Innovation and Change Management in Health and Social Care

This module will encourage you to experience, think and reflect upon the nature of change, creativity and innovation within health and social care organisations. The module provides you with an advanced understanding of change in organisations where creativity and innovation emerge as a key challenge or represent a necessity. A variety of examples will be used but you will be expected to consider the application of creativity, change and innovation management in the context of health and social care organisations.

Most relevant theories are explored and used as interpretative lenses to deepen your understanding of cases of changes and transformations focused on creativity and innovation.

This module is delivered over five full day sessions.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:

• Understand various type of change and organisational learning
• Understand a wide range of theories and perspectives on creativity, collective creativity and innovation
• Evaluate the impact of creativity and innovation on organisational change and development
• Identify and analyse in-depth the key factors the influence creative processes
• Understand and discuss various practices and techniques of management of change
• Critically reflect on the key debates on change, creativity and innovation

You may apply for the module, provided you have:

• a relevant first degree, OR relevant professional experience or qualifications that demonstrates ability to study at level seven
• a minimum of one year post-registration experience
• current registration with the relevant UK or equivalent professional body: HCPC or equivalent registration, e.g. in case of doctors (GMC) and nurses (NMC)

Module Outline

Session 1 - Introduction on Change, Creativity and Innovation

The first session will introduce the module programme and the interrelated concepts of change, creativity and innovation. We will have an overview of these areas and discussing why creativity and innovation are vital.

Session 2 - Change and Organisational Learning

In this second session, we will analyse the different approaches to change and will discuss an organisational learning perspective. In particular, we will discuss different types of change, change agents, and learning dynamics.

Session 3 & 4 - Incremental and Radical Changes

In sessions 3 and 4, we will compare and contrast incremental and radical changes and how they have a different impact. We will review the main theories along with key methodologies, exploring case studies and developing activities and exercises.

Session 5 & 6 - Creativity in Organisations: From individual to collective and organisational creativity

In sessions 5 and 6, we will focus on creativity in organisations. We will explore all different levels of analysis related to creativity, starting with individual creativity and continuing with team creativity and organisational creativity.

Session 7 & 8 - Innovation and Innovation Management

In sessions 7 and 8, we will view innovation as the introduction of anything new in the environment in which an organisation operates. We will consider different models of innovation, approaches to organising for innovation and managerial practices.

Session 9 & 10 - New models of Collaboration and Conclusions

In sessions 9 and 10, we will consider how collaboration plays a crucial role in change and innovation. We will discuss for example key issues related to collaborative innovation, end user innovation and collaborative research.

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Assessment strategy

The assessment has been designed to allow you to explore areas of personal interest or clinical expertise:

• Report (20 per cent)
• Case analysis essay (80 per cent)

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We have guidance on making your application and the forms to download on our how to apply page.