About the Course

A team that is motivated and sustained will be able to innovate. In order to sustain a team, the members need to be motivated, feel safe and have a sense of belonging. In order to motivate a team, they must have a sense of autonomy and control over their work. They also need to feel like they are making an impact on the company as well as themselves. A self-directed team is one that has the ability to make decisions on their own without being told what to do or how it should be done. This gives them more ownership over their work which leads them to becoming more engaged in their work.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this unit, the learner will be able to identify areas for continuous improvement and apply strategies to facilitate, motivate and sustain initiative and innovation in the team while also being able to identify, evaluate and measure risks associated with innovation and taking initiative at a team level.

Course Coverage

• Importance of continuous improvement at the workplace

• Motivation concepts/techniques to lead and motivate teams to increase initiative and innovation and their characteristics

• Types of innovation and their characteristics

• Sources of innovative opportunities

• Tools and techniques to increase team�s ability to develop creative ideas for innovation and their features

• Methods for building and sustaining a culture of innovation, initiative and enterprise among team members

• Modes of communication for effective sharing of lessons and their features

• Advantages of a self-directed work team to the organisation

Target Audience

The job role(s)/ occupations that this unit would be relevant to may include all Occupational roles in all industries, although the primary target audience would be those with some responsibilities for the work of others, usually related to an organizational sub-set of functions.