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Portfolio and Observation
Qualification Code BSB61218
Qualification Name Advanced Diploma of Program Management
Unit Code BSBMGT608
Unit Name Manage innovation and continuous improvement
Submission Information
Student’s name Julimar Rodrigues dos Santos
Student Agreement
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Plagiarism declaration
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other person. I have referenced resources and text throughout the submission. I have not plagiarized or copied any of
the assessment. I understand that if I am found to be in breach of this, disciplinary action may be taken against me as
outlined in the Student Assessment Policy which is available at www.aischool.edu.au
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Declaration: I declare that I have conducted a fair, valid, reliable and flexible assessment with this
student, and I have provided the appropriate feedback.
Signature: Date: / /
Declaration: I declare that I have been assessed in this unit, have been advised of my result and
provided with feedback. I have been advised of and am aware of my appeal rights.
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Introduction
This assessment task is the two of two tasks you are required to complete as part of this unit.
Students are reminded:
To achieve a Satisfactory (S) result you will need to attempt all questions.
Unanswered questions will cause the assessment to be Not Yet Satisfactory (NYS).
A NYS assessment will need to be re-submitted before the end of the term.
You are required to attend the Assessment Intervention Program (AIP) in Week 11 for any NYS
resulted assessment or assessments
Any assessment not attempted will be recorded as a withdrawn.
By not achieving Satisfactory (S) result in all your assessments in the term you are at risk of not
completing your course.
Assessments are graded using the following guidelines:
o If you do not submit an assessment you will be graded as Not Attempted (NA)
o Any percentage result under 50% will be graded as Not Yet Satisfactory (NYS)
o Any percentage result equal to or higher than 50% will be graded as Satisfactory (S)
o Assessment 1 & 2 must have a Satisfactory result to achieve overall Competency (C)
This assessment forms part of a suite of two assessments that you will complete in fulfilment of the
requirements for the unit BSBMGT608 Manage innovation and continuous improvement. You are
required to complete all tasks satisfactorily to demonstrate overall competence in this unit.
Portfolio
As part of any unit of competency you study, you will be required to gain and demonstrate practical
skills that underpin the performance of the job tasks you will complete when you enter the beauty
industry after your graduation. This task is designed to provide you with the opportunity to showcase
the skills you have gained as you have studied the unit BSBMGT608 Manage innovation and
continuous improvement by providing documentary evidence of a selection of work tasks you have
completed. This method of assessment has been selected because it is a simple and effective way of
providing evidence of the skills you have gained and your ability to use those skills to undertake
specific practical tasks.
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Observation
As part of any unit of competency you study, you will be required to gain and demonstrate practical
skills that underpin the performance of the job tasks you will complete when you enter the beauty
industry after your graduation. This task is designed to provide you with the opportunity to showcase
the skills you have gained as you have studied the unit BSBMGT608 Manage innovation and
continuous improvement and your ability to use them in a real-life situation. This method of
assessment has been selected because it is a simple and effective way of providing evidence of the
skills you have gained and your ability to use those skills in a work situation.
review an organisation’s systems and processes and identify potential improvements and/or
innovations that will assist the organisation achieve their goals, and
Assessment context
This assessment will take place in your own time once you have gained enough knowledge about the
subject matter to undertake this assessment. You are permitted to reference your learning materials
and undertake any additional research as you believe will benefit you. Your assessor will inform you of
the due date for this assessment and you are encouraged to record it below:
Due Date: _______________________________
OR
Your assessor will provide a dedicated class session for completion of this assessment. You are
permitted to reference your learning materials and undertake any additional research as you believe
will benefit you. Your assessor will inform you of the class date for this assessment and you are
encouraged to record it below:
Due Date: _______________________________
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Assessment Task
This assessment task consists of three major parts.
Part A (12 marks/ )
For this part of the assessment task, you will identify an organisation and review its programs,
systems and processes for the purpose of identifying potential areas of improvement.
To complete this assessment task, you will need to select an organisation on which this assessment is
to be based. You can select from either of the following organisations:
Australasia International School, or
Australasia International School Beauty Salon
It is important that you select the organisation carefully as the organisation you select here cannot be
changed.
For Part A, you will need to:
1. Select the organisation on which you will base this assessment task.
2. Download the Continuous Improvement and Innovation Plan template.
3. Investigate the selected organisation, this will involve:
a. Identifying key stakeholders
b. Interviewing key stakeholders to understand the organisation’s goals, programs, systems
and processes.
c. Identify ‘pain points’ or areas within the business where improvements could be made.
4. Use the Continuous Improvement and Innovation Plan template to guide your interviews with
stakeholders and the information you need to collect.
5. Complete Part A of the Continuous Improvement and Innovation Plan template (located in
Appendix A).
Part B (8 marks/ )
For this part of the assessment task you will facilitate a brainstorming session for the purpose of
identifying potential improvements or innovations relevant to your selected organisation. Once the
brainstorming session is completed, you will need to complete Appendix B of the Continuous
Improvement and Innovation Plan.
