GEOG4079 Leadership and Management in Practice

Innovation Report Briefing and Guidance

Checklist for submitting your Innovation Report.

1.    Have you completed the cover sheet correctly and included a ‘wet signature’?

2.    Have you met all the University of Nottingham marking criteria sufficiently? Make sure that you refer to the University of Nottingham criteria – available in this document on page 2.

For example:

•    how and where have you engaged with a plurality of ideas,

•    how have you challenged existing arguments,

•    have you developed independent conclusions based on your evaluation of the evidence,

•    is your proposal innovative, have you used the creative thinking techniques introduced on the module to develop your thinking, is your proposal original,

•    is your report clear and concise,

•    in what ways is your report persuasive and engaging?

3.    Have you met all the ILM criteria sufficiently? Make sure that you refer to the ILM assessment criteria for each question – as shown throughout this document.

4.    Have you included evidence of all your creative thinking and evaluation activities in the appendices? Remember that this can be done with photographs and/or screen shots of digital assets.

5.    Have you included evidence of your stakeholder analysis activities (stakeholder map and impact/influence diagram) in the appendices?

6.    Have you cited all your sources of information correctly within the text of your report?

7.    Have you included all your sources of information (those you have cited AND those you have read) in the References section of the Innovation Report?

8.    Have you met the word count for the University of Nottingham assessment correctly – remember that tables and the Appendices are NOT included in the word count.

Guidance for completing the Innovation Report

Use the guidance provided here to help you to focus your attention appropriately – this will help you to meet the University of Nottingham marking criteria AND the ILM assessment criteria.

University of Nottingham Marking Criteria for the Innovation Report.

This rubric is designed to guide you in the preparation of your Innovation Report

This assessment task particularly develops the. MSc ELM Graduate Learning Characteristic #1: “Can influence and facilitate change”, in particular, Characteristic 1.1 “Construct, articulate and an evidenced and persuasive argument”, and Characteristic 1.2 “Adapt the ways in which you present and articulate ideas and arguments for different audiences”.

You can use the questions in the checklist above to help you decide the extent to which you think you have met the aspects of assessment shown in the table below.

Section 1: Explain the importance of innovation for the University of Nottingham (ILM AC 1.1: 8 marks)

This is a really good place for you to demonstrate your levels of critical thinking and show how much you understand about the importance of innovation, with particular reference to the University of Nottingham. In terms of the University marking criteria you can show your ability to engage with a plurality of ideas, challenge existing arguments and develop independent conclusions based on relevant evidence with this answer.

In terms of the ILM you will need to make sure that you meet the pass criteria shown in the table below (and avoid the refer criteria).

Make sure that you relate your answer to the University of Nottingham and to the higher education sector. Include examples of innovative practices from the those provided in the lecture, recommended further reading and from your own personal investigations.

There is no need to explain what innovation is – the key part of this question is to explain why innovation is important to the University. See the table below for a reminder of what ILM is looking for when it asks you to explain something. Essentially an explanation should include discussion on reasons – in this case the reasons why innovation is important to the University.

For the ILM this question is worth 8 marks (out of 100) so shouldn’t be more than two or three paragraphs of your report.