ASSESSMENT TASK
Following your proposed innovative and entrepreneurial strategy aimed at increasing funding sustainability for your organisation (in your report), you have been given an opportunity by the Board to deliver a 6-minute PowerPoint presentation of the practical implementation plan of this your proposed innovative and entrepreneurial strategy.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Your presentation will be assessed with reference to the below criteria, based on ARU Level 7 generic grading criteria.
- A clearly set out strategic aim of proposition (10 marks)
- Relevance of proposition to the current situation of the organisation – that is, the justification for your proposition (40 marks).
- Robust practical implementation plan – does not require financial information g. cashflow (40 marks)
- Overall presentation quality (10 marks)
PRESENTATION STRUCTURE
Your proposed innovative and entrepreneurial strategy presentation must include the following:
- Aim of proposed innovative and entrepreneurial strategy
- Relevance/justification to the current situation of the organisation
- Summary of any relevant analyses carried out to test the viability of this proposition
- Implementation Plan
- Any other relevant information
READING REQUIREMENT
Johnson, G., Whittington, R., Scholes, K., Angwin, D. and Regner, P. 2023. Exploring Strategy-Text and Cases. [13th edition] Harlow, UK: Pearson Education Ltd. Available through Kortext and/or ARU Library
Ratten, V. 2022. Managing Innovation in Organisations: Fostering An Entrepreneurial Approach. (1st
Edition). Springer Nature. Available through Kortext and/or ARU Library
Ho, M., Linnenluecke, M., Verreynne, M. 2018. Organisational Resilience and the Entrepreneurial Firm (7th Edition). Emerald. Available through Kortext and/or ARU Library
Harvard Business Review, Porter, M.E., Kim, W.C. and Mauborgne, R.A. (2011) HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter). Boston: Harvard Business Review Press.
Kim, W. Chan., Mauborgne, R. (2015) Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, Mass.
Kuratko, D. F. (2019) Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice, 11th edn., South Western College Publishing.
Tidd, J. and Bessant, J.R. (2021) Managing Innovation: Integrating technological, market and organizational change, Wiley, Chichester.
McKinsey& Co (2022) Choosing to grow: The leader’s blueprint. Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/choosing-to-grow- the-leaders-blueprint (Accessed 21 June 2023)
Online Source – Intensity of Innovation in Public Sector Organisations: The Role of Push and Pull Factor – https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/padm.12617