A Study on Governance of Innovation in Organisation Within UAE Proposed Conceptual Framework: The impact of product innovation and process innovation in organization performance. Abstract:The aim of this research is to assess the nature of innovation of organization occurring in the UAE and the extent of Innovation governance in UAE. Design/Methodology/approach: The research will have a quantitative process by which A questionnaires will be distributed to various organizations in different cities in the UAE region. Companies will be selected using the random sampling technique. The questionnaire will contain relevant questions in relation to governance and innovation and will be focused on assessing the impact of governance of innovation in organizations in the UAE region. Findings: The study is expected to determine the impact of innovation governance on the organization performance and explore the mechanics and characteristics of innovation governance. Research limitations/implications: The data used in this study could be limited, and depends on information gathered from different organizations from the public or private sector and in which emirate this organization is located. Keywords:Innovation, Governance, Organisations, Performance, leadership. Introduction Innovation is today considered to be a driving force regarding competitiveness, growth, and creation of value for businesses. Governing innovation is important as it helps organizations to build a system of mechanisms that they will use to align their goals, allocate resources to different projects, and, assign the decision-making authority for innovative purposes. Most companies that exist today are organized in a way that there are clear frameworks on how they can manage the business units that exist within the company, business functions, and also regional operations. However, such businesses do not have frameworks that they can use to stimulate and sustain innovation initiatives and processes (Teece 2007). Thus, organizations need to review their innovation processes and evaluate it. Innovation governance is a comprehensive framework that helps the top management of an organization to be able to develop values, policies, and initiatives that promotes innovation. Through innovation governance, the top management, and organizations at large can be able to define the roles of their employees and the initiatives that they will undertake to realize the innovation process. They will establish a set of values to realize the innovation process. They will also define the parameters that will be used to measure innovation processes and how much regarding budget will be allocated to the innovation processes (Teece 2007). Every Leader needs to be equipped with a set of skills or competency to promote innovation in their organizations. Management and governance in innovation is a significant competency for every leader that cannot be looked down upon. Innovation management m ...

1. A Study on Governance of Innovation in Organisation Within
UAE
Proposed Conceptual Framework:
The impact of product innovation and process innovation in
organization performance.
Abstract:The aim of this research is to assess the nature of
innovation of organization occurring in the UAE and the extent
of Innovation governance in UAE.
Design/Methodology/approach: The research will have a
quantitative process by which A questionnaires will be
distributed to various organizations in different cities in the
UAE region. Companies will be selected using the random
sampling technique. The questionnaire will contain relevant
questions in relation to governance and innovation and will be
focused on assessing the impact of governance of innovation in
organizations in the UAE region.
Findings: The study is expected to determine the impact of
innovation governance on the organization performance and
explore the mechanics and characteristics of innovation
governance.
Research limitations/implications: The data used in this study
could be limited, and depends on information gathered from
different organizations from the public or private sector and in
which emirate this organization is located.
Keywords:Innovation, Governance, Organisations, Performance ,

2. leadership.
Introduction
Innovation is today considered to be a driving force regarding
competitiveness, growth, and creation of value for businesses.
Governing innovation is important as it helps organizations to
build a system of mechanisms that they will use to align their
goals, allocate resources to different projects, and, assign the
decision-making authority for innovative purposes. Most
companies that exist today are organized in a way that there are
clear frameworks on how they can manage the business units
that exist within the company, business functions, and also
regional operations. However, such businesses do not have
frameworks that they can use to stimulate and sustain
innovation initiatives and processes (Teece 2007). Thus,
organizations need to review their innovation processes and
evaluate it.
Innovation governance is a comprehensive framework that helps
the top management of an organization to be able to develop
values, policies, and initiatives that promotes innovation.
Through innovation governance, the top management, and
organizations at large can be able to define the roles of their
employees and the initiatives that they will undertake to realize
the innovation process. They will establish a set of values to
realize the innovation process. They will also define the
parameters that will be used to measure innovation processes
and how much regarding budget will be allocated to the
innovation processes (Teece 2007). Every Leader needs to be
equipped with a set of skills or competenc y to promote
innovation in their organizations.
Management and governance in innovation is a significant
competency for every leader that cannot be looked down upon.
Innovation management makes it possible for organizations to
continue improving their products to meet the competition in
the market and elevate the national and company growth.

