Whose MBAH program is better - that of AGSB or those who do their programs off campus?

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

Rizal Philippines
December 15, 2017

This author handled at least 5 MBAH batches at AGSB.  I thought an elective - Entreprenuershhip an elective which in effect covers the entire spectrum of management:  finance, marketing, operations, and even general management

I also heard about off campus programs of MBA hospital administration in our area because there are several hospitals that have sprouted all over the place. And may be DOH requires MD administrators to take up MBAH

I have been asked several times to assist some students with their case analyses and final paper.  As I interviewed the students regarding the approach and methods of instruction.  I realized how far away they are from AGSB methodology.   Theirs are pedagogical, rather than analytical.    I suppose the MBA that they took were equally shallow and has not transformed the students into high caliber medical directors.

Lately I have given horror stories of mismanagement  by CEOs and even Chair of distinguished hospitals with practices that are not in keeping with sound management practices and which puts to shame the grad school where they  took up their MBA.

Am I glad to have taught at AGSB, and was part of its history. Certainly one of the  best MBA schools in the country.  (May be during our time) and the new batch of Prof will level up that stature

CFO Forum at AGSB 50th anniversary

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

Rizal Philippines
March 30, 2017

The Department of Economics Finance and Accounting held last March 28, 2017 a forum of chief financial officers on what to focus in 2017.  This was held at the Auditorium Basement 1 of Ateneo Professional School. The CFO who were present  were Francis H. Suarez Jr,  EVP,   Jose Teodoro K. Limcaoco,   CFO of Ayala group, and the moderator, Ana Bess G. Pingol, the moderators and also  CFO of Federal Land, SM Land Rockwell Land,  Deputy CFO of Metro Pacific Investment  Corporation.

What were the views of the CFO?

Both are conglomerates:  both have organic growth from core businesses, but Ayala is one of the oldest, and GT an investment arm of George Ty, the controlling stockholder of Metro Bank is the youngest, and only 5 years old.

The discussion were mostly from strategic point of view, rather from financial point of view.

Ateneo GSB should be the best alternative for studying MBA abroad

Rizal Philippines   |  May 17, 2014

The Central Management Cluster, headed by Prof Dr. Manny Fong met with the new Dean Rudy Ang (he does not want to be called Sir or Dean but simply Rudy) met with some of the Central Cluster Management faculty for the first time since he took over.


These are some of his wish list:

1.  To make the Ateneo GSB as second best alternative for studying abroad.  

   This means taking in full time students and partnering with many best Jesuit Schools worldwide (Dean Ang is the president of the Association of the Jesuit Schools and this is his first year)


2.  To be in markets where Ateneo GSB would make a difference rather than just making money

Areas of concern:

1.  Administrative matters -  quality of work, inputs of administrative staff

2.  Program directors for various programs so that growth and quality of the programs are taken care of.

    1.  Why is MM headcount declining?

    2.  What is the difference between Regis and MM

    3. Why is there a 4 session Regis in Cebu and Iloilo?  Why are we giving GSB credits for seminar like sessions?

3.  Admission

Pananagutan for AGSB entrep students

BE a BIDDA: "BELIEVE, INSPIRE, DREAM, DO ACHIEVE"

Pananagutan  -  Responsibility, Accountability, Compassion




I have requested the entrep classes to play his when we start our last session.  This embodies the man for others idea of AGSB and "Nation Building"

Do you really care?  Do we have sense of ationhood? A sense of responsibility

99% of the rest of the world just want to be led.  We are lucky to be at 0.01% to be taking up MBA and be in charge of others.  Shall we do our role?  Shall we be really men and women for others

 When we played this video this morning there was a portion where I mentioned that the P4,000 each cash gift last Christmas was  encountering difficulty.  It was not for me and it would not have made a lot difference to me if I went on a splurged it;  but certainly would have made a lot of families, our employees very very happy.

