Develop an evidence-based business case for a proposed service improvement.

Length:   Staged assessment 8000 words equivalent.

It is permissible to exceed the stated word limit by up to 10%, without penalty. Assignments which exceed these limits are liable to be penalised by the deduction of 5 marks per 1000 words excess (e.g. If a 1000 word assignment, 5 marks off for 1101-2000 words, 10 marks off for 2101-3100 words, and so on).

 

 

Specific Guidelines:

 

  • Stage 1 – Complete a justification and mini literature review relating to an issue that requires improvement.

 

  • Stage 2 – Devise an artefact/tool that will improve the identified problem, produce a power point and use the power point to pitch the artefact/tool to peers, service users and lecturers in small groups.

 

  • Stage 3– Critically discuss the leadership and change theories that would be used to support the innovation process. Your work should draw upon key policy drivers, leadership styles, change theory and models, current supporting research studies and should use the required APA referencing format.

 

Learning outcomes

 

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

 

  1. Critically evaluate an identified need for a service specific innovation.
  2. Appraise a range of innovation strategies and models to be used as a framework for decision making.
  3. Develop an evidence-based business case for a proposed service improvement.
  4. Develop an artefact for a proposed service improvement and pitch this in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the innovation.
  5. Justify and critique the decision-making strategies used to develop the service improvement.

 

Further Information

 

Drafts

Please refer to the Faculty Drafts Policy, which can be found on your Programme Page.

 

Confidentiality

Please refer to the Guidelines Relating to the Maintenance of Confidentiality in Assignments, which can be found on your Programme Page.

 

Anonymous Marking

With reference to The Principles and Regulations, Appendix A, the Faculty of Health and Social Care will apply anonymous marking (AM) to all assessed work, where it is practicable to do so.

 

Word count

It is permissible to exceed the stated word limit by up to 10%, without penalty. Assignments which exceed these limits are liable to be penalised by the deduction of 5 marks per 1000 words excess (e.g. If a 1000 word assignment, 5 marks off for 1101-2000 words, 10 marks off for 2101-3100 words, and so on).

 

Please note that, in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, citations in text will be included in the word count for the assessment.

 

 

 

 

Mitigating Circumstances

 

Students wishing to seek an extension to submission, deferral of assessment, information on Late Work Penalties, or extension to registration, should visit: https://portal1.chester.ac.uk/registryservices/Pages/student-mitigatingcircumstances.aspx