Certificate of Leadership and Innovation is an online professional development course that helps you to implement innovative environments and practices to boost organisational productivity and longevity.
In this online leadership course, you will learn to build and lead teams, adapt the physical and psychological environment, select resources, and create learning opportunities to support innovative workplaces. You will also discover leadership, creativity and innovation theories and concepts.
On completion of this course, you will have an in-depth understanding of how to lead organisations with innovation.
Course Structure
Unit 1 - Establish innovative work environments
- Identify relevant stakeholders
- Impacts of innovations
- Innovation and change
- Organisational objectives and practices
- Goals and objectives
- Organisational practices
- Core values
- Evaluate current work conditions
- Evaluation
- Barriers and constraints
- Complacency
- Hierarchy
- Conditions that allow innovative practices
- Why innovate?
- Innovation and resources
- Tools and procedures
- Build and lead teams for innovation
- Supporting innovation
- Changes for the work environment
- Impacts of the changing work environment
- Development of ideas
- Selecting resources
- Assess the workplace to support innovation
- Adapting the physical and psychological environment
- Leaders encouraging innovation
- Reinforce the value of innovation
- Take risks to open up opportunities
- Celebrating and encouraging innovation
- Evaluating innovative ideas
- Sharing information knowledge
- Formal and informal leaning opportunities
- Learning from others
Unit 2 - Manage innovation and continuous improvement
- Teams and continuous improvement and innovation
- Effective work teams
- Communicating objectives, expectations and desired outcomes
- Evaluating the performance of critical systems
- Collecting and analysing data
- Evaluating business performance
- The balanced scorecard
- Conducting tests to make a diagnosis
- Using diagnostic models
- Input and output improvement
- Stakeholders
- Continuous improvement
- Active listening
- Problem solving
- Customer focus and quality control
- Quality assurance
- Change or improvement = risk
- Risk management
- Focus groups
- Economic models
- Trialling new ideas
- Mentoring team members
- Organisational barriers
- Structures and management behaviours that stifle initiative and innovation
- Contribution and role of the manager
- Improving the way things are done
- Operational plans
- Analysing performance and variances
- Best practice
- Supply chains
- Gap analysis
- Identifying improvement needs and opportunities
- Decision making and performance analysis
- Continuous improvement
- Developing idea
- Vertical thinking
- Lateral thinking
- Types of innovation
- Innovation traps
- Determining whether to innovate and make changes
- Managing change (proposals and plans)
- Contingency plans
- Investigating failure
- Fault tree analysis
- Event tree analysis
- Fishbone diagrams
- Knowledge management systems
- Data storage
- Lessons learnt
- Evaluating continuous improvement
- PDCA cycle (E.Deming/Shewhart)
- Cost benefit analysis
- Communicating changes
- Knowledge management systems
- Continuous improvement systems
- Creativity and innovation theories and concepts
- Critical thinking models
- Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Model
Unit 3 - Demonstrate leadership in the workplace
- Management performance
- Organisational requirements
- Qualities of positive management performance
- Modelling behaviours
- Proactivity
- Performance plans
- Linking performance management with goals
- Key performance indicators
- Performance gaps
- Setting standards
- Team contribution and behaviour
- Organisational standards and values
- Questioning organisational standards and values
- Vision and mission
- Personal credibility and integrity
- Credible managers
- Positive behaviours
- Organisational culture
- Management issues
- Gathering and organising information
- Processing data to generate useful information
- Validity and reliability of information
- Decision making processes
- Participative leaders
- Assessing risks, costs and decisions
- Action plans
- Monitor implementation
- Process controls
- Basic leadership theories (six primary theories)
- The trait theory
- Great man theory
- Behavioural theory
- Management theory
- Situational theory
- Relationship theory
- Common leadership styles
- Democratic theory
- Autocratic theory
- Strategic theory
- Laissez-faire leadership
- Transactional leadership
- Transformational leadership
- Coach-style leadership
- Bureaucratic leadership
Study Hours
Estimated duration 45 hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online
Assessment
Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.
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Graduation
A Certificate of Attainment and Statement of Results will be issued upon successful completion of this course.
How to Enrol
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Enrolling Multiple Staff?
To enrol multiple staff, please complete the Employer Enrolment Form. We’ll be in touch within 60 minutes during business hours!
Payment Options
Visa, Mastercard, BPAY and EFT/Direct Deposit. Please allow 1-2 Business days for processing for EFT and BPAY.
Course FAQs
Why Choose Australian Online Courses?
- Professional development that is widely recognised and respected;
- Improve your employment opportunities;
- Study online, anywhere via our elearning system;
- High-quality professional development programs written by industry experts;
- All course materials provided online – no textbooks to buy;
- Unlimited tutor support via email;
- We offer twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply);
- Course may be tax deductible; see your tax advisor.
Are there any entry requirements or pre-requisites?
There are no course or subject pre-requisites for entry into our programs. However, our professional development programs are generally intended for people over the age of 18. In some circumstances, enrolments from younger people may be considered. Please complete the AOC Parent Guardian Consent Form prior to enrolling and submit here.
Are there any computer requirements?
To study online with Australian Online Courses you will need a computer (desktop PC/laptop) running a current/updated operating system with reliable high-speed internet access. You will need to use the Google Chrome browser to access your course.
When can I start this course?
You can start within 60 minutes during business hours when you enrol and pay in full with a credit card!
Credit card: Within 60 mins during business hours.
BPAY: Within 1-2 working days.
Internet Banking: Within 1-2 working days.
Cheque/Money Order: Upon receipt of mailed cheque.
How is this course delivered?
This course is delivered online via our easy-to-navigate Learning Management System (LMS), where you will discover interactive online learning/written content, resources and assessment.
Do I need to attend classes or undertake any work placements?
No. All courses are delivered online via our LMS and there are no work placement requirements in this course.
What support can I expect from Australian Online Courses?
Unlimited tutor support is available throughout your studies via email only during business hours Monday to Friday. Our Administrative team are available Monday to Friday via email, live chat and telephone.
I am an international student. Can I enrol into this course?
Yes! We accept enrolments from individuals both within Australia and internationally; location is no barrier to entry into our programs.
Career Pathways
Future growth
Strong
Unemployment
Low
Professional Development for:-
- Leadership
- Management
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