BSBSTR401Promote innovation in team environments

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What an assessment for BSBSTR401 must cover

54 assessable components: 4 elements (21 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 16 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 9 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify opportunities to maximise innovation

  • 1.1Identify team requirements relating innovation
  • 1.2Determine team dynamic and own relationship with team
  • 1.3Assist in evaluating team requirements according to workplace policies and procedures
  • 1.4Assist in identifying team's current ways of working according to team objectives
  • 1.5Assist in identifying opportunities in areas for innovation
  • 1.6Assist in creating processes that allow team members to suggest options for innovation and innovative ideas

2 Organise and agree on effective ways of working

  • 2.1Identify ideas for ways of working better
  • 2.2Delegate responsibilities across the team, and encourage and reinforce team-based innovation
  • 2.3Agree and share responsibilities and confirm best use of team strengths and abilities
  • 2.4Schedule activities that allow time for thinking, challenging and collaboration
  • 2.5Establish reward and stimulation as an integral part of the team's way of working

3 Support and guide colleagues to promote innovation

  • 3.1Demonstrate behaviour that supports innovation within team
  • 3.2Create an environment for staff to proactively share information, knowledge and experiences with other team members
  • 3.3Dedicate time with team members to challenge and test ideas
  • 3.4Discuss and explore innovation ideas with other team members

4 Evaluate innovation ideas and promotion

  • 4.1Identify criteria to review successful innovation in the workplace
  • 4.2Share innovation successes and examples of successful innovation within own workplace
  • 4.3Reflect on implemented innovation ideas
  • 4.4Seek and respond to feedback from relevant stakeholders to generate discussion and identify improvements in promoting innovation
  • 4.5Discuss with relevant stakeholders the challenges of being innovative
  • 4.6Document feedback received for improvements in promoting innovation for future activities

Performance evidence

  • on at least two occasions assist a team to create an innovative team environment.
  • encourage others to contribute to innovation
  • identify ways of working
  • implement and communicate improvements
  • plan and schedule activities
  • reflect on activities, feedback and challenges to identity improvement options
  • model open and respectful communications
  • contribute to the make-up and rules of the team.

Knowledge evidence

  • types of innovation and their benefits
  • ways of working, including:
  • working hours
  • working spaces
  • agile working
  • workplace policies and procedures
  • internal and external factors that contribute to a team becoming and remaining innovative, including:
  • team characteristics
  • role of group dynamics and diversity
  • broader environmental factors
  • activities that can encourage and hinder innovation in a team, including:
  • allocation of time and activities
  • modelling behaviour
  • rewards and recognition
  • communications
  • feedback.

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Interprets and analyses textual information, from a wide range of sources, to identify information relevant to team activities
  • Writing: Uses clear language and formats appropriate for the audience to highlight and present specific information
  • Oral communication: Actively participates in verbal exchanges of ideas and elicits the views and opinions of team members by listening and questioning Uses clear language to clarify rules and roles relating to team activities in formal and informal situations
  • Numeracy: Interprets numeric information relevant to team activities
  • Planning and organising: Selects the appropriate form, channel and mode of communication for a specific purpose relevant to own role
  • Teamwork: Uses inclusive techniques to initiate, contribute and promote discussion amongst potentially diverse team members Recognises the importance of establishing and building effective working relationships
  • Planning and organising: Plans, sequences and prioritises tasks for efficient and effective outcomes
  • Problem solving: Uses problem-solving processes to address less predictable problems, and when appropriate, seeking input from others Contributes to continuous improvement of current work practices by applying basic principles of analytical and lateral thinking Reflects on outcomes and further explores own and the team's role in implementing innovation
  • Initiative and enterprise: Understands the nature and purpose of own role and how it affects others in the work context

Unit content sourced from training.gov.au — © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Auditori is not affiliated with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

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What does an assessment tool for BSBSTR401 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for BSBSTR401 needs to address all 54 unit components: 4 elements with 21 performance criteria, 8 performance evidence requirements, 16 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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