Students Information System Using Porter’s Model

Abstract

The adoption of Information systems has presented an avenue for industries to leverage on the unique strength information systems to achieve competitive advantage. Educational institutes are not left behind in the adoption of information systems with the main view of gaining some form of advantage over competitors. Gaining competitive advantage with information system is critical for organizations, the level of competition is determined using Porters five forces. In recent times, as the number of private owned secondary schools increase in a particular geographical area, owners of these private owned secondary schools have embraced the usage of information system in order to gain some level of advantage over their competitors. The management and provision of information about students is an essential part of effective management. Gaining competitive advantage with information system is critical for organizations; the level of competition is determined using Porters five forces. This research work takes a look at the use of Porter's Five Forces, the three generic strategies, and value chains in determining the drivers and the impacts of the adoption of information systems for competitive advantage. The relative attractiveness of these industries was also examined with the aid of Porters five (5) forces. The target population is ten (10) carefully selected privately owned secondary school in Akure. A well-structured questionnaire is administered in these schools and data collected are analysed using frequency distribution, Cronbach Alpha to determine data reliability, Correlation, ANOVA and regression analysis tool.