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Unit Descriptor
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to lead a workplace team in ways that foster innovative work practices.
Application of the Unit
This unit applies to individuals leading work teams on individual projects or for work in general. The skills encompass the requirements for encouraging innovation within individual team members as well as a team as a whole. They include how to put a team together and keep it working well, how to structure work and monitor progress, how to ensure the team members have the information and skills they need and how to apply innovative work skills to the leadership role.
Licensing/Regulatory Information
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
Pre-Requisites
Nil
Employability Skills Information
This unit contains employability skills.
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
Elements and Performance Criteria
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Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the required skills and knowledge section and the range statement. Assessment of performance is to be consistent with the evidence guide. |
1. Organise team to maximise innovation. |
1.1.Analyse the performance requirements for the team . 1.2.Gather information about team members . 1.3.Acknowledge strengths and weaknesses of individual team members. 1.4.Assign team roles to ensure a match between work requirements and individual team members’ capacities. 1.5.Select team members to foster cross-fertilisation of ideas. |
2. Organise work assignments within team to facilitate innovative work practices. |
2.1.Structure and organise work to enable innovation. 2.2.Communicate work assignments to team members in ways that encourage and reinforce team based innovation. 2.3.Allocate tasks and activities to ensure the best use of team skills. 2.4.Ensure work assignments include timelines that allow for innovation. |
3. Provide guidance and coaching to team members on innovation in the workplace. |
3.1.Encourage team members to work collaboratively on work assignments. 3.2.Encourage team members to share work information, knowledge and experiences in their day-to-day work. 3.3.Encourage team members to seek external stimuli and knowledge and to set up and maintain networks. 3.4.Provide appropriate guidance to team members on the use of innovation in the workplace. 3.5.Coach team members to ensure they have the enabling skills to implement innovation in the workplace. |
4. Provide a model of innovative work practice. |
4.1.Share case studies and examples of the use and benefits of innovative work practices within teams with team members. 4.2.Ensure examples of the way innovative skills can be applied in the workplace are provided by the team leader. 4.3.Demonstrate the qualities of an effective team member , as team leader in working with the team. 4.4.Promote and reinforce the value placed by the organisation on innovation. |
5. Monitor the team’s ongoing use of innovative work practices. |
5.1.Actively encourage team members to reflect on team activities and opportunities for improvement and innovation. 5.2.Evaluate team activities based on feedback from team members, management, clients and other interested people. 5.3.Receive suggestions for work improvements in a positive manner, and act on them where appropriate. 5.4.Review and record evidence of the application of innovative work skills, and present findings as appropriate. 5.5.Review the innovation process and discuss and constructively analyse both positive and negative outcomes. |
6. Provide feedback on the use of innovative work skills. |
6.1.Debrief team members after work and training and evaluation exercises. 6.2.Discuss feedback from review processes within the team and use it to inform future planning. 6.3.Celebrate successful innovations and reward the team appropriately. 6.4.Discuss problems in the use of innovation in a constructive way. |
Required Skills and Knowledge
This section describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit. |
Required skills |
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Required knowledge |
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Evidence Guide
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, the range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package. |
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit |
Evidence of the following is essential:
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Context of and specific resources for assessment |
Assessment must ensure access to:
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Methods of assessment |
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
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Guidance information for assessment |
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended. |
Range Statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the performance criteria is detailed below. |
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Team may include: |
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Information may include: |
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Team members may: |
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Methods used to communicate may include: |
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Ways to encourage and reinforce team-based innovation may include: |
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External stimuli and knowledge may come from: |
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Guidance may include: |
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Qualities of an effective team member may include capacity to be: |
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Feedback may be sought and given: |
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Clients may include: |
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Evidence may include: |
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Suggestions for work improvements may be received from: |
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Training and evaluation may: |
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Rewards and promotion of innovation may include: |
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Unit Sector(s)
Cross-Sector
Competency field
Quality and Innovation