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BU7069 Assessment Structure Guide

The BU7069 Assessment requires a 4000-word portfolio focusing on innovation in health and social care, structured into four parts: examining innovation drivers and barriers, proposing an innovation strategy based on a case study, reflecting on the innovator's role, and discussing future directions for innovation. Each section includes specific guidelines for content, analysis, and application of relevant theories and models. The assessment also emphasizes the importance of proper formatting and submission guidelines.

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BU7069 Assessment Structure Guide

The BU7069 Assessment requires a 4000-word portfolio focusing on innovation in health and social care, structured into four parts: examining innovation drivers and barriers, proposing an innovation strategy based on a case study, reflecting on the innovator's role, and discussing future directions for innovation. Each section includes specific guidelines for content, analysis, and application of relevant theories and models. The assessment also emphasizes the importance of proper formatting and submission guidelines.

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BU7069 Assessment – 4000-word Portfolio

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assignment submission.
Assessment Task:
Part 1: Innovation in Health and Social Care
Critically examine innovation in the health and social care sector, evaluating the drivers and
barriers for innovation and enterprise for the enhancement of health and social care service
delivery.
Part 2: Innovation of a Health and Social Care Service
Propose and justify appropriate decisions and strategies for the implementation of an
innovation in a health and social care organisation through the application of innovation
theories and models. To do this you are to propose an innovation in a health and social care
organisation using ONE of the case studies in Section D of the Assessment Brief.
Part 3: Self Reflection of your role as an Innovator
Critically reflect on your learning on the module and experience of innovation in health and
social care. Using a reflective model, analyse your role in bringing innovation to your
current/future work environment.
Part 4: Future of Innovation in Health and Social Care
Examine the future directions for innovation in the health and social care sector and provide
recommendations for healthcare providers and policy makers to promote innovation to
improve outcomes for patients and service users, providers, and communities.
Assessment Structure Guide:
Introduction
• Outline the aim of your assignment.
• Provide brief context to the selected healthcare organization you have chosen.
• Provide a brief overview of the structure of your assignment and what you will be discussing.

Part 1: Innovation in Health and Social Care (Approx 500 words)


• Discuss why innovation is important in health and social care.
• Examine the various types of innovation in health and social care including digital innovations.
Analyse examples of innovation in health and social care.
• Discuss the opportunities and drivers for innovation in health and social care, including advances
in technology, new models of care, changes in the external environment and increased patient
and service user needs.
• Analyse the main challenges facing innovation and new enterprises in health and social care,
including regulatory barriers, funding constraints, and resistance to change.
• Refer to the resources in Session 1 to support you with this section.
Part 2: Innovation of a Health and Social Care Service (Approx 2000 Words)
• Provide an overview of the case study you have chosen for your healthcare organisation.
• Outline the innovation you have proposed for your selected case study. You should discuss the
type of innovation you are proposing (product, process, paradigm, position - 4P’s of Innovation
Space).
• Justify why this innovation idea was proposed, briefly discussing the drivers for the innovation,
and how it will help to improve the delivery of a health or social care service in your selected
case study.
• Apply the Tidd and Bessant Innovation Process Model: Search, Select, Implement and Capture.

Search
• How did you search for the innovation opportunity?
• Knowledge push or Need Pull? Incremental or Radical? Explore or Exploit?
• Did open innovation play a role in proposing this innovation - patient and employee driven
innovation?
• Changes in the external environment - PESTEL Analysis
• Impact of industry competition - Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis
• Refer to the resources in Session 2 and 3 to support you with this section.

Select
• How did you decide on what you were going to innovate and why?
• Evaluate the internal competencies, resources and knowledge in your selected healthcare
organisation - VRIO Framework and SWOT Analysis.
• Does the proposed innovation align with your selected healthcare organisation’s overall mission
and purpose?
• What were your results of using the Innovation Idea Scorecard which assessed the feasibility,
suitability, adaptability, and potential risks of your innovation?
• Refer to the resources in Session 3 to support you with this section.

Implement
• How are you going to make the proposed innovation happen?
• How will you acquire the knowledge to implement the innovation? Is this using new or existing
knowledge available in your selected healthcare organisation?
• What resources and financial support will you need to execute the innovation? Where will you
access this?
• How will you involve and manage stakeholders, service users, patients in the implementation of
the innovation?
• How will you manage the adoption and diffusion of the innovation in your selected healthcare
organisation?
• Refer to the resources in Session 5 to support you with this section.

Capture
• How are you going to capture the value from your innovation?
• What value does your innovation create? Think about the triple bottom line theory, you can
create social value, environmental value and financial value.
• How does your innovation contribute to sustainability efforts and align with the UN SDG goals?
• How will you capture and measure the value you generate - Social Return on Investment (SROI)
Value Map.
• How will you scale your innovation and maximise the impact to ensure that your innovation is
sustainable and there is potential for wider adoption?
• Refer to the resources in Session 7 to support you with this section.
Part 3: Self Reflection of Your Role As An Innovator (Approx 1000 words)
• Apply ONE reflective model (Kolb, Gibbs, or Rolfe et al) to reflect on your experience of working
together in a group to propose an innovation in a health and social care organisation.
• Within your reflection you need to evaluate the attributes and skills of an innovator and change
maker in health and social care.
• In your reflection refer to your professional background and experience and/or future career
ambitions to progress in health and social care.
• Describe the context in which you currently operate or will operate as an innovator, including the
healthcare system, stakeholders, and patient populations you serve.
• Based on your self-reflection, identify SMART actions you will take to develop your employability
skills, knowledge, and personal attributes to become a more effective innovator and change
maker in health and social care.
• Refer to the resources in Session 8 to support you with this section.
Part 4: Future of Innovation in Health and Social Care (Approx 500 Words)
• Discuss the future directions for innovation in health and social care, including emerging trends
in technology, changing patient needs, and evolving healthcare systems.
• Provide recommendations for healthcare providers, policymakers, and researchers to promote
innovation and improve outcomes for patients, providers, and communities in the future.
Conclusion
• Summarise main arguments raised in the previous sections of the portfolio.
References
• List of your references in alphabetical order using APA 7th Edition.
• Make sure you have included citations for all Figures and Appendix items.
Appendices
• A copy of the presentation slides used in Formative Assessment.
• PESTLE Analysis, Porter’s 5 Forces, SWOT Analysis, VRIO Framework.
• Resources you completed in the workshops that have helped to develop your innovation such as
How-Now-Wow Matrix, Innovation Scorecard, SRIO Value Map.
• Screenshots of ALL AI prompts and responses used to prepare your assessment.

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