Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
MODULE TITLE: MANAGING PROJECTS FOR INNOVATION
OBJECTIVES
THE ASSIGNMENT HAS BEEN SET TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIRM KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT ISSUES IMPACTING THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO APPLY RELEVANT CONCEPTS TO PRACTICES
BRIEF
THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT BY HRH SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID THAT 2015 WILL BE THE YEAR OF INNOVATION HAS PUT GREAT PRESSURE ON MANY ORGANISATIONS IN THE UAE TO CHANGE. IN ADDITION, SETTING THE GOAL OF THE UAE BECOMING THE NUMBER ONE IN INNOVATION IN SEVEN YEAR TIME MEANT THAT BEING INNOVATIVE SHOULD BECOME THE NORM AND THE CHANGE WILL NOT BE SHORT TERM. ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN IMPLEMENTING A NEW IDEA (DESIGN, PROCESS, TECHNOLOGY, ..ETC) IN A PROJECT SHOULD THEN BE DIFFUSED AND SPREAD.
YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS TO INVESTIGATE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION IN PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN YOUR ORGANISATION (OR ONE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND DATA).
GUIDE
THIS GUIDE SHOULD PROVIDE DETAILED FRAMEWORK FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS
1. UNDERTAKE A LITERATURE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DRIVERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION AT PROJECT LEVEL IN YOUR ORGANISATION.
2. REVIEW AND CRITIQUE THE LITERATURE AND CONCEPTUAL MODELS THAT RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED TO EXPLAIN THE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION.
3. PROVIDE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF AT LEAST TWO CASE STUDIES OF PROJECTS WHERE INNOVATION WAS INTRODUCED AND EXPLAIN HOW THE INNOVATIVE IDEA(S) WAS DIFFUSED AND HOW SUCH APPROACH HAS IMPACTED THE SUCCESS OF THE INNOVATION. MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE A CONCEPTUAL MODEL DEVELOPED FROM ITEM 2 ABOVE TO EXPLAIN THE IMPACT THE CSFS HAD ON THE SUCCESS (OR FAILURE) OF THAT INNOVATION.
