ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the cross-cutting issues that identified in the interviews and examines the maturity of the universities with respect to each of the five organisational elements: strategy, governance, policy, management and funding. It details maturity as a two-dimensional construct, consisting of capability and alignment. The ratings on governance capability are lower than for strategy capability, reflecting the views of the university leaders about the difficulty of arranging for all areas of the university to move in the same direction. Capability of the governance function is better than its alignment with the other organisational elements. Technology and facilities leaders emphasised the difficulties that flow from poor integration between these areas. Rapid change in ownership, expectations and applications of information technology, shifts away from traditional lecture spaces, and the knock-on effects for both capital and recurrent funding decisions probably explain how it is that so many universities are struggling to get funding models and the balance of funding allocations right.
