Topic 6: Who's Running the Show?

In my opinion, I believe that PAS has aspects of various different organizations. First of all, in terms of sole proprietorship, our school does show a unique quality not unlike that of more controlled systems, whereby the sole proprietor is making basically all of the decisions. This school is not really a partnership seeing as no one else was really part of the setting up of the school, other than the headmistress herself. I find that there are a lot of parallelisms in terms of our school and corporations, partially due to the nature of the education system. First of all, it is not easy to open or close schools; there are too many people and futures involved in the process. It requires a lot of paperwork and licensing to open a school, and requires even more paperwork for the closing. The staff and teachers, who are part of the running of the school, also need qualifications. Moreover, perhaps the biggest burden to the running of a school is resources. It is extremely difficult and money-consuming to start a school. Right now, the funding mainly comes from the tuition fees from the students. In the past, the funding came from the sole proprietor, who had started the school on her own, with the help of others. In terms of liability, in my opinion, most of the liability is more unlimited, and lies with the decision-maker, as most parents complain and directly react to the decision-maker, partially due to the fact that all outputs are seen as direct results of the decisions that were actually being made. The life of the school is unlimited, seeing as the decision-maker can be replaced. However, given the fact that the decision-maker provides a very special asset to the school in terms of her specialization in college application and such, the school would not be the same without her.The profits of the system are probably saved in a fund for future use, or to pay off previous payments, etc. I believe this method of organization is chosen because the decision-maker had believed that it is the most effective means of achieving the purpose of the school. The advantages would include an actual product and successful result. However, the disadvantage would include a lot of conflict with many people. If I were to start a school, I’d probably run a similar system, except with more inputs from other people as well.