School operation

Author: Zhou You
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book employs theoretical knowledge from education, economics, marketing, and other fields, along with methods such as comparative analysis, case studies, and mathematical models. It assumes that the education market has a sufficient consumer base and that educational supply is not excessive. The demand price in the education market is the expected price of rational consumers under conditions of full information, and all producers of educational products are rational actors—meaning schools pursue the maximization of their expected profits under given environmental constraints. These assumptions serve as the logical starting point for the study of school operations. The book strives to achieve a reasonable logical structure, analyzing aspects such as the operating environment and theory of school operations, the costs and products of school operations, the models and strategies of school operations, the efficiency and cases of school operations, and the management of operational factors of school products. It also identifies issues in school operations and proposes policy recommendations. In the final part, Chapter 14 of the sixth section, the book highlights that during the process of school operations, issues such as incomplete marketization, insufficient accumulation and increment of human capital, flaws in accounting systems, the need for improvement in education policies and laws, and the lagging development of school operation theory still exist. Therefore, the book proposes policy recommendations for school operations at both macro and micro levels, including enhancing the concept of school operations, advancing institutional innovation in school operations, establishing financial systems and evaluation mechanisms for operational performance, formulating pricing standards and price control mechanisms for school operations, strengthening marketing planning for schools, and promoting the professionalization of school operations, all of which are intended to serve as references for research and decision-making.