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Un modèle de production et une méthode d’analyse des coûts de l’enseignement universitaire

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This paper argues that it is both possible and necessary to analyse university costs in a detailed and coherent way. Such analysis should rest on a model of production. In the model proposed here, production results from the coordinated operation of several activities. The structure of these functional activities is reflected in the administrative organization, and also in the accounting set up of the financial reporting system. This data bank, together with the required software, would already be usable as an operational tool for cost analysis. Later on, a proper model could be constructed. La thèse avancée dans cet essai est qu’il est possible et nécessaire d’analyser de façon détaillée et cohérente les dépenses des universités. Une telle analyse devrait se fonder sur un modèle de production. Dans le modèle proposé ici, la production résulte du fonctionnement coordonné de multiples activités. La structure de ces activités fonctionnelles s’incarne dans l’organisation administrative et se reflète dans le plan comptable du formulaire financier de fonctionnement de la D.G.E.S. Cette banque de données, si on lui adjoignait un logiciel approprié, constituerait dès maintenant un outil opérationnel d’analyse des coûts, en attendant qu’on construise le modèle.

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  • Lemelin, André, 1983. "Un modèle de production et une méthode d’analyse des coûts de l’enseignement universitaire," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 59(4), pages 686-712, décembre.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:actuec:v:59:y:1983:i:4:p:686-712
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