Sector innovation and success:
Instructions to students for submission of this coursework Task details:
Based on the hospitality sector assigned to you, you are to:
Identify and analyse an innovation for your sector and evaluate how your innovation will lead to potential success for organizations in your sector.
Select sector: Casinos
This is an open assessment task which should be equivalent to 2500 words. By “open” we mean that you are can discuss with your tutor the exact nature of your assessment format (method and structure). Please note that it is indeed acceptable to submit a “word” document but we would like to encourage you to be innovative and creative with this assignment by exploring an alternative approach to written work.
Some examples of work, which can be submitted, are:
• a PowerPoint presentation with an integrated ‘voice-over’
• diagrams and flowcharts with annotations
• 'mind maps’ and/or cartoons with accompanying commentary
• a series of linked documents (Word, Powerpoint etc), joined up with a overview’ document ?providing the structure
• a video
• a screencast
• a series of electronic ‘posters’. ?Key points to note when completing this assignment
• The innovation that you identify must be something which currently does not exist in your sector. You can choose to apply an innovation from another sector in the hospitality industry, an innovation from another industry or create your own innovation.
• Analyse what is innovative about the innovation selected. It is not sufficient to only identify the innovation; you must justify what makes this an innovation. You should use the various innovation theories covered in class and those learnt from your own research to help you to develop this part of your assignment.
• Provide an overview of your sector.
• Evaluate how your innovation will lead to success for organisations in your given sector.
• Provide viable recommendations for the next steps forward for the organisations in your sector.
• Even though you are allowed to produce your assignment in an alternative format to a word ?document, please remember that whatever format you choose engagement with the literature and ?theory is appropriate and important.