Title: Student enrolment and class scheduling for a private language school business

Authors: Zu-Hsu Lee, Rafal Bartkow

Addresses: School of Management, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA. ' School of Business, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA

Abstract: This paper studies the class scheduling and managerial issues involved for a private language school. A linear programming formulation is used to find the optimal class schedule subject to considerations such as total teacher|s salary and classroom capacity. To maximise the profit from enrolment increase, and decide whether to open new sessions or put a cap on enrolment instead of accepting more students, the school needs to ensure any proposed new class brings a positive net income to the business. The marginal profit due to additional enrolment is discussed to determine if new classes will be offered.

Keywords: class scheduling; employee scheduling; linear programming; student enrolment; private language schools; total teacher salary; classroom capacity; positive net income; marginal profit.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2009.026686

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2009 Vol.10 No.5/6, pp.429 - 442

Accepted: 23 Sep 2008
Published online: 23 Jun 2009 *

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