Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Tacloban City
October 19, 2014
1. Question: In theory and practice, schools of management have evolved in
space and time, and in process; discuss your position on these in relations to
concepts,
principles,
theories,
models,
perspectives,
approaches,
past
several
decades,
universities
and
colleges
offering
It basically became an
adapt on the said change. If we could notice in our course outline, topics are
already a mix of eastern and western knowledge, an opportunity for a
Filipino student for we are adaptable to any environment. We are no longer
focusing on western tycoons but also to eastern way of handling business.
We became focus to people and our social obligation, a trait from eastern
cultures. In addition, the studies in management became a supplementary
requirement for an individual to move up in the corporate/organizational
ladder or be an effective entrepreneur. It became an option rather a
privilege to a Filipino aspiring to succeed. Sooner, I believe a Filipino
studying management will realize the importance of going back to its rootsinvesting on the local market and focusing on how we incorporate our
Filipino values in enhancing our management skills. But overall, I do believe
on what I presented on how studying management and the schools offering
the studies in management evolved through time.
2. Question: When you analyse a Philippine management problem ( any aspect
of sociology, psychology, philosophy, or management and cultural reality),
are you going to claim that yours would be the correct explanation, or are
you going to see your explanation as one valid narrative in relation to the
other narratives that have been written about the same material?
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In analysing a Philippine management problem, my point of view is always
derived from what I basically see and framed on the lessons I have learned
in the past. Results of collective observations and personal experiences are
key elements of my explanations. I see to it that my interpretation on what
the problem is, why it occurred and how will it be solved or remedied is
within the scope of the problem and the time being it is being discussed. I
live in the code that every individual is unique, every situation is somehow
different from one another and that change is constant. With this code, the
explanation to a management problem is a valid narrative in relation to
other relatives given with same scenario.
results are only true to the subjects and the population it represents, with
the time frame and methodology it used. My explanation, in simpler words,
is my interpretation and point of view. It may be useful for the others but I