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Below is a selection of online readings relevant to the competency Promote innovation and change. If you are accessing these readings from a workstation situated on any Kangan Batman Tafe campus, you should be taken directly to the full text of the article. If you are accessing these resources from off-campus, you may be asked for a password. The passwords will have been distributed to you at your session with the Library and Learning Centre, or they are available on request from the LLC. The readings are organised by online resource (ie all the Electric Library resources are listed first, followed by all the Infotrac resources)

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Topic 1: Identify and develop opportunities for improved work practices

Infotrac

ALWAYS STAY FOCUSED ON CHANGE AND INNOVATION; How It All Started. (Special Report: 2004 Vanguard Awards) Lee Alan Hill in TelevisionWeek, May 3, 2004 v23 i18 pS14

Uncomplicate your organization. (the management systems you choose may be adding unnecessary complexity to your organization) George C. Elliott in Industrial Management, May-June 2003 v45 i3 p18(5)

Electric Library

Innovation Do's & Don'ts In today's economy, good ideas aren't just good for business, they're essential for growth. Here, Gary Hamel tells us how to keep those ideas flowing.; David Kirkpatrick; Gary Hamel in Fortune 09-06-2004

Create culture of innovative change; GREG ELLIS in Illawarra Mercury 06-01-2004

Topic 2: Lead team to foster innovative work practices

Infotrac

Establishing a continuing business model innovation process Donald W. Mitchell; Carol Bruckner Coles in Journal of Business Strategy, May 2004 v25 i3 p39(11)

Electric Library

In my opinion; Lloyd, Bruce in Management Today 08-01-2002

Topic 3: Facilitate commitment to workplace change

Infotrac

Innovation mentoring at Whirlpool. (The Human Side) Gale Cutler in Research-Technology Management, Nov-Dec 2003 v46 i6 p57 (2)

Organizational effectiveness: changing concepts for changing environments. Joseph McCann in Human Resource Planning , March 2004 v27 i1 p42 (9)

Shake-ups that leave us shaken but not stirred: WORKPLACE CHANGE: Poor communication and confused motives can wreck reorganisation, according to a new psychological study. Alison Maitland reports. Alison Maitland in The Financial Times, May 17, 2004 p9

Innovation Becoming Higher Priority in Global Companies; in PR Newswire 06-30-2004