Innovation+Adaptation

=Innovation Adaptation=

Proposed definition:
**Definition 1:** The Adaption Innovation Theory is founded on the assumption that all people solve problems and are creative. The theory sharply distinguishes between level and style of creativity, problem solving and decision making and is concerned only with style. Both potential and evident capacity aside the theory states that people are different in cognitive style in which they are creative, solve problems and make decisions. These style differences lie on a normally distributed continuum, ranging from high adaption to high innovation. The key to the distinction is that the more adaptive prefer their problems to be associated with more structure and more of this structure to be consensually agreed than do the more innovative. The more innovative are comfortable solving problems with less structure and are less concerned that the structure be consensually agreed than are the more adaptive. **Source:** http://www.kaicentre.com/

**Why we chose this definition:** July,1, 2011

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**Current definitions (n=2)**

**Definition 1:** The Adaption Innovation Theory is founded on the assumption that all people solve problems and are creative. The theory sharply distinguishes between level and style of creativity, problem solving and decision making and is concerned only with style. Both potential and evident capacity aside the theory states that people are different in cognitive style in which they are creative, solve problems and make decisions. These style differences lie on a normally distributed continuum, ranging from high adaption to high innovation. The key to the distinction is that the more adaptive prefer their problems to be associated with more structure and more of this structure to be consensually agreed than do the more innovative. The more innovative are comfortable solving problems with less structure and are less concerned that the structure be consensually agreed than are the more adaptive. **Source:** http://www.kaicentre.com/


 * Focus:** Occupational Research
 * Definition 2:** The innovation diffusion model (Rogers, 1983), for instance, which delineates five stages in the innovation adaptation process (awareness, interest, attitude formation, trial decision, adaptation or rejection), would be useful in structuring the stages of the automation process in our example.
 * Source:** Journal of Instructional Science and Technology http://www.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/docs/old/vol1no1/article1.htm
 * Focus:** Information Science