Accountability | Meaning and Definition

What is Accountability?  

At the workplace accountability refers to taking responsibility for a task given by top management to their reportees. In an organization, it is delegated across all the departments to ensure goals are timely achieved. Furthermore, this also provides a clear direction toward the goals and allows everyone to focus on their roles. The best way to promote it in the organization is by implementing the OKR framework or KRA methodology.

Benefits and Advantages

• Being accountable encourages employees to take ownership of their task
• It promotes a culture of trust 
• Assigning it helps employees to focus on the important tasks 
• It helps to assign tasks based on roles and responsibilities