and leadership. Finally, the report discusses techniques for generating system concepts and options, including brainstorming, mind mapping, and attribute listing, along with their advantages and disadvantages, and details the steps involved in developing a plan for a new system, from generation and mobilization to implementation.

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Q1: Identify and explain the possible ways in which new systems may support
innovation.
Idea or innovation can be transformed to support new systems and changes if an organization
make proper availability for adequate resources. It has been observed that without the proper
allocation and utilization of resources, ideas resultant in the major failure. For succouring
new systems to support innovation, is it extremely essential to invest in the nourishment and
creativity of the workers. An organization should not only include research and development
(R&D) department but every department of an organization should include into the
innovation process (Adams, Jeanrenaud, Bessant, Denyer & Overy, 2016). Developing an
accommodating leadership style, it is the responsibility of senior management to nurture the
attitude and behaviour of team managers and leaders. Apart from this, in order to enhance the
probability of an innovation, front line workers and subordinate should be always motivated
(Ehde, Dillworth & Turner, 2014).

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Q2. What is change management? What are the theories and models of change
management?
Change management is the term used for all modification that prepare, support and succour
an organization in making organizational changes. Change management includes changes
which are related to the technological evolution, process reviews, consumer habit changes,
acquisition, merger and organizational restricting (Ehde, Dillworth & Turner, 2014).
There are 7 theories and model of change model:
 Lewin’s change management model: It includes three stages. “Unfreeze stage” refers
to the preparation for adopting change. “Change stage” refers to the situations where
real modification take place. “Refreeze stage” defines how the change will get
accepted, embraced and implemented.
 McKinsey 7 s model: The model includes both emotional and practical methods of
change. This also offers directional factor to organizational change.
 Kotter's change management theory: This theory increase urgency, make effective
team, provide communication methods, get things moving, get the vision correct,
focus on short term goals and incorporate organizational changes.
 Nudge Theory: Inspiring an organization or an individual is the basic essence of this
theory (Freeman, 2013).
 ADKAR model: It includes the measures to help a company through the process of
change. This model also implies in providing effective training to the employees.
 Bridges' Transition Model: This model concentrates on the transition, instead of
change.
 Kübler-Ross Five Stage Model: The model helps to understand and deal with personal
trauma and has been widely accepted worldwide.

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Q3. Identify 5 ways of creating innovative system concepts.
1. An innovative strategy should be described about the company’s future state:
For creating or adding innovation in the system, it is important that an innovation
helps a company in getting upwards growth curve. Link of possibilities and
opportunity with the innovation should shape the overall strategy of a company
(Keupp, Palmie & Gassmann, 2012).
2. Innovations strategy should provide basics to break the competition and arrange space
for a company in the market:
In order to create innovation strategy, it should include the competitive advantages to
the company. It should not fail to deliver competitive advantages by enhancing
overall growth level of the business. Innovation strategy should include methods to
overcome challenges rather then just acting like the road map of business extensions.
3. Process of developing innovation:
Process of developing innovative ideas or strategy should be immediately take into
consideration by the senior authorities. In order to bring and execute innovative idea
action is required. It also required carefully transferring to existing knowledge into the
marketable solution (Kim & Kumar, 2012).
4. For creating innovative system concept, time duration should be the main element:
Innovations strategy should be prepared within the specific time because it reflects
available capacity, technological resource and gap of the resources.
5. Innovation strategy should provide measures to eliminates old scenario:
Innovation strategy should bring method to provides adjustments and desired outputs
to cut losses and production cost. Innovation strategy should fit in the annual
corporate cycle of an organization (Seltzer & Mahmoudi, 2013).

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Q4. Specify four questions that may be asked when testing innovative ideas.
Following are the questions which can be asked while testing innovative idea of the
company:
Q1: This innovation is the disruptive way to solve the problem?
Q2: How much resources and cost are incurred in making this innovation?
Q3: What will be the monthly maintenance cost of this innovation?
Q4: For how long this innovation can provide benefit to the company?
Q5: In case, it stops functioning then how much time it will take for working again?
These are the five general questions which can be asked in the testing process. One thing
more to remember is that innovation should perform well in their testing process. If its fail to
stand on the standards of the company then it can be rejected or ban by the management. At
the end, a company will only spend their resources on new ideas if that idea is capable to
solve the organization’s challenges. Innovation testing and development provides a direction
to select key aim of the machine which can succour an organization in fulfilling its
objectives. An organization’s main aim is to enhance profitability and their reputation by
introducing latest methods and innovative ideas in the management functioning (Komninos,
2013).

