SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Holds Summer Planning Workshop in Tagaytay City, 26 May 2012
By: Gina Duran, Secretary, School of Business
Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The School of Business led by Dean Ramon R. Mañalac, held its annual beginning of the year Planning Workshop for School Year 2012-2013. Attended by the Department Chairs of the business programs, the event was held in Tagaytay City last 26 May 2012. Present were Prof. Delia Sarmiento (BISM), Dr. Ralph Sabio (BM), Prof. Kathleen Cheng (representing Prof. Brenda Palad) FM, Dr. Delfin Mauricio (FrM), Dr. Frederick Halcon (representing Prof. Aries Gamboa), IBEAD, and Prof. Evaristo Acuña (MM).     

Dean Mañalac, acting as facilitator, started off with the Dean’s report to the Department Chairs regarding the performance and accomplishments of the School of Business for School Year 2011-2012. He emphasized in his report the big challenges that immediately confronted his administration starting with the pressing need to edit, revise and update the entire curriculum program of the of newly-launched BS Business Administration in compliance with CHED CMO #39. Another challenge was the extensive preparation for the PAASCU accreditation visit which was originally scheduled in November of 2011.

Before the workshop proper, Dean Mañalac presented to the department chairs the Key Result Areas framework being used by the SSC institution in planning and performance evaluation. Focusing only on those areas relevant to academic units, the Chairs were re-oriented on the application of the framework in the planning process.

The Workshop Proper

The planning workshop was a simple “question – list answer” exercise for the participants. They were asked to answer the question “What My Department Does Not Have?”.  The exercise required each of them to list at least ten (10) concerns that are not present in their respective Department but should exist as integral elements of up to standard performance. No specific parameter was set on the nature of concerns to list, in order to have a free flowing brain-storming process. The participants were given thirty (30) minutes to answer the question and write their concerns on Manila paper. After which, each participant was asked to present to the body and explain his thoughts about the listed items.

As each concern was explained, the body collectively tagged it to corresponding key result area (KRA) in order to validate its relevance to the KRA framework. Those which could not be tagged to any KRA were disregarded and excluded.

As can be discerned from the laundry list of “what my department does not have” items, the concerns varied from very common to peculiar concerns of the Departments. Only very minimal items were disregarded as being too trivial if not irrelevant.

The post-workshop activity required the Chairs to put together action plans dealing with the identified concerns. In effect, the Chairs were being asked to formulate Department plans directly addressing the needs of their units in terms of the customer/stakeholder satisfaction, budgetary/financial and market results, learning and growth results, internal business processes, and governance and social responsibility. The expected output of the post-workshop activity will be in the KRA Strategic Plan format.

Business Meeting

The culminating activity for the day was the business meeting for other academic and administrative concerns of the school. The body once again tackled some clarificatory points on the transition and implementation phases of the K-12 scenario. The Chairs were one in declaring the need to radically enhance the business programs in order to sustain viability of operation.  A brief review of the CHED CMO #06 s2012 followed which resulted to the consideration by the body of another option for a business program in the school. Some Chairs have indicated interest in taking charge of the Service Management for Business Process Outsourcing program as enhancement of their own existing programs.   The business meeting was concluded by reminders about the usual school policies to be strictly followed, SOPS, protocols and the next schoolyear calendar.

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