3. Innovation management can be termed as a difficult task
because it involves high risk and high return which makes
innovation management important for every organization that
seeks to engage in innovation. Poor innovation management can
lead to high losses whereas proper innovation management is a
source of creativity and inventiveness within an organization
which helps to drive an organization competitive advantage.
Governance of innovation is very important because every
business organization is seeking a continuation of its
competitive advantage especially in high information markets
such as the United Arabs Emirates where the consumers have
perfect information on different products. Therefore, for
business organizations to maintain competitive advantage, it is
important to promote proper innovation management and
governance (Guan and Ma 2003).
When governance to innovation is implemented, it helps an
organization (both the top-level management and employees) to
have a clear understanding of why they need to innovate. For
instance, a company may feel the need to innovate so that it can
create a new business and therefore become more profitable.
Governance of innovation also helps organizations to realize the
various sectors of their business that require innovation.
Therefore, they will focus both their human and financial
capital to these specific business sectors to build on their
innovation capability. In addition to that, a business will be able
to determine how much innovation it wants, and therefore assess
the risk that it is willing to bear in order to achieve a certain
benefit (Teece 2007).
Justification of study
In the UAE, innovation is treated with utmost seriousness by
both the private sector and the government. The country
recognizes innovation as one factor that is pertinent to any
developing nation. The culture of innovation is not a recent one;
it has been cultivated for years in the UAE. The country

4. approaches it as a factor that can increase the competitiveness
of the UAE in the industrial sector. The inception of the UAE in
1971 was itself an innovation of a country made up of minds
that were creative and had a lifelong observation of the country
years from its founding. Indeed, one of the pillars of the nation
was to build on innovation with a view of making an economic
block which had more job opportunities and economic growth.
The social, financial status of the country during its founding
was not very profound, and the levels of poverty were very
high.
The UAE is today ranked as one of the top five countries in the
Global Competitiveness Index regarding its infrastructure
indicators. There is also relative political stability in the
country, high quality of life, low taxes, and government support
to all types of businesses in the region. One of the initiatives
that the region's government began to promote business is
through opening up the Dubai's Department of Economic
Development. It is meant to nurture any business at all stages of
development, and it has led to the creation of more than 500
businesses.
The country’s vision 2021 is a proactive approach that was
undertaken by the region’s government after it was affected by
the financial crisis of 2008. The reason for this was, at that
time, the economic growth had been fueled by the real estate
growth especially in the Dubai region. The country’s
government realized that relying on one sector for economic
growth can have a negative impact on the country’s financial
health, especially when faced that sector is affected by external
factors that the country has little or no control of at any given
time.
Research Questions
The conceptual framework will be built based on the following
research questions:
Q1: What is the nature of Innovation taking place within the
organization?
Q2: Does innovation get governed? If so to what extent?

5. Q3: How is Innovation governed in UAE? What are the
characteristics of innovation governance?
Q4: To what extent does innovation governance impact
performance?
Research Design and Methodology
The study will have a Data collection which will be divided into
two stages. The first stage will be semi-structured interviews
that will be directed towards various managers of organizations
in the United Arab Emirates region. In this case, an interview
will be schedule whereby it will ensure that he/she has adequate
time to conduct the interviews and analyze the information that
he/she has collected. In addition to that, he/she has to ensur e
that the questions that are in the interview address the research
objectives that will be investigated, and also analyzed in this
research. The data collection method for the interviews will be
tape recorders as it will ensure that the interviewer after the
interview process has ended will be able to listen to the
interview again during the analysis process.
The second stage or step will be the quantitative process, and in
this case, questionnaires will be used. Questionnaires will be
distributed to various organizations in different cities in the
UAE. Companies will be selected using the random sampling
technique. The questionnaire will contain relevant questions in
relation to governance and innovation and will be focused on
assessing the impact of governance of innovation in
organizations in the UAE region. The data that will be collected
will be analyzed using the SPSS latest version
Conclusion
The importance of governance in terms of the innovation
processes is vital for organizations in the UAE region because;
it helps them build appropriate structures that they can use to
facilitate their innovative nature. The reason for this is that the
innovation and knowledge production mainly rely on the
creativity of the personnel in that organization. Therefore, they

