CULTURE ASSIGNMENT ON BAHRIA UNIVERSITY

Administration
Commander Fiaz Ashraf- Deputy Director-Security and Support

Q. Is Bahrias culture creating a sense of identity for its employees?

Presently, all the employees dont know what the rules are and even if they know, then not everybody is
owning those things.

Q. Is Bahrias culture motivating its employees that they perform beyond their commitments?

I think, the management needs to work more on this. Still, there is not broad acceptance to the values and
the culture, especially among the faculty.

Q. Is Bahrias culture its strength or weakness? Is it stabilizing the organization?

It is a strength and if we work together and if we work on the loop holes like I told you that people dont
own this which they need to own and if they work on this then its going to be stronger like the teachers
and students whenever they want to say something, there is a procedure which they should follow. There is
a channel for suggestion like there are suggestion boxes also where they can write and there are so many
other channels as well where they can write and put up their proposals but the thing which is lacking
especially which Id like to share with you is that people dont put up the things in channel and they just
complain which is not the right way. They should rather contribute to the proposals and then fight it out
rather than only complaining and not doing themselves and then not owning the policies.

Q. Is Bahrias culture serving as a frame of reference for employees to use to make sense out of
organizational activities and to use as a guide for appropriate behavior?

Yes, Bahria culture is serving as frame of reference/code of conduct and they are 100% implemented.
Dress code is a voluntary thing and its for students only and theres improvement in smoking and dressing.
There are set of rules for the university regarding how it should function. There are financial rules,
administrative rules like what will be the pay package, how the faculty will be inducted and which people
will form the interview panel.

Q. Is there a common culture in Bahria?

You can say that Bahria has a culture which is unique and in the market/public, you could identify Bahria.

Q. Does Bahria culture supports the strategic change or hinders it?

Yes, they do support the strategic change especially the present management, director, Rector everybody is
helpful on this and they do support this. There are many upcoming projects of Bahria e.g. there is a new
campus building in H-1, building construction in our campus in which they are spending a lot.
 Supporting staff
Q. Is there a common culture in Bahria?

Bahrias culture has been originated from Navy ( Naval Headquarter) as most of the admins staff here
belongs to Navy so their style is dominating in Bahria.

Q. Is Bahrias culture creating sense of identity for employees?

In Bahria, if an employee is working hard and reaches to a level then it will be his/her own efforts. Overall,
Bahrias culture is not creating sense of identity for his/her employees.

Q. Is Bahrias culture serving as a frame of reference for employees to use to make sense out of
organizational activities and to use as a guide for appropriate behavior?
Bahrias frame of reference and rules are just in documents and just a formality. Their rules are not clear
and obvious. There is no security for their employees. So its culture is not serving as a frame of reference
for its employees.

Q. Is Bahrias culture its strength or weakness? Is it stabilizing the organization?

There are two aspects regarding this. In some areas, its strength while in some areas, its weakening the
system. Regarding management, its strength and regarding employees security, its a weakness. It depends
on the relevant departments head. If theres a competent and proactive Head of department who employ
competent and skillful employees then it will direct the department to the good side.

Q. Is Bahrias culture motivating its employees that they perform beyond their commitments?

Bahrias culture is not at all motivating its employees. The reason is that it has so many weaknesses e.g. in
software engineering department, there is no software. There should be such software that is accessible to
reception and to all of the relevant administration. If a student is asking for any information, there should
be One-button software through which the front desk receptionist just clicks a button and can connect to
the relevant staff. But in Bahria, if a person is calling and asking for information, they dont get the
information. Even their phone calls are forwarded to the irrelevant person.

Faculty staff
Q. Is Bahrias culture creating a sense of identity for its employees?

I dont think so. Bahrias culture is not creating a sense of identity for its employees or we can say that
sense of belongingness, sense of affection is very limited. Because its like you come here, we do work
and then you go back.

Q. Does Bahria culture supports the strategic change or hinders it?

Firstly, what is the strategic change which is the main point. Is it being properly communicated within the
organization, thats the confusion. What does Bahria wants to be in the future- does it want to be a number
1 institution/ business school in Islamabad or does it want to be a business school that Is very competitive.
First thing is that how do you define number 1 then what are the standards which you want to achieve.
There is no clear explanation of all this. These are big big questions on which there is no single consent.
What is the direction- firstly it needs to be communicated before going in a direction. That direction is
vague.

Q. Is Bahrias culture serving as a frame of reference for employees to use to make sense out of
organizational activities and to use as a guide for appropriate behavior?
There are SOPs but the matter is that how many employees are aware of those SOPs. In writing, there is
everything but how many employees are actually aware of those SOPs? The most important thing is that
what sort of environment you are creating in classroom because its the most important thing for the faculty
i.e. the quality of time they are spending in those 3 hours class (quantity and quality of material students
are learning, type of conversation and discussions which is very important). Other than that, what you are
doing outside the class- there are rules regarding that but there are not actual implications regarding that
and not everyone is aware about that.

Q. Is Bahrias culture its strength or weakness? Is it stabilizing the organization?

Culture includes surroundings, overall environment which also includes students, administration overall
experience. One thing about Bahria is that over the passage of time, intake of students is continuously
deteriorated. Intake of students means the quality of students. They are not that much interested in learning.
Due to which, when I go to classes, it becomes a big challenge especially for BBA classes as MBAs
students are comparatively mature. When you enter in BBAs classes, its very challenging to develop
students interest in the subject due to the fact that if you dont come in a thing with your interest then it
appears like a burden for you. Most of the students think that university is a burden for them. This thinking
of students has an adverse effect on the Bahrias culture because students are not motivated, theyve interest
in other things, some students are in a hurry that when the class will be finished. If I compare Bahria with
the last 5 6 years, quality of students was good at that time and they were serious.

Q. Is Bahrias culture motivating its employees that they perform beyond their commitments?

Bahrias culture is not promoting it. The reason is that we are not being facilitated in what you are trying
to do. Faculty development investment is not up to the mark. You can see the offices of the faculty- they
are in basement, there is no stationery available, no printers, computers, and speakers are available. If you
want to arrange an event then you have to pass through a lengthy process which is full of frustration