Contents

• The general imperatives in this industry sector
• The change in the last (5) to ten (10) years
• The Innovation imperatives faced by the BHP Billiton
• BHP Billiton Current level of Innovation
• Comparison with Innovative organizations
• The current vision and strategy address the need for innovation
• Components contained in Vision
• The innovation strategy differ from corporate strategy
• The extent is innovation currently a core business process
• The aspects of the organization and its environment currently support innovation
• Among them which is most Critical
• Avenues for learning in BHP Billiton
• Additional for the avenue of the organization
• The extent of the organization able to continuously innovate and change
• Overall Change Process
• Barriers and Enablers to change
• Internal and External Communications
• Leadership and change agent roles
• Project management and measurement requirements
• References

Description

This assignment is based on the following requirement –
For this assignment you are to critically evaluate your chosen organisation's current innovation position with respect to the following five areas.
Part 1: The organisation's need for innovation
Points to consider:
• What are the general imperatives in this industry sector?
• How have these changed in the last five (5) to ten (10) years?
• What specific Innovation imperatives face your chosen organisation?
• What is the organisation's current level of Innovation?
• How does this compare with other more innovative organisations?
Part 2: The organisation's vision and strategy for innovation
Points to consider:
• How well does the current vision and strategy address the need for innovation?
• What components does the vision contain?
• Does the innovation strategy differ from corporate strategy?
Part 3: Context, competencies and culture for innovation
Points to consider:
• To what extent is Innovation currently a core business process?
• Which aspects of the organisation and its environment currently support innovation?
• Which of these are most critical and why?
Course Profile for: HRMT20019, 2011 Term One - Page 10
Part 4: Learning for innovation
Points to consider:
• What avenues for learning currently exist in the organisation?
• Which additional ones are most likely to be of value for the organisation and why?
• To what extent is the organisation able to continuously innovate and change?
Part 5: Potential change management issues
Points to consider:
• overall change process
• barriers and enablers to change
• internal and external communications
• leadership and change agent roles
• project management and measurement requirements.