Underutilized resources at one unit are not easily transferred to a unit which is growing. Units will be responsible for space costs and generation of revenue requiring units to perform an analysis of resource utilization which would shift existing university resources to growing and help generate additional resources. By linking tuition revenue to credit hours taught, a unit in a growth stage will receive more revenue. The same scenario exists with research and indirect cost recovery. The general administration conceivably could proceed with this expenditure and reduce academic and other budgets to pay for the computer upgrades.
Units have little input in university wide services and funding.
Under RCM, budget changes proposed by central service units would be subject to review and approval of a Service Unit Advisory Board. All units paying for the central service unit would be represented. The proposal could be considered in the context of the priorities of the users as well as the service unit. This is a safeguard to prevent inequities in the prioritization of resources. A unit has extra money at the end of a given year and wants to buy computers but needs time to do research on what to buy.