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I think it would probably fall within one of the other themat- idea as to what it is that we are looking at / what it is that
ic areas, with its interplay with institutional culture, which is we’re trying to achieve or pursue. Presently, it is more ac-
some of the work that falls within POps. tivity based and that won’t work for us if we want to go
to the deep operations of institutional culture.
Lesley made a great point around the dimensions of insti-
tutional culture and how we then develop this weblike un- Also, the whole question of power which is so central to
derstanding of institutional culture and gave some form of institutional culture. (A Keet)

I happen to agree with Matilda. Most of the time, policy management could also serve as barriers to implemen-
can form a barrier and that is why the supply chain manage- tation if they do not believe in the outcomes that you
ment policy was reviewed. The policy didn’t expand are wanting to achieve through the implementation plans
enough. We need to identify barriers. linked to policy provisions.

Internal processes, if operated in a specific way for a long In this way it is linked to institutional culture because it is
time, needs to be challenged. But that can be daunting. in the behaviors of the individuals that are executing/
Policies need to be aligned to regulatory frameworks to propagating/formulating policy that you find these barriers
enable. Because that will ultimately inform praxis. set up. Also, interpretation of policies. You could have
individuals deliberately mis-interpreting policy or ignoring
Also, implementation. Even though there are policies it policy and continuing as the status quo, in trying to preserve
doesn’t mean that it’s going to be implemented. Individ- and replicate processes, as done before. (RA Levendal)
uals responsible for implementation needs buy-in. Middle

I don’t see dimensions of institutional culture being in following that national framework, we would not have
knocked together to advance the ITP work because policy had problems with procurement, for instance. The historical
and implementation, which cuts across the entire university, production of those kinds of practices has more to do with
with the fact that some people are not implementing the culture of accumulation and privilege than with institu-
policy, you will have to go a long way to connect that to tional culture, I may suggest. We will have to start thinking
institutional culture. Sometimes people are just lazy or just about that. It’s about the personal economies that people
don’t do their work properly. We have the entire national are invested into those processes. And we will have to think
framework that steers that. If people have been interested how that connects with institutional culture. (A Keet)

One of the weaknesses from the ICEP operation was the active involvement of students. The Class Rep, and the inter-
action between lecturer and student presents a possibility in the form of a study that we can track to see what is and how
we can ensure better communication. (A Zinn)

We would have to come together as the WG to set down those dimensions of institutional culture that we think we
should frame, to allow us to track our progress a bit better. (A Keet)

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