MBAH has new head - Dra Gloan Adolor

Rizal Philippines
April 24, 2016

I joined the MBAH faculty meeting called for by Dra. Gloan Adolor who teaches at AMSPH and was a former student at MBAH. In a strange twist of things, 7 years ago she was student and I was senior to her, 7 years later, I am reporting to her.  She invited me to join the meeting as she presented the vision for the MBAH.  I was apprehensive about the growing unpopularity and phasing out of senior professors the GSB. She said though that we/the seniors are welcome, because there is a group of MBAH students who are in the 40 -50 age category and presumably they will listen only to the seniors only

I taught about 4 classes of MBAH and I enjoyed it, as the students mostly doctors probably did too. I was able to tweak the syllabus to make it interesting to MDs, being a former detailman of the largest drug company in the Phl.  This gave me a familiarity with behavior the wants and needs of Drs.  And I have two uncles who are MDs, a sister who is an MD in the US and an x. In the other classes in Clark,there are many MDs who not finding MBAH in Clark, are taking up Regis MBA

Some comments:

1. Dr. Gloanne said that the MBA H should strive to develop 3 modes of thinking:  critical, creative, and spiritual.  In the entrep classes I held, had the three of them developed:   creativity via the business plan,  and submission of new 6 or new 12 as the case may be, critical thinking in case analysis and oral recitation, and spiritual in opening class prayer

2.  On the MBA having split personality.  On one hand we want our students to seize opportunity, to maximize to glorify PHP, but on the other hand, on the other breadth we want them to give them all away.  Or share It does not stand well in the path of wannabees.  But we see from examples of Buffet, Gates, Mother Teresa, and somebody who gave away $250 million for cancer research that it gives them extreme joy to leave a legacy for humanity and to make this world much better.  In Clark, I saw such doctors who has that passion of sharing even before they joined Ateneo

3.  There were complaints from other faculty about new rules that were rather petty and disincentive to current more experienced mentors

6 Ds needed to be a successful leader

Leaders bring hope and changes in this life

Rizal Philippines
January 7, 2016

D -  ream (seeking brainstorming)

D -  ecide  which options to pursue

D - etermination (you have to pursue that goal which you decide relentlessly)

D - edication (of your life, effort, and resources)

D - iscipline (to do the things necessary to reach the goal even if this distasteful or difficult/chalenging

D - o

Example of Opportunity Seeking (or finding) by my uncle in Agri

Entrepreneurship creates new products and higher quality of life

Rizal Philippines
January 7, 2016

I was with my uncle whom I did not meet for quite a while  (about 5 years) although his office is along the path of bike route.  They are engaged in agri ventures supplying feeds and chicken in the likes of Jollibee and Andoks.  Before, he raised dogs and fighting cocks.

He insisted that our lunch consisted of chicken because that is his business.  There is no argument about that.  I learned the following:

1.  His connection and acquaintances included Sandy Jaiver (whom I told was a classmate in college and owns Andok),xxxxPineda of Lubao Pampanga, Joemar Hizon;

2.  His current business of broiler as supplier of major food chain cant compete on the basis of cost and volume with the majors:   Bounty Tresh, RFM, and even CP (the biggest food conglomorate in Thailand.  They were into buying spree of land before, now on JB and contract growing)   /He also plans to expand into egg laying.

3.  He found out that there were hobbies and interests which he later found out to be profitable.

     1.  Sheep raising. He bought a pair and 10 others for P300,000.  After five years and spending P15,000 for labor a month on the shepherd, he was able to sell the entire stock for P1,800,000.  He must have earned about P700,000 for the hobby. It was something that is is not earth shaking, not known by every body, but which one can earn money from.  It is an opportunity that did not manifest itself right away to him

    2. Cattle grazing and growing.  He has a herd grazing in public land and spends about P15,000 a month for the cowhands (3 families)  He has about 70 right now and in five years, if lucky he would have 300 heads.  Each head would sell for P40,000.  The grazelands are best where the access road are difficult. Thus he has a Toyota FJ 40 4x4 which he uses when he visits his flock.  He intends to sell them not as a lot but weekly to butchers and meat dealers

Would you have such similar experience where there are opportunities that eventually earned money for you.