CFOS Exercise 1.4
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Exercise 1.4 - Sample Answers
Type of Costs | Committed or Managed Costs |
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MATERIALS SUB-SYSTEM | |
Materials Development | |
training workshop for course writers | Managed |
payments for course writers | Managed |
fees/salary for editor | Committed or Managed |
salary/wages for typist | Committed or Managed |
costs of pilot-testing materials | Managed |
Materials Production | |
salary/wages/fees for DTP | Managed |
payments for illustrations | Managed |
payments for use of copyright material | Committed |
costs of printing or photocopying | Committed |
Materials Distribution | |
storage of materials | Committed |
packing materials | Committed |
transporting materials | Committed |
communicating with those handing out materials to learners | Managed |
STUDENT SUB-SYSTEM | |
Admission & Registration | |
assessing applications from potential students | Committed |
entering registration forms on a computer database | Committed |
checking data entry for completeness and accuracy | Managed |
Allocation to Centres & Study Groups | |
rent or maintenance of study centre building | Committed |
utilities (electricity, heating, water) for study centres | Committed or Managed |
payments to centre heads | Committed |
provision of ICTs at study centres | Managed |
informing students about when and which study centre to go to | Committed |
Tutorials & Study Groups | |
payments to tutors | Committed |
training of tutors | Managed |
teaching materials (chalk, felt-tip markers, photocopies, etc.) | Committed |
Assessment | |
fees/wages for marking assignments | Committed |
rental of examination hall | Committed |
payment for exam invigilators | Committed |
payment for exam marking | Committed |
Certification | |
checking that students have met all the requirements for a certificate to be awarded | Committed |
printing certificates & inscribing graduates' names | Committed |
graduation ceremony | Managed |
LOGISTICAL SUB-SYSTEM | |
recruiting part-time tutors and issuing contracts to them | Committed |
issuing cheques or arranging for bank transfers to pay tutors | Committed |
maintaining the institution's computer network | Managed |
insurance for the institution | Committed |
REGULATORY SUB-SYTEM | |
salary of institution's director/chief executive officer | Committed |
payments to institution's board of governors/advisors | Committed |
costs of strategic planning workshops | Managed |
costs of periodic evaluation of institution | Managed |
This table is not comprehensive. There are many more examples of costs that you might have included in your list.