- CUVICS06B - Create an innovative work environment
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CUVICS06B
Create an innovative work environment
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Issue Date: April 2024
This unit relates to management-level jobs in any work context within the cultural industries. It is particularly applicable to managers of small businesses or business units or departments within larger organisations. Examples of how this unit works in practice can be found in the Supporting Information section of the Training Package.
This competency standard covers the skills and knowledge required to create a workplace environment that enables and supports the application of innovative practices within the cultural industries. This may include such areas as museums, galleries, community arts facility, theatres, venues, design studio, on-site photo shoot, film shoot, artist- run studio, special event venue, conference organisers and so on.
The work environment includes all aspects of the workplace including working conditions and practices, management practices, physical layout and training and education.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
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Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Evidence Required
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The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the following is essential: knowledge and application of procedures and practices which support and foster innovative work practice within a specific work context in the cultural industries; for example: management practices work practices procedures office layout project management approaches. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure: access to a real or simulated work environment. |
Method of assessment | The following assessment method is appropriate for this unit: direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate direct observation of the candidate applying procedures and practices to support and foster innovative work practice oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of innovation @ work skills and methods for applying them to the work environment. |
Guidance information for assessment | This competency standard could be assessed on its own or in combination with other relevant management units from the cultural industries training packages within a specific context in any sector of the cultural industries. Standards may include: CUVADM05B Plan and develop information management systems CUVADM01B Develop and implement arts administration systems and procedures Please note: the above is a generic list which may apply across the cultural industries. Some of the units may not be included in this particular Training Package. |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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Required skills |
interpersonal skills leadership skills encouraging supporting employees' achievements (on the use of innovation @ work skills) accessing interpreting and sharing information researching information freely discussing ideas and providing feedback. |
Required knowledge |
an understanding of innovation @ work skills an understanding of basic management principles a knowledge of the ways workplace climate can affect employees' attitudes and performance an understanding of the benefits of coaching and learning opportunities for employees occupational health and safety requirements knowledge of factors that can motivate staff to apply innovative work practices knowledge of ways of rewarding performance in the workplace. |
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. | |
Working conditions might include: | family-friendly leave entitlements flexible working hours social leave study leave time provided for coming up with ideas. |
Innovation is: | the process of creating a new idea or the new use of an old idea and developing it so it results in improvement. |
innovation @ workskills include: | interpretation ideas generation collaboration reflection representation evaluation. |
Workplace procedures might include those relating to: | briefing processes client relations performance management project management staff meetings training. |
Processes that encourage the | collaborating collecting data creative thinking future scanning getting feedback making suggestions networking. |
All types of work activities could benefit from the | processes products programs services tools work practices. |
Collaborative work arrangements could include: | working in teams or partnerships, on specific projects within: a section a cross section vertical teams working with supplier organisations or partner organisations. |
Appropriate ways of celebrating and promoting successful ideas might include: | congratulating the project team ensuring management acknowledgment providing a newsletter story about the idea using the idea to help foster other ideas well-planned group incentive schemes. |
The physical environment might include: | eating areas external areas relaxation areas the location of different sections workspace design and décor workstation arrangements. |
Information might include: | information about other activities within the organisation information from other parts of the organisation organisational knowledge policies reports. |
Methods for reflection and review might include: | building review into project schedules less formal review of work procedures staff meetings systematic collection of data. |
Learning opportunities might include: | coaching conferences formal training or education informal training information seminars job rotation mentoring online learning. |
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Observation Checklist
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