Aim
The aim of the position paper to assess student ability to critically discuss the issues and
supported with literature.
Course Learning Outcome
Your project needs to capture and illustrate the change process in an organization. This project
related to the following the MGMT1 Course Learning Outcome (CLO) as follows:
1. Manage change within organizations; distinguish between innovation and improvement
in organizations. – CLO 3).
2. Apply the processes and techniques which contribute to innovative thinking for
themselves and for their employees – CLO 4).
3. Solve problems associated with the development of innovative products and services and
leading organizational change – CLO 5).
Responsibilities
1. Student expected to produce Position Paper 1 based on CLO 3 – “Manage change
within organizations; distinguish between innovation and improvement in organizations” and
the requirement as follows:
Storyline:
order in human history, affecting an estimated 5,590,376 million people. Now, within just a few
months, global cases of the virus (as of May 26, 2020) with 347,915 deaths. Most countries with
community transmission have closed schools and cancelled mass gatherings and some borders
have been closed. The World Health Organization [WHO] officially declared the outbreak a
pandemic. The WHO is cautiously optimistic about containing the virus, but the impact on the
economy may dent that optimism more profoundly than the worrying global health implications
of the virus itself. Markets have plummeted due to fears of a coronavirus–driven recession, travel
restrictions and quarantines are affecting hundreds of millions of people, disrupting just–in–time
supply chains and triggering sales warnings across technology, automotive, consumer goods,
pharmaceutical and other industries.
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education, social, economy, business practices, science and technology [including AI], and
healthcare sector.
2. Position Paper 2, based on CLO 4 – “Apply the processes and techniques which
contribute to innovative thinking for themselves and for their employees”. The requirement as
follows:
Storyline:
The major disruption of COVID–19 pandemic hits the global economy in a massively
accelerated timeframe. Suddenly we are looking glass: the horizons are turned around, and a
world envisioned only by futurists is playing out in real–time on data terminals, social network
feeds, and television screens. Almost overnight, fashion houses scramble to convert production
lines to make surgical masks, automotive companies to produce ventilators, and brewers and
perfume house to make hand sanitizer. Now the world that used to be the first one: the one where
people can leave their houses to go to cafes and movie theatres, go shopping and purchase non–
essential goods, and travel domestically and internationally more or less freely will face new–
normal activities.
Discussion:
Explain the efforts that had been implemented by the UAE government to flatten the spread of COVID–19 virus, and its positive impact.
Based on teaching materials provided in this course, propose an innovative mechanism/techniques/strategy or new
framework [your own innovative and creative idea] that can be invented during and post–
COVID–19.
Notes: The various process and technique have been explained by Instructor in tutorial and
also can be found in most of innovative thinking text book. What is expected is, thinking
outside the box from student mind and idea of other process and technique. It may contribute
from student intuition or from other empirical studies cited from journal.
3. For the last paper, Position Paper 3 (CLO5), the discussion emphasis on – “Discuss
various challenges and problems associated in developing an innovative product or services or
process that ultimately leading to organizational change”. The requirement as follows:
Storyline:
The danger we face with COVID–19 is that after outbreaks are no longer in the
headlines, epidemic readiness is frequently displaced on budgets and high–level agendas in favor
of more immediate and visible priorities. But new outbreaks are certain to occur, and without
sustained attention and financing, they are likely to again provoke panic. A new public–private
framework is needed to understand and communicate the effects of epidemics. Businesses are
ideally situated to contribute to pandemic preparedness and response, potentially averting losses
to their bottom lines and populations at large. Through their ability to affect their employees’
behavior, as well as through their sophisticated communications infrastructure and capacity to
lobby and partner with governments, firms can be important participants in responding to the
threat of outbreaks.
Discussion: Investigate various challenges and problem that the UAE government with Post–
COVID–19 with new–normal situation.