There are many things I do as a boss which is for good and happiness of many;  and for which I have so many adversaries and detractors:


Why are we saved?

Why do we eat?

Why do we pray?

Why are we blessed?

"Di dahil sa ating sarili lamang, kung di para sa ibang anak ng Diyos"

How come some of my posts are already references for certain topics?

I now realize that bloggers do much to increase the content of the web. When we research some items, it turns out that our very own work are on top of the list as reference.  For instance, asI did the presentation on Vision Mission formulation, I researched on:

1.  Rose Montenegro Reyes of Makati Med (on hospital turn around)  (Prof Jorge at Ateneo)

2.  Dr. David Shetty and Narayana Hospital in India  (at cheapcures site)

my previous post were at the top of Google Search.  Wow.  Little research goes a long way.

Do these contribute to rise of AGSB ranking?  My skills as part of the faculty?

Our Valentine date yesterday was at Entrep Class at MBA Regis at Ateneo Clark

Angono Rizal  Philippines  February 15 2014

                                         Have a heart sign

I and several other students (14 in all) had rather unusual Valentines Day celebration yesterday.  We had our first session for the Entrep Class at Ateneo MBA in Clark.

We had the following activities:

1.  Creative ideas, ideation -  New ID or other gadget design.

2.  Self Introduction

3.  Walk through the syllabus

4.  Debate:  "Entrepreneurs are Born, Made or product of Opportunities"

Lunch at Tatoy in Arevalo, the owner was helped by dwarfs

Iloilo City, February 8, 2014

           Christian, Terence, Pam, Ramey, Joevic and Prof Jorge;  we had Coke products because of Ramey

I remember having been here twice:  once with our staff, and second with our JV partner in Oton Iloilo. The owner, Mr. Tatoy, a former fisherman was supposed to have been our guest instead of Mr. Silva, but the owner declined.  So after Buddy left, we proceeded to Arevalo. Taroy's resto is beside the sea, and occupies about a one hectare property.

We had fish:  boiled, fried, oyster, and lechon.  The class chipped roughly about P400.00 each.  I told them it is an expensive MBA to fete their professor weekly.  Thank you po.

                            Special upland rice, fish, coke, oysters;   Terence and Pam to the left

What we did at AGSB University of Iloilo Campus last January 11, 2014

January 13, 2014

                        My second free lunch with the class;  at Punsyon in Mandurriao (near SM):  Ramey, Prof Jorge,  Pam, Christian,  Jan, Terence, and Joevic

We had the following activities at the Entrepr Class in Iloilo, (University of Iloilo campus program)

1.  Concept  for products, and businesses.  We did a rapid prototyping exercise on common products as ID, pen, and keys.

2.  Tag lines

3.  Practice:  

     1.  New product concept from negative materials (trash)

     2.  Rapid prototyping .

     While we exchanged the trash brought by the class, the Group of Terence, Ramey and Jan had all things set;  they had a rather remarkable non slip, reversible slip less.  (The traditional slippers really slip.)  True entrepreneurs:   flexible, resourceful yet with strong determination.  Last minute changes will not deter them.

   

Factors Paper by Terence S. Uygongco

Engr. Terence S. Uygongco

Factors Paper

Entrepreneur - AGSB ILOILO

As i am pondering on how to do my factors paper, i chance upon the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) self assessment test (as recommended by the syllabus of Prof Saguinsin).  At the onset i already have an inkling of how my entrepreneur potential would be but just the same, i read the instruction and it clearly says that i cannot answer 2 or 3 for the assessment to be effective.   So i answered it as truthfully as i could…

The Assessment Results:

Motivations - i like power or control in everything i do.  I want everything to be as what i projected it to be thus my motivation factor is more on the power.  My self-sufficiency or freedom is quite low and it would seem that i cannot on my own without some interaction.

Aptitudes - my self confidence as an entrepreneur is quite low while my determination is high, it is my lack of confidence and imagination that bring down my aptitude skills.

