As professors, were we able to make a dent in good governance?

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

 

Thats our sincerest wish but maybe we were successful in private sector.  But hardly made a dent in public sector. 

I am monitoring past students at Linked in and they seem to be doing well. But for those who are in govt, I doubt.  Especially those who are in the Legislature.   Parang law of gravity yan in reverse.  Kung saan marami pera duon pupunta duon papanig duon pupunta pag iisip. 

We ran an abbreiaviated MBA for a pension fund and the branch manager (at that time the U had program for detecting plagiarism.  We had to subject every paper on plagiarism checker.  I reported the offense to the program director and the complaint was ignored.   The govt agency figured out in a P40b investment loss.  Now the news buried under the rug

    1.  Did we make a dent on corruptions at LGU level?  No  (I asked a chair if he gives to the City Engineer for getting Occupancy permit for his condo project in a city.  He said yest.  He is a retired Col.

    2.  Did we make transactions with the govt faster.  This post suffer 6 to 12 mos lead time to get a LGU

          approval.

    3  Did we make a dent in the flood control scandal?  In the drug problem?  NOOOOO.  Maybe those who were KO'd did....

Were we hypocrites, as asked by a student, a Dr at MBA program, for asking them to monetize their profession as business, but at the same time practice kindness and spirituality

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

This post had to grapple with this question from a student in a MBAH program where he questioned our quest for entreprreneurship  and at the same moderate and be spiritual -   to moderate greed and  be kind.  Are we professors, professing this kind of thinking hypocrites?

The student drives a sports car and ophthalmologist and a bone surgeon posed a question on value-  how much should a kneee replacement cost  P50,000, 200,000, 500,000 1 M.  Pricing is a value creation.  How much depends on how the patient  needs the procedure and how much he/she can afford.  Any price, without competition is a good price.   Especially if we compare it to foreign pricing, a P500,000 knee operation ($10,000) would be cheap but very expensive heare.   

Indeed this is a very defficult question for us teaching MBA in a Catholic U to answer the question.   Lately health services went up and when MVP tried to rationalize hospital care by acquring MD hospitals prices were standardized -  to be higher than usual, so he paid good money to Drs hospital.   

But we know for  a fact that Drs are used to the idea of giving the poor patients their baon and even their samples so that the indigents can get good medical care.  I even overheard when I was in pharma, that Dr.s regularly treat indigents pro bono.  

Being kind and generous excercising Christian faith, exercising judgment is something grad school cannot teach.  It comes from freedom to decide to judge....

Role of graduates in nation building; staying even when there is blood in the street.

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

There are plenty whom I know that are very actiive in nation building and instigating changes.  But many of them are KO'd.  They finished their courses elsewhere.  I was lucky this post completed peacefully his degree at AdeMU.  

But most are not into this chaotic nation building.    (The straight ones) There are also guys I know who are all ready c...t.

Most in my batch chose to stay in the country from where the teachings at the Univesity emanated from USA.

I have heard from one of my entrep guest that to count, stay in your own country even if there is blood in the street.  Bengzon proposed patriotism,  Stay in your country the land of your birth, whateve it is.