Unit code: M/650/5331 : Principles of Research and Testing Innovative Ideas

Learning Outcomes

When awarded credit for this unit, a learner will: 

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of this learning outcome will require a learner to demonstrate that they can: 

1.1.     Describe the role and importance of innovation for research and testing ideas

1.2.    Demonstrate the characteristics of innovation theories that are applied in the workplace

1.3.     Describe the requirements of applying innovation theories in the workplace 

2.1.   Discuss the steps in the research process to test innovative ideas

2.2.   Describe the factors to be taken into consideration in testing innovative ideas and their potential impact

2.3   Restate the determinants of a creative personality 

3.1 .  Clarify techniques for developing individual and collective innovative thinking in the workplace

3.2. Restate measures of the effectiveness of innovative ideas (inputs, converting inputs into outputs (functions, operations, procedures), outputs and the external environment