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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Leading Transformational Change and Innovation

SMP807 · Entrepreneurship and Innovation — Week 5 of 16

CourseSMP807
Week5 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Leading Transformational Change and Innovation

  1. Ambidextrous leadership models
  2. Psychological safety in experimental cultures
  3. Overcoming cognitive inertia and stakeholder resistance
  4. Organizational change management architectures
  5. Falling Forward: The Science of Learning from Mistakes w/ Amy Edmondson

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Critically explore how to lead others to positively embrace innovation and change.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically explore how to lead others to positively embrace innovation and change.

Study materials

Videos

  • Falling Forward: The Science of Learning from Mistakes w/ Amy Edmondson · YouTube · Wharton School · 35 min · for registered students
  • Making transformational change work · YouTube · The King's Fund · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Leading Large Scale Change: a practical guide (NHS England, 2018) · PDF · Other, guidance; 123 pages · for registered students
  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.322 Leading Organizations II (Fall 2003) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 14: Organizational Structure and Change · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 593–639 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Enterprise Typologies and Global Ecosystems
  • Week 2: Entrepreneurial Profiling and Competency Evaluation
  • Week 3: Systemic Creativity and Innovation Ecosystems
  • Week 4: Appraisal of Innovative Management Concepts
  • Week 5: Leading Transformational Change and Innovation
  • Week 6: Venture Opportunity Identification and Analysis
  • Week 7: Operational and Market Feasibility Testing
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Financial Forecasting and Valuation Techniques
  • Week 10: Strategic Business Plan Synthesis
  • Week 11: Strategic Control and Governance Mechanisms
  • Week 12: Applying Entrepreneurship and Innovation in practice: case …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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