THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COVID-19 POLICY RELATED TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF ACADEMICS AND PRACTITIONERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NUSA CENDANA

Abstract

This research aims to understand the implementation of the COVID-19 policies related to financial management in the perspective of academics and practitioners at the University of Nusa Cendana. This research uses qualitative methods and the primary data has been obtained by interviews and literature reviews regarding the Covid-19 management policy at the University of Nusa Cendana. This research focuses on the implementation of the Covid-19 financial management policy, the evaluation, and the factors that affect the Covid-19 Policy Implementation process. Research showed that from an academic perspective, the implementation of the Covid-19 policy related to financial management has not been going well because there is no socialization to academics. On the other hand, from the perspective of practitioners at Nusa Cendana University, it has been running. However, certain points must be considered such as unexpected shopping that is not yet available in the current DPA budget, Relocation and cash management when unexpected spending is insufficient, Evaluation of Covid-19 policies related to financial management at Nusa Cendana University has not been implemented properly due to the absence of a financial management policy related to Covid-19 and a system Supporting evaluations with working from home and therefore it is necessary to have a financial management policy and establish a risk management unit to anticipate if this pandemic continues.