Operations Research University of South Africa (UNISA)

Overview

Values

• Ethical and collective responsibility: Ethics reflect the intrinsic and extrinsic values, principles, norms and standards to which Unisa is committed and are undergirded by respect, integrity, accountability and excellence. The ethics guide all institutional conduct including that of the Operations Research of College of Economic and Management Sciences at University of South Africa (UNISA), actions, decisions and stakeholder relations, supporting equity and fairness. Against this backdrop, our decisionmaking will be participatory in the interests of the effective and efficient functioning of the university – all employees are equally responsible for decisions taken and implementation is underpinned by commitment and loyalty to and solidarity with Unisa.

• Integrity: Integrity refers to conduct guided by honesty, equity, respect, transparency and responsibility in all that we do. Integrity must be evident at an individual level and it should be infused in the character of the institution through the behaviours of the individuals who constitute and engage with the university.

• Innovation and excellence: At Unisa, innovation and excellence characterise the actions, attitudes and culture required to create new ideas, processes, systems, structures or artefacts which, when implemented, lead to a sustainable and high-performing institution. They are the underlying principles that we, as change agents, use to make a difference in the way we work with the limited resources available to achieve our specific goals despite contextual and policy constraints. Innovation requires everyone to adopt a problem-solving approach that fosters intellectual ingenuity and novel solutions rather than simply problem identification.