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Franko Milost, Klara Dodič Pegan, and Tatjana Horvat
viewees is limited according to their position at the university (man-
agers) and their knowledge in the area of ic in higher education and
research institutions. Other employees at the university do not have
much knowledge of this area.
Another limitation of the research could be the investigators’ biases,
which can result in a one-sided interpretation of the results. The biases
are due to the investigator’s several years of employment in higher ed-
ucation and at this particular institution.
Analysis and Interpretation of the Research Results
In the continuation, the collected data is analysed and interpreted by
means of document analysis, interviews and the survey. We aim to pro-
vide an answer to the research question, to highlight the possibilities
regarding the design of an ic report at the u p, as well as to expose the
significance of such reporting.
Analysis of the u p’s Fundamental and Strategic Documents
By analysing the u p’s fundamental and strategic documents, we aim to
answer the question of whether we can prove the existence of all three
fundamental components of ic (human capital, structural capital and
relational capital) on the basis of the analysis of those documents.
We analysed:
• strategic documents, which include the following fundamental
documents with addresses: University of Primorska Development
Programme 2004–2008 (Univerza na Primorskem 2005), Mid-
Term Development Strategy of the University of Primorska 2009–
2013 (Univerza na Primorskem 2009) and Education Strategy of
the University of Primorska 2011–2015 (Univerza na Primorskem
2011);
• business reports, which include the u p’s annual reports for 2008,
2009, 2010 and 2011;
• planning documents, which include the up’s work programmes for
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and
• self-evaluation reports on monitoring and quality assurance, which
include fundamental documents entitled: Monitoring, Assess-
ment and Quality Assurance – self-evaluation reports of the u p
for the academic years 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010.
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viewees is limited according to their position at the university (man-
agers) and their knowledge in the area of ic in higher education and
research institutions. Other employees at the university do not have
much knowledge of this area.
Another limitation of the research could be the investigators’ biases,
which can result in a one-sided interpretation of the results. The biases
are due to the investigator’s several years of employment in higher ed-
ucation and at this particular institution.
Analysis and Interpretation of the Research Results
In the continuation, the collected data is analysed and interpreted by
means of document analysis, interviews and the survey. We aim to pro-
vide an answer to the research question, to highlight the possibilities
regarding the design of an ic report at the u p, as well as to expose the
significance of such reporting.
Analysis of the u p’s Fundamental and Strategic Documents
By analysing the u p’s fundamental and strategic documents, we aim to
answer the question of whether we can prove the existence of all three
fundamental components of ic (human capital, structural capital and
relational capital) on the basis of the analysis of those documents.
We analysed:
• strategic documents, which include the following fundamental
documents with addresses: University of Primorska Development
Programme 2004–2008 (Univerza na Primorskem 2005), Mid-
Term Development Strategy of the University of Primorska 2009–
2013 (Univerza na Primorskem 2009) and Education Strategy of
the University of Primorska 2011–2015 (Univerza na Primorskem
2011);
• business reports, which include the u p’s annual reports for 2008,
2009, 2010 and 2011;
• planning documents, which include the up’s work programmes for
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and
• self-evaluation reports on monitoring and quality assurance, which
include fundamental documents entitled: Monitoring, Assess-
ment and Quality Assurance – self-evaluation reports of the u p
for the academic years 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010.
122