For Part A, you will need to:
1. Organise a brainstorming session with between 3- 6 other students.
2. Conduct the brainstorming session, ensuring you:
a. Brief the group on the importance of continuous improvement and/or innovation as a
means of maintaining competitive advantage and business sustainability.
b. Establish and promote positive relationships with all group members.
c. Promote interaction and discussion between members of the group.
d. Encourage new ideas.
e. Respond appropriately to less useful ideas so as not to inhibit the discussion.
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Feedback to Student
Assessor Name:
Assessor Signature:
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During your observation of the students brainstorming What did you observe to support this
session, did the student demonstrate the following: conclusion?
Feedback to Student
Assessor Name:
Assessor Signature:
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Feedback to Student
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Organisational The organisation offers beauty services in its best quality (1 mark/ )
summary
Key goals and Satisfy our clients with our products and services and provide them a great experience. (1 mark/ )
objectives
Processes The Salon has a phone booking system and also an online system via our website. We mentor our employees to give our clients the
and systems better experience we can. We like to know if this objective is being followed by taking a customer satisfaction survey, and every time it
doesn’t we have a conversation with our employees to know what happened and where we can go better
o (2 marks/ )
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Current o The organisation is not performing as expected in the current year. It was a hard year due to the COVID19 pandemic and we
performance even had a financial loss, it’s being really hard to achieve our targets
(2 marks/ )
Trends o Considering that we had some difficulties this year in comparison with the previous ones, we need establish some new plan to
attend our goals. As the pandemic is being controlled in Australia, the trend for the beauty activities is that this year things
comes back to normal. As people are staying more at home, we can take advantage of the growth in the visibility that the online
marketing is having and invest more in that. By analysing these factors we can try to improve in technology and stay tuned to the
innovations that are impacting our sector, such as Sustainable packing and expanding inclusive beauty. (2 marks/ )
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Idea 4 Staff training
o Enhance the staff abilities
o Improve our customer service
o Give some specific training
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Introduction (1 mark/ )
This Change Management Plan is related to an improvement of our services. It is an attempt to look
for our weak spots and see where we can go better.
Purpose (1 mark/ )
This Change Management Plan looks for improving the organizational sales and reach our
financial goals and it’s also looking to develop a better relationship with our customers. We
expect that the changes can make us grow as a company and possibly supply all of our
pointed weaknesses.
Impact Analysis
The changes will impact on our costs as we need to invest in hiring professional courses. Also our
marketing staff responsibilities and roles will be impacted and our stakeholders interests will be more
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effectively attended (1 mark/
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Risk Management: SWOT analysis (4 marks/ )
<Conduct a SWOT analysis and include the results in the spaces below.>
Strengths Weaknesses
-Following up the business trends -Marketing activities has been low recently
-Quick adaptation
(1 mark/ )
(1 mark/ )
Opportunities Threats
(1 mark/ )
(1 mark/ )
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Risk management plan (2 marks per plan - minimum two plans) (4 marks/ )
<Complete the risk management plan based on the potential risks involved in implementing the change. Copy and paste more tables as needed.>
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What information should be distributed to this stakeholder and what concerns should be addressed?
Owner - He has to receive every information about how the project is going and every concern we have
must be addressed to him so he can take decisions
Staff - They must be informed about the course dates and others steps that involves them. They
should concern about learning the most they can
(1 mark/ )
Describe the engagement strategy or method that will be used to communicate the information?
Owner - Show reports weekly
Staff - Meetings
(1 mark/ )
What are the most important times/phases for engaging this stakeholder and how should this
stakeholder be engaged? (1 mark/ )
Owner - He should be engaged in planning to approve the project and at the end to see the results
Staff - The most important part will be the course because is where they’re going to learn
How would you manage this stakeholder’s performance to ensure productive participation in the
project, as required? (1 mark/ )
Owner - Discussing at meetings
Staff - Analyzing the results
<Detail the specific activities that you undertake to communicate the changes to the relevant
stakeholders. For example. ‘distribute and email’.
For each activity listed, identify the stakeholder group/s the communication would be directed to and
outline the information that you would include in the communication.
Copy and paste the tables as you need.>
Communication Activity 1
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Timing During the entire project, especially when there’s a new phase coming
up
(0.5 mark/ )
Key message Keep them updated about any changes. Be aware of how the results
are going on
(0.5 mark/ )
Communication Activity 2
Key message Be supportive and helpful with the staff during their training. Ask for
feedbacks while the project is running
(0.5 mark/ )
Implementation methods
-Simulations
-Execute the plan step by step
(1 mark/ )
Implementation activities
<Outline the activities that need to be completed for the change/innovation to be implemented.>
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Process Schedule
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Post-implementation plan
<Detail the assets and steps necessary to complete the change. Consider once the change is
implemented how you will ensure the change is adopted and integrated into the culture. Consider
rewards and reinforcement strategies, ongoing communication, stakeholder involvement and
management commitment.>
First, we need to check if the staff adapted to the changes by applying forms and tests. Second, we
will check the financial results of the organisation to see if the goals have been achieved. And then we
will check if the website is having good rate of access and give rewards to the team. And ensure the
commitment of the manager and stakeholders.
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Approval (1 mark/ )
<List approving parties and obtain required signatures.>
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