Knowledge, comprehension and behavior of the academic community on the vision and mission in the faculty of pharmacy, university of Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Background: All institution must have both vision and mission, the two aspects that constitutes their educational goals. Therefore, to achieve this objectives, the key stakeholders must be well acquainted with the two aspects. Purposed: This study was intended to determine the level of knowledge, understanding, and behavior, as well as the influence of characteristics such as age, gender, organization, years of service, and the level of education of the community towards the vision and mission of the Faculty of Pharmacy Ahmad Dahlan University of Yogyakarta. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design Data was presented in tables and images to describe data, and chi square test for analysis. Results: Out of the 316 respondents in the research, 195 (61.70%) had a high knowledge, 145 (47.15%) with understanding, and 162 (51.26%) with high behavior agreement. There is a significant relationship between the characteristics of the level of knowledge of employees on the basis of age (p = 0.008), work period (p = 0.008) and education level (p = 0.048). Contrastingly, there is no significant relationship between the characteristics of the level of understanding and behavior towards the faculty's vision and mission (p> 0.05). Conclusion: The majority of academics have a high level of knowledge and suitability for behavior. There are relationship between age, years of service and education and the level of knowledge of employees, on the contrary, there are no relationship between the level of knowledge, understanding and behavior of lecturers, employees, students and the pharmacist profession on the vision and mission