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3.2 SWOT ANALYSIS

A list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats is provided in the 2x2 matrix below.

Figure 5: SWOT analysis

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

• High concentration of brainpower in the • Uncoordinated implementation of strategy
country • Heavy reliance on first-stream income (government
• Wide physical presence in the country subsidy)
• Weak operational processes and systems
• Diversified academic programmes
• Insufficient space to cater for the high enrolment
• UNAM brand is recognisable • Inadequate technologies to aid processes and
• Stable institutional leadership management systems
• Well diversified teaching and learning • Aging and inadequate infrastructure and facilities
modes • Low research output
• Insufficient human capital in certain academic areas
• Most of academic programmes re • High workload and overloaded curriculum
registered on the National Qualification • Underperformance of staff members
Framework • Low completion rate of students
• Inadequate implementation of governance processes,
rules and procedures
• Lack of alignment of the organisational structure to
strategy
• Outdated institutional structure
• Lack of business intelligence system
OPPORTUNITIES • Inadequate safety and security
• Weak marketing of research and innovation outputs
• Inadequate funding for research and innovation
• High-level government support • Insufficient work-integrated learning
• Availability of funding for projects • Absence of research framework to monitor research
aligned to high-level government impact
initiatives • Insufficient engagement of communities in social
projects
• Active memorandums of understanding
• Lack of representation outside the country
with other institutions and industries • Insufficient institutional governance measures in place
• Availability of collaborative research • Insufficient electronic learning resources
opportunities • Insufficient financial resources allocated to open and
• Continuing improvement of academic distance learning (ODL)
• Absence of a leadership development programme
programmes
• Lack of climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Massive opportunities provided by the initiatives
4th industrial revolution
• Availability of external funding
• Involvement of stakeholders in
programme formulation
THREATS

• Competition from other universities
• Declining government subsidy
• Continuously changing demands by industry and
stakeholders
• High number of qualifying student applications
• Poor economic performance
• Poor visibility of UNAM and participation at events
• Poor quality of prospective student intakes
• Increasing cost of service delivery
• Bureaucratic procurement processes
• Competitive institutional ranking environment