Elements and Performance Criteria
- Direct research into organisation’s business domain
- Research sectors in the relevant industry for trends that may yield viable business opportunities
- Research business initiatives undertaken by competitor organisations to address the same or similar opportunities and analyse resources required to undertake such initiatives or project opportunities
- Identify strategies for realising the identified business initiatives, including sub-contracting of suitable elements where applicable
- Research legal, environmental and social implications of identified initiatives
- Evaluate new business initiatives
- Initiate and oversee market research for potentially viable identified business opportunities
- Gauge the likely impacts of candidate new initiatives on the business enterprise, including specific legal, financial and transformational implications
- Evaluate delivery strategies for anticipated products or services stemming from candidate initiatives
- Explore feasibility of the new initiatives