Thesis (Master in Management) -- University of the Philippines Mindanao, June 2016.

Davao Autism Intervention Center Foundation Inc. (DAICFI) is a non-stock, non-profit organization organized by a group of parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) which provides intervention services with persons/children with Autism. One of the pioneers in Davao, DAICFI has been existing for 18 years already and has helped a lot of families cope up with the challenges with family members with ASD. Despite this, they are currently struggling in terms of financial management and enrolment and his situation threatens the sustainability of the foundation. DAICFI still has the capacity to maximize its resources in order to make its financial condition positive, and so the company can still extend its quality services to more families and individuals. This paper aims to create strategic plan that will help DAICFI in its desire to continue its operations and achieve sustainability. The framework that the author used to craft the strategic plan is an adaptation of Fred David?s model. Using the framework , the strategy formulation was divided into seven chapters. The first chapter highlights the overview of the organization and the key strategic issues and problems. Chapter two discusses how the external factors that affect the organization. Among the main external factors affecting DAICFI are the increasing number of Autism Intervention Centers in Davao and the lack of patrons due to diverted interests. Based on the evaluation, DAICFI is handling external factors slightly above average. Chapter three presents and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the organization and its main strength is the fact that DAICFI is an established institution in Davao, that is pioneer in offering these services. Their greatest weaknesses is in its low enrollees and lack of regular patrons. Given these findings, the proponent suggested to add another organizational objective in Chapter four which states ?to establish regular donors or patrons that will support the foundation to ensure sustainability to be able to provide a more affordable intervention center for more persons with ASD?. Chapter five presents the strategies formulated based on the desired outcome taking consideration the internal and external factors identified. These strategies were further grouped into three strategic alternatives mainly: (1) reinforce Partnerships and expansion of Networks, (2) Strengthen Human Resource through Competency based strategy and (3) Rehabilitation of over-all Financial Condition of DAICFI. After weighing the options, the author found out that DAICFI should focus on the rehabilitation of over-all financial condition strategy. The strategy includes increasing the enrolment rate and strengthening partnerships with schools to gain income on practicumer association fees and further increase of donations thru other partner organizations. The strategy also includes developing other programs aiming to generate income and development of pricing strategies through constant competitor analysis. Furthermore, the organization should develop a proper recording system to accelerate its payment collection and to improve over-all financial recording. In chapter six, the implementation programs per area of focus ? Human Resource, Finance, Marketing and Infrastructure were presented in detail. For the improvement of the organization's Human Resource, the competency based strategy format was presented complete with the main assigned person, time requirement and target beneficiaries. In the finance portion, the author suggested strategies to increase enrolment and presented a proposed sample monitoring system to track the movement of the enrolment. Strategies that include creating new sources of income have been discussed, and sample proposals for donors have been suggested by the proponent as well. The over-all strategy to develop an accounting system has also been discussed. The financial projections tell us that the strategies can deliver the objectives even with minimal cost for the foundation. Lastly, chapter seven presented the control system that need to be established to ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the organization relative to its strategies.