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Q5. What will the appropriate context for an innovative trial depend upon?
Innovative trail for any product depends upon its profitability and safety. These are two major
components which decides either the innovation will succor the business in accomplishing its
objective or not? For example: any organization want to modify add new strategies or
methods in their functioning if it’s provides them methods to enhance their productivity and
reputation. Various published reports have concluded that many organizations develop
innovation without the clear view about the market condition. So, the intrinsic mission behind
developing any innovation should be clear by the higher authorities of the business. Apart
from this, innovation trail also depends upon the strong thinking and assumptions of its
developers. As, innovation can be a liability if the process and trail is not perfectly managed
within an organization. With the effective leadership and management, innovative ideas can
get a shape and can lead to the successful implementation, increased profits, inspiring
employees, taking initiatives, etc. In simple words, these are general and most important
aspects of the innovation trail which can leads to the successful implementation. However,
innovation trail in the organization may lead to the broader context. This also includes
creativity and innovation in practice by the team managers and senior authorities (Smith,
Fressoli & Thomas, 2014).

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Q6. Iidentify five aspects of organizational innovation that gaps or barriers may relate
to.
 Lack of resources:
An organization faces challenges of lack of resources and time. Due to this they fail to
introduce new concepts in the business cycle. It is advisable that an organization
should keep major funds while introducing new technology or while modifying
existing technology.
 Lack of collaboration:
Internal business conflicts and budget allocation cannot facilitate collaboration among
team. Conflicts even more arises when the new innovation resultant failure in the
market.
 Lack of focus:
Lack of focus resultant in wastage of time and efforts of the innovation and research
department. Many times, research department get confused when new innovation
approaches in the market.
 Short-term thinking:
Many organizations only focus on earning short term earning because they are under
the pressure to deliver short term results. However, an organization should focus on
the long-term observation of innovation instead of short term.
 Lack of leadership:
Innovation can be destructive or resultant in failure if chief executives, directors,
trustees and senior authorities do not support them (Stilgoe, Owen & Macnaghten,
2013).

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Q7. Discuss at least five different techniques that can be used to generate system
concepts and options. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of each of your
examples.
Example of different techniques and measures that can be utilized to generate system
concepts and options are:
Brainstorming: This procedure includes countless answers for a particular issue. Thus, it can
help in generating system, concepts and opinions with accentuation being on the quantity of
thoughts. Over the span of conceptualizing, there is no evaluation of thoughts. In this way, an
individual’s organization can stand up their thoughts uninhibitedly unafraid of analysis.
Advantages of brainstorming is that it manages the thoughts and ideas about innovation.
Disadvantages of this is ideas being forgotten if they are not written down properly.
Mind mapping: This is the graphical procedure for envisioning associations between different
snippets of data or thoughts. Every reality or thought is recorded and afterward associated by
bends or lines to its minor or major (past or following) certainty or thought, in this manner
assembling a snare of connections. Advantage of this is that expectation behind mind
mapping catch consideration and outline data to empower sharing of ideas and thoughts.
Disadvantage of this is mind-mapping can be difficult to read for unskilled person (Vaccaro,
Jansen & Volberda, 2012).
Attribute listing: It is a scientific way to deal with perceive new types of a framework or item
by distinguishing/perceiving zones of progress. Advantage of this is to make sense of how to
upgrade a specific item, it is broken into parts, physical highlights of every segment are
noted, and all elements of every segment are disclosed and concentrated to see whether any
change or recombination would harm or improve the item. Disadvantage of this is that
attribute listing only shown specific parts rather than complete scenario.

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Scamper: Scamper is a thought age strategy that uses activity action words as upgrades.
Advantage of scamper is that it is an abbreviation with each letter representing an activity
action word which thusly represents a brief for inventive thoughts. Disadvantage of this is
words or acronyms can be misunderstood when another person or another company tries to
understand it from previous company (Vaccaro, Jansen & Volberda, 2012).
Synectics: Synectics is an innovative thought age and critical thinking system that stimulates
points of view that the subject may not know about. It is a way of moving toward critical
thinking and inventiveness in an objective way. Advantage of this is that it encourages
creative process and innovation. Disadvantage of this is that it develops enormous
dentifications.

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Q8. What steps are involved when developing a plan for a new system? Explain each
step in detail.
Step1: System generation and mobilization
Ideas are created during the process of generation. Process of mobilization starts when idea
transferred to another department or transferred to senior authorities. In other words,
generation of the idea or innovation in the mind is the first step.
Step2: Screening of the idea or system.
Screening helps evaluating an idea to measure its potential, benefits and disadvantages. It
also helps in getting refinement. Research and development team generates feedback about
the assumptions and innovation in this step.
Step 3: Experimentation
Under this stage an innovation or system get tested with prototype or pilot test. In this part,
merit of an idea is not tested but its sustainability is tested. Time is the important element in
this stage because adequate time is allocated to the invention if its fail then management
should switch to another idea (Komninos, 2013).
Step 4: Commercialization
The main purpose of commercialization is to create market value of an innovation or idea by
focusing on its potential impact. This steps also includes packaging of an idea with other idea
or system.

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Step 5: Implementation
Action are start taking on the implementation of an idea or system. Under this step, all
official approval is taken by the senior management. Research and development team can
start their operations on the particular idea (Komninos, 2013).

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