SD3S111 - Technology, Innovation and Change in Public Services 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2030 | Version 0

Associated Module Information

Module Code: SD3S111
Module Title: Technology, Innovation and Change in Public Services
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Leadership and Public Services
Faculty Sub Group: Leadership and Public Services
Module Leader: Beth Dando
Module Team: Paul Lewis, David Phillips
First Intended Intake: SEP 2024 Final Year of Intake: 2029
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100647 - public policy
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 0
Valid From 01 Sep 2024
Valid To 31 Aug 2030

Module Aims

Explore practices in the public services that lead to change and reflective practice as a result of change.  

Explore the impact of innovation in the public services on a range of stakeholders. 

Identify and discuss digital technology in the public services and its relationship with change and innovation within the public sector.  

Content Summary

Identifying the need for change and improvement within public services; self-evaluation, accessing data, analysis of data.  

The management of change and change models. 

Innovation and its impact on innovation in the public services. 

Reflective practice in the public services. 

Digital technology in the public services and its impact on service delivery. 

Digital technology in the public services and its impact on employees.  

Future technology in the public services. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Seminars 40
Independent Study 88
Directed Study (Including online independent learning) 72
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Analyse different approaches that public services use to identify areas for change and innovation.
LO2 Evaluate the effectiveness of digital technology in delivering change and innovation in the public services

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Report 1 Analysis of performance of a public service to identify areas for change. 0 1500 50 No 40
Synchronous Onsite Oral Assessment Presentation (Synchronous Onsite) 1 Vlog presenting an evaluation of a piece of current digital technology used within a specific real life scenario. 15 N/A 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Report 1
Presentation (Synchronous Onsite) 1

Reading List

Christensen. (2016). The Innovators Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, MA, USA. 

Correani, Alessia et al. (2020) ‘Implementing a Digital Strategy: Learning from the Experience of Three Digital Transformation Projects.’ California management review 62(4), pp. 37–56.  

Lenox, M. (2023) Strategy in the Digital Age. Stanford: Stanford University Press 

Nesta (2023) ‘Project Updates’, Available at: https://www.nesta.org.uk (Accessed on 1 December 2023) 

Ward, J.D. 2017. Leadership and change in public sector organizations : beyond reform, New York : Routledge. 

As the first year for delivery is 2026/27 we would expect to add to the reading list due to the face pace evolution and innovation in digital technology.