Competitive Intelligence framework for Increasing Competitiveness Vocational High School Management

Vocational high school management have an important role in building strong competitiveness. Good management will make the competitiveness more improved. This study have purpose to improve the competitiveness of vocational high schools by using competitive intelligence tools. The method used in this research is competitive intelligence practice framework. This study uses measurement the competitive intelligence framework based on the combined use of two techniques: a questionnaire based survey and an empirical analysis. The survey has been used to achieve feedbacks from the subject’s point of view. In particular, it has been useful to capture the increasing competitiveness of the vocational high schools. The results of this study indicate that the vocational high schools that implement the competitive intelligence framework have a significant increase in competitiveness. Why? This is caused by a gradual change of management in applying the competitive intelligence framework. The results of this study are expected to be applied to many vocational high schools so that there is a significant increase in competitiveness. Keywords—competitive intelligence; competitiveness; framework; North Sulawesi; vocational high school