Forecast by analogy : enrollment system for Our Lady Therese Integrated School, Inc. (OLTIS) / Liisa M. Tolibas

Year : 2014

Number of Pages : 40 leaves

Adviser : Prof. Glen A. Imbang

Executive Summary

Our Lady Therese Integrated School, Inc. (OLTIS) has currently 96 students and is planning to extend its school with a high school department in 2015. Its current enrollment process is done manually and takes up to one week to complete for all its students, and cannot accommodate more students. The founders are thinking of implementing an enrollment system to address this problem. The scope of this paper is to provide a forecast using the analogy method, and to provide recommendations for OLTIS based on the technological, economic, managerial, political and social dimensions of World Citi Colleges' (WCC) and Explorations Preschool's (EP) enrollment system. This paper shall discuss the different dimensions of WCC's and EP's enrollment systems based from the interview conducted by the author as well as the answers from the questionnaire provided to WCC and EP. This shall demonstrate the similarities as well as differences of the three schools and show which of these similarities and differences can be used in the forecasting process. The author suggests that analogizing the model system to the current system be done not only as a whole, and recommends that the different dimensions of the model systems to the current system be used. Recurring and key technology management issues around the enrollment systems were identified and discussed. The author then provides a forecast for OLTIS' future enrollment system and recommends steps on what and how to acquire, implement and manage an enrollment system, which will coincide with their strategy and help the school become more competitive and sustainable.