SERVICE INNOVATION L1: ENGAGE IN SERVICE INNOVATION INITIATIVES POWERED BY ESSEC

SERVICE INNOVATION L1: ENGAGE IN SERVICE INNOVATION INITIATIVES POWERED BY ESSEC

Funded

Course Duration

16.0 hr(s)

Mode of Assessment

Participants would be assessed through course assessment exercises.

Who Should Attend

Frontline service staff (i.e. customer service representatives, store advisors, service crews, etc.) from various industry sectors and backend support staff facilitating service delivery processes.

Course Overview

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Service Innovation is one of the most powerful ways to achieve business excellence in today’s market field. With Design Thinking fundamentals equipped in this programme, participants can apply these user-centric concepts across businesses such as product development and design, service touch-points, value-creation and enhancements and even to individuals and their personal lives.

Participants will undergo the Design Thinking framework, understand key insights, work through idea generation and evaluation as well as rapid prototyping through a series of interactive and fun activities. Learn the importance of framing insights, the desirability-viability-feasibility criteria model and the concept of minimal viable product / service.

Course Schedule

Next available schedule

Course Objectives

At the end of the programme, participants will be able to :

  • Recognise the importance of service innovation
  • Generate service innovation ideas to transform the customer experience
  • Evaluate service innovation ideas
  • Present a mock-up of service innovation ideas

Pre-requisites

  • Participants should be able to speak, listen and read English at a proficiency level not lower than the Employability Skills Workforce Skills Qualification (ES WSQ) Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 3.
  • Hardware & Software
    This course will be conducted as a Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom platform. Participants must own a zoom account and have a laptop or a desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed. This can be downloaded from https://zoom.us/download

System Requirement

Must Have:

Please ensure that your computer or laptop meets the following requirements.

  • Operating system: Windows 10 or MacOS (64 bit or above)
  • Processor/CPU: 1.8 GHz, 2-core Intel Core i3 or higher
  • Minimum 20 GB hard disk space.
  • Minimum 8 Gb RAM
  • Webcam (The camera must be turned on for the duration of the class)
  • Microphone
  • Internet Connection: Wired or Wireless broadband
  • Latest version of Zoom software to be installed on computer or laptop prior to the class.

Good to Have:

  • Wired internet connection
    Wired internet will provide you with stable and reliable connection.
  • Dual monitors
    Using a dual monitor setup will undoubtedly improve your training experience, enabling you to simultaneously participate in hands-on exercises and maintain engagement with your instructor.

Not Recommended:

Using tablets is not recommended due to their smaller screen size, which could cause eye strain and discomfort over the course of the program's duration.

Course Outline

1. Recognise the importance of Service Innovation

  • Definition of Service Innovation
  • Importance of Service Innovation
  • Different types of Service Innovations

2. Generate Potential Service Innovation Ideas to Transform the Customer Experience

  • The Service Innovation Process
  • Your Role in Service Innovation
  • Enablers of Service Innovation
  • Spot Real Serivce Innovation
  • Investigate Opportunities
  • Diverging and Converging
  • Two Methods of Dreaming – S.C.A.M.P.E.R and Picture Simulation

3. Evaluate Potential Service Innovation Ideas according to Organisational Criteria

  • Evaluating by Narrowing Down
  • It’s time to vote
  • What criteria can we use?
  • Idea log
  • Mock-up: What is it?
  • Types of Mock-up
  • Stakeholders and Elevated Pitch

4. Present Mock – up of Service Innovation Ideas to stakeholders

  • Prepare your mock – up
  • Group presentation
  • ABCDE Method of refining Ideas
  • Following up on an idea

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

Participants who have successfully demonstrated competence in all the knowledge and skills requirements in this programme will be awarded with a Statement of Attainment (SOA) by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). This programme is offered on a modular basis only.

  • Mapped to Service Innovation L1: Engage in Service Innovation Initiatives

 

Additional Details

Medium of Instruction & Trainer

English

Trainer: Trainee Ratio is 1: 20

Price

Course Fee and Government Subsidies

  

Individual Sponsored 

Company Sponsored 

 

Non-SME 

SME 

Before GST 

With GST 

Before GST 

With GST 

Before GST 

With GST 

Full Course Fee
(For Foreigners and those not eligible for subsidies)

$520.00

$566.80

$520.00

$566.80

$520.00

$566.80

For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below
and
For all Singapore Permanent Residents
(The minimum age for individual sponsored trainees is 21 years)

$260.00

$306.80

$260.00

$306.80

$156.00

$202.80

For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above

$156.00

$202.80

$156.00

$202.80

$156.00

$202.80

 

Funding Eligibility Criteria:

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses

  • Trainee must achieve at least 75% attendance
  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria
  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses

  • Trainee must achieve at least 75% attendance
  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria

 

Remarks:

Individual Sponsored Trainee 

Company Sponsored Trainee 

SkillsFuture Credit: 

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

UTAP: 

  • This course is eligible for Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
  • NTUC members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under UTAP. 

PSEA: 

  • To check for Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) eligibility for this course, visit:
    (a)
    SkillsFuture (TGS-2019504975) for Virtual Learning Class (VLC)
    (b) 
    SkillsFuture (TGS-2020505711) for Face-to-Face class
  • Scroll down to “Keyword Tags” to verify for PSEA eligibility. 
  • If there is “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is eligible for PSEA.  
  • And if there is no “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is ineligible for PSEA. 
  • Not all courses are eligible for PSEA funding.

Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding: 

  • $4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
  • AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee.
  • Note: Courses / Modules under Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) will not be eligible for AP funding claim. 

 

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