A FINANCIAL PLANNING MODEL FOR A BRITISH UNIVERSITY

This paper describes a computer-based planning model using the FCS-EPS decision support system to provide a deterministic simulation of the financial flows of a British university over the period 1986–87 to 1990–91. In discussing the model's design, attention is focused upon the validity for universities of various notions of accounting surplus and deficit. Regarding the implementation of the model, the centre of concern is with sensitivity analysis. In the concluding section, the model is placed in the context of related studies in the UK and America.