Ahbo
5 Answers
FISH-O
Individual accountability is extremely important. Even in those cases where One answers to no one in particular, a person must still answer to him/herself. This is one of the ways in which we grow as a human being. If, as an individual, the choice is not to accept accountability, the life lesson will present it's self over and over again until it is learned.
An example of this could be as follows:
A Person makes a Friend. A Person has personal and primarily unarticulated expectations for this Friend. A Person expects this Friend to navigate around his/her moods, whatever those moods may be. And, the Person expects the Friend to have the same opinions as themselves on a variety of subjects.
This Person becomes angry with the Friend should the Friend choose to look at a subject differently and/or fails to live up to their expectations. The Person is in the driver's seat of the relationship.
Eventually the Friend walks away as they find the Person, too demanding and negative. There seems to be a 'price to pay' for the relationship. The Friend may find themselves sitting on pins and needles within the relationship. Ultimately trying to guess what mood the Person is going to be in today, as exhausting.
The Person becomes angry and feels betrayed. The Person also feels that they are not accountable for the results of this failed relationship on any level.
(Remember, it takes two to make or break a relationship. Within any relationship everyone is accountable for their 'stuff'.)
Time passes ... the scenario is played through again. The Person does not accept accountability for the negative results ... And, so on. And, so on. It is a pattern in this Person's life that repeats it's self like a broken record. This Person views him/herself as a victim of sorts and will present themselves that way to potential new Friends.
This is just one small example but a very BIG one, if non-accountability becomes part of everyday "Personal Reality". A reality which can become very restricting.
If the Friend on the receiving end chooses to stay in the relationship then that person is accountable as being an "Enabler". This position in a relationship is unhealthy but, acceptable to the Person. If the Friend chooses to walk away then according to the Person, this Friend is completely at fault, a betrayer or worse.
In the work place, Individual Accountability is extremely important. Every employee, every job and every action leads to the final outcome.
In life, Individual Accountability is extremely important for personal growth, maintaining positive relationships and recognizing life lessons. Admitting our shortcomings to ourselves can be very difficult and painful but ultimately it makes us a better and stronger person.
- That is my take on the subject and now I must go and work on something that I have needed to work on for a very long time... we are never to old to learn.
Have a wonderful day.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
Ducky
Bob/PKB
lindilou
Individual Accountability/Personal Responsibility
“Individual accountability is the measurement of whether or not each group member has achieved the groups’ goal. Assessing the quality and quantity of each member’s contributions and giving the results to all group members” (Johnson, Johnson, & Holubec, 1998).
Individual accountability is the factor that shows that students are learning better cooperatively. “The purpose of cooperative groups is to make each member a stronger individual in his or her own right” (Johnson, Johnson, & Holubec, 1998, p. 4:17). After participating in a cooperative lesson, group members should be better able to accomplish the same kind of tasks by themselves. They learn to do something together so that they can do it easier when they are alone.
There are many ways to structure and increase individual accountability: by keeping the size of the groups small; by giving an individual test to each student; or by checking for understanding by giving random oral individual examinations. When students have to provide information in the presence of the group, the teacher can also structure individual accountability by observing each group and group member and by keeping track of students’ contribution to the group’s work. Individual accountability can be structured by assigning one student in each group to check for understanding. The checker poses questions, and the other group members provide rational answers supporting group answers. Students can also teach what they have learned to someone else or edit each other’s work (Johnson, Johnson, & Holubec 1998).
Reference
Johnson, D., Johnson, R.& Holubec, E. (1998). Cooperation in the classroom. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
robertgrist
I’m not accountable or answerable to anyone for anything, not even me. Accountability is clearly judgment by statical voodoo economics and is biased backward. I do the best I can do and if what I do does not meet someone else’s standards then you can imagine the seething profanity that will attend my glaring looks when that “someone else” voices their verdict.
That’s probably why I don’t bother looking for a job too.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
