Analysis on Influencing Factors on Cultivation of Graduate Innovation Ability Based on System Dynamics

The purpose of this paper is to clarify and determine the influencing factors on cultivation of graduate innovation ability. It is of great theoretical and practical significance to the graduate educational quality improvement and to the social and economic development as well as improvement of international competence. The present research applies the systematic thinking to propose the utilization of government-customer-industry-university-institute (GCIUI) practical cultivation mode to discuss the influencing factors on cultivation of graduate innovation ability. In the research, the systematic essence of cultivation of graduate innovation ability is firstly defined, and the systematic structural model for graduate innovation ability cultivation is constructed; then, the impacts which graduate enterprise, GCIUI practical cultivation mode and innovative environment have on graduate innovation ability are analyzed; finally, the System Dynamics software is applied to establish the System Dynamics flow chart for influencing factors on graduate innovation ability, and the dynamic modeling and simulation analysis are carried out. Simulation results show that, the graduate innovation ability improves as the government and university profit distribution ratios increase, and reduces as institute and customer profit distribution ratios increase. However, the influence from enterprise is lower compared to other entities. The influences of other parameters on graduate innovation ability rank from knowledge protection, enrollment examination, teacher-student relationship, knowledge system, research projects and funds, incentive mechanism, construction of research platforms, technological exchange and cooperation to trust mechanism. Consequently, the formulation of each relevant policy should be systematically considered from graduate entity, cultivation of graduate innovation ability system structure and cultivation of graduate innovation ability environment.