knowledge production in a particular society. It also has implications for the kinds of relationship that are forged within educational institution.
The literature on higher education and organizational culmre has pointed to the salience of cultural interpretation in understanding a higher educational institution like a university. The bulk of the organizational literature and the higher education literature forms the basis by which I try to make sense of what is happening at this new private university in a unique social context. This literature provides the rationale behind and the purpose for utilizing the research methods I have chosen to use.