6. have to be placed in a conducive environment that promotes
their creative nature. Also, there is the need to build effective
teams whereby the members of these teams have the
complementing skills that they use in order to prevent the
innovation process. In addition to that, another important factor
that needs to be taken into consideration in terms of innovation
in organizations is that; the people who are responsible for
coming up with the ideas need to be effective in relaying this
information to the management team in order to promote the
innovation process.
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Course Description:
This course provides the experience for graduate Nursing
students to complete and present their clinical research project,
including formal presentation (oral and written) of the results.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the student will:
1. Utilize knowledge of the research process to complete a
research project.
2. Analyze methods related to research in practice.
3. Demonstrate skill in scholarly presentation of a project
integrating the three approaches to practice.
4. Demonstrate expertise in writing and presenting the results of
the clinical research project.
Required Texts:

8. 1. Melnyk, B. M. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2014). Evidence-
Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best
Practice. (3rd ed.).Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins. ISBN: 1451190948
1. American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication
manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.
Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-
WEBSITES FOR CLINICAL GUIDELINES AND PROJECTS
http://www.agreetrust.org/
http://www.nice.org.uk
http://www.cochrane.org/
http://www.cochrane.org/training/cochrane-handbook
http://www.ahrq.gov/
http://guideline.gov/
http://joannabriggs.org/
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-
reports/index.html
http://www.cebm.net/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/evidence_based_practice.html
Course Projects and Grading:
1. Capstone Project/ EBP Paper: conduct a systematic review
that contributes to evidence-based practice. Includes appraisal,
analysis and synthesis of evidence, results, and
recommendations. (70% of grade).
a. Synthesis of Studies: 40%
b. Final Paper: 30%

9. INDIVIDUAL EBP PROJECT (40%)
Purpose: To build on your individual evidence-based practice
project.
Select a health care topic for an evidence-based practice
project. The topic has to be approved by the Professor. Identify
and describe your project and appraise the evidence on the topic
using the Cochrane Collaboration fundamentals of evidence-
based healthcare concepts (posted on BB) and Melnyk and
Fineout-Overholt rating of evidence. Each student should
appraise a total of 5 research studies (2 for synthesis paper #1
and 3 for synthesis paper # 2) evidence related to the topic
chosen. Two tables should be submitted for each synthesis. The
2 evidence (Synthesis paper # 1) will be put together with the
set of another 3 (Synthesis paper # 2) at the end to be able to
come up with one final paper and PP presentation.
(The final paper will be presented at the end of the class but
will be a work in progress from the start. Synthesis 1 and 2
(tables) will be plugged-in to the final paper in the end, BUT
the tables will be submitted on the due dates indicated in the
syllabus).
GUIDELINE FOR CAPSTONE/ EVIDENCE-BASED PROJECT
Abstract: should be APA style of 250 words
Background: helps set the rationale for the review, and should
explain why the questions being asked are important. It should
be presented in a fashion that is understandable to the users of
the health care under investigation, and should be concise.
1. description of the condition
1. description of the intervention
1. how the intervention might work

