Institutional Climate Audit from Communication Perspective with Reference to the Select IT Institutions: An Empirical Study

Abstract

A favourable institutional climate not only shapes personality traits, positive attitudes and abilities related to creative intelligence but it also profoundly affects their behaviours. The following are the key characteristics of favourable institutional climate: An open culture where effective communication in all directions is ensured; a live environment where open-ended activities are going-on with the active involvement of both students and faculty; an encouraging milieu in which creativity and innovativeness flourish; a positive atmosphere in which informal interaction, collaboration for mutual development and experimentation for learning is promoted; a learning climate in which opportunities for the students to have mutually satisfying interactions with the relevant experts and practicing professionals are available; and a favourable setting where learning is reinforced by the system and practice of active reception, supportive feedback and timely appreciation of favourable results. In order to check to what extent the climates in the selected IT institutions incorporate such characteristics therein, the present empirical study had been carried out and ended with the finding of by and large moderate degree of such climates prevail in the selected institutions.