CFOS Exercise 1.4
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Exercise 1.4 - Sample Answers
| Type of Costs | Committed or Managed Costs |
|---|---|
| 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.
