The University of Devonport consists of six faculties and an administration unit. Under the
university’s management philosophy, each faculty is treated, as far as is reasonable, as an independent entity. Each faculty is responsible for its own budget and financial decision making.
A new course in the Faculty of Geography (FG) requires some input from a member of staff
of the Faculty of Modern Languages (FML).
The two faculties are in dispute about the ‘price’ that FG should pay FML for each hour of
the staff member’s time. FML argues that the hourly rate should be £97. This is based on the
FML budget for this year, which in broad outline is as follows: