A Model of Adaptive Accountability for Innovations in an Academic Institution

Abu-Hussain Jamal and Oleg Tilchin

Business and Management Studies, 2019, vol. 5, issue 1, 68-75

Abstract: An academic institution has to encourage an innovation activity in order to meet the requirements of a modern, dynamic, and competitive environment. The innovation activity of the institution is engendered by instructors¡¯ innovative intentions to create and assess the innovation proposals. However, there are challenges that prevents realization of the innovative intentions. The challenges are caused by lack a model that would shape process of revealing the effective proposals and building accountability for their development. The ASVA model including components ¡°Accountability¡±, ¡°Submission¡±, ¡°Valuation¡±, and ¡°Awarding¡± is suggested. The model provides: creation and assessment of the innovation proposals by the instructors, determination of the instructors¡¯ accountability measures for development of the innovation proposals, adaptation of the instructors¡¯ accountability measures to the values of the innovation proposals, revelation of the key instructors who are creators the most valuable innovation proposals for attaining the current aim of the institution, formation of flexible collaboration groups by taking into consideration of willingness and ability of the proposal¡¯s valuators to share accountability for the innovation proposal development with the proposal creator, and adjustment of the size of award received by the instructors to the values of the innovation proposals.

Keywords: adaptive accountability; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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