10. 1. why is it important to do this review?
Objectives: should begin with a precise statement of the primary
aim of the review, including the intervention(s) reviewed and
the targeted problem. This might be followed by a series of
specific objectives relating to different participant groups ,
different comparisons of interventions or different outcome
measures.
Methods: The Methods section in a review should mention that
the Cochrane Collaboration fundamentals of evidence-based
healthcare concepts (as the methodology for the review) and
Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt (for rating of evidence) were
used. The methodology section should be written in the past
tense and should describe what was done to obtain the results
and conclusions of the current version of the review. You need
10 reports or evidence that relate to your clinical project topic.
Criteria for considering studies for the review:
1. types of studies
1. types of participants; key facilitators
1. types of interventions
1. types of outcomes
Searching strategy for identification of studies:
1. electronic sources
1. other sources
The methods for data collection and analysis should also be
described here:
1. selection of studies
1. data extraction and management
Results: The results sections begin with a description of the
studies identified by the review, which should start with a
summary of the inclusion of studies.
Description of studies

11. 1. results of the search (in a table)
1a. Included Studies (a) title, author and reference; (b) design
and assessment of
quality of studies: objectives, research design, validity:
selection, attrition,
performance and detection biases/limitations and reliability; (c)
sample size,
recruitment and selection, sampling method, allocation to
groups; (d)
interventions; (e) outcomes)
1b. Grading of Evidence (in a table)
The results sectionshould include a summary of the main
findings on the effects of
the interventions studied in the review. The section should
directly address the
objectives of the review rather than list the findings of the
included studies in turn.
These 2 tables are also Synthesis 1 (first 2 evidence) and 2 (2nd
set of 3 evidence) papers that will be included later in the final
paper and will also be presented at the end of the semester.
Conclusions: The primary purpose of the review should be to
present information, rather than to offer advice.
Implications for practice
Implications for research
References
Tables and figures (if any aside from Table 1 and 2)
SYNTHESIS paper #1 (20%) and paper #2 (20%)
PAPER GRADING CRITERIA

12. Description of assessment of study quality: objectives, research
design(s); validity: selection, attrition, performance and
detection biases/limitations; reliability
30%
Description of sample size, recruitment and selection, sampling
method, power analysis, allocation to groups
20%
Description of intervention (s)
20%
Description of actual outcomes including statistical findings
20%
Grading of level of evidence
10%
TOTAL: 100%
CAPSTONE/EBP PROJECT FINAL PAPER GRADING
CRITERIA (30%)
Abstract
(5%)
Background
(10%)
1. Description of the condition

13. 2. Description of the intervention
3. How the intervention might work
4. Why is it important to do this review?
Objectives
(5%)
Methods
(25%)
Criteria for considering studies for the review: (10)
1. Types of studies
2. Types of participants; key facilitators
3. types of interventions
4. types of outcomes
Searching strategy for identification of studies: (5)
1. electronic sources
2. other sources
Methods for data collection and analysis: (10)
1. Selection of studies
2. Data extraction and management
Results
(25%)
Description of studies:
1. Results of the search (15)
1a. Table 1: Included Studies: (a) title, author and reference; (b)
assessment of
study quality: objectives, research design, validity: selecti on,
attrition,
performance and detection biases/limitations; reliability; (c)
sample size,
recruitment and selection, sampling method, allocation to
groups; (d)
interventions; (e) outcomes (10)
1b. Table 2: Grading of Evidence (10)

14. Conclusions
(5%)
Implications for Practice and Research
(5%)
APA Style
(10%)
Total: 100%
CAPSTONE/ EBP PROJECT PRESENTATION
GRADING CRITERIA (10%)
Background:
10%
(Why the question is being asked? intervention and
comparison, expected outcomes)
Objectives:
5%
Methods:
30%
(Inclusion and exclusion criteria, searching, selection of
studies, data extraction and management, types of studies, types
of participants; key facilitators, types of interventions, types of
outcomes
Presentation of Findings/Results:
20%
(Description of studies, search results, Table 1 and 2)

15. Discussion:
20% (Summary of main results, overall completeness and
applicability of evidence, quality of the evidence, potential
biases in the review process, strengths and weaknesses, lessons
learned, recommendations)
Conclusion and Implications:
10%
Mode and quality of presentation; time frame and ability to
answer question: 5%
TOTAL: 100%