Attitudes - My perception to act upon one's destiny is high and it means that i could take it upon myself if i want something to succeed or not.

The result were not surprising:

I am a very pessimistic person and somehow i think you need to be the very opposite of my attitude to be a successful entrepreneur.  I always think of doomsday scenario and what if failures thus i always end up not being able to snowball the ideas.  

Now i need to read this article…

9 Ways to Become an Optimist

Pam's Factors Paper - AGSB UI

Born to both Chinese Filipinos businesspersons parents, it's difficult to understand why I am not a businesswoman myself especially considering I finished a degree in no other than Management in college.

My Dad has always encouraged (if not required) us to work in a Corporate setting prior to setting up our own businesses or joining the family business after college graduation. I guess that is both a good and bad thing. It is good because according to entrepreneurs.about.com, 98% of entrepreneurs ranked prior work experience as an important factor. With over seven years of solid work experience doing both Recruitment and Marketing, I believe I easily have points in this success factor for entrepreneurs. It is a bad thing, on the other hand, because I never really found the guts to leave the secure confines of the Corporate world. I guess I still am a little too risk averse for an entrepreneur.

Another factor that is cited by the same site is lessons from failures. I believe my over seven years of work experience has granted me enough failures to learn from.

Another factor that is mentioned is luck. I believe this is something I am patiently waiting for. I have been in many serendipitous situations before; and I believe the Universe is still working on aligning the stars for my entry to the business world.

Personal and professional networks is also an important factor according to the site. I have been working on building my network in Iloilo City since I got back from four years of college in Manila. My current job allows me to do exactly just that—being in-charge of Marketing and Branding for the biggest BPO Company in Iloilo City, I have worked with vendors that I believe will be very helpful when I put up the business that I have dreamt of. Also, I have consciously made the effort to join other civic organizations to ensure that I add to my network too.

Availability of capital is also important. Over the past seven years of work, I have always made it a point to save a reasonable portion of my monthly earnings so that when the stars finally align for me, I would have the capital to fund my dream.

Ability to take risks is also another factor to successful entrepreneurship. I believe this is where I can still improve. One of the reasons I still have not put up my own business is because I am very risk averse.

Another factor is business management skills. I believe my undergraduate degree (including the experience I had from setting up our own business as part of our requirements for graduation then), my exposure to business from a very young age (my parents required us to tend our family hardware business on the weekends off from school), my MBA degree, my management of my Recruitment and Marketing team in my current job—these have equipped me with the management skills necessary to be a successful entrepreneur. I believe the same experiences have also equipped me with the market and industry knowledge needed to be successful.

However, what I consider the most important factor of being a successful entrepreneur is the heart—the passion to be an entrepreneur.

At a very young age, my Dad explained to me a small poster he had in his office of a saying—"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life." Since then, I have struggled to live by that. I am very careful with the business I will venture into because I know that I will have to love it enough to spend countless sleepless nights and sacrifice many good, worry-less days with families and friends.  

More than anything else, I believe it is the heart that makes one truly a successful entrepreneur. 3

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Pamela Joy L. Go
+63 917 6250701


Have a little faith.

Responsible Management Education Forum at AGSB starts today November 14, 2013

The Fourth Regional PRME (Responsible Management Education) forum sponsored by Ateneo, De La Salle University and Asian Institute of Management starts today, November 14, 2013.  Registration starts at 8 am and forum starts at 9 am.  The forum  covers such topics as green innovation, sustainable business and development (maybe this topic of global warming) climate change, profit with honor.  Tomorrow, the jailed CFO of Enron David Fastow will talk.

Students and friends of Ateneo are invited to attend/join this forum.

PRME forum at AGSB at APS auditorim, November 14 to 15, 2013

I met AdeMU execs and Dean Albert this noon

APS, Rockwell Center Makati City PHL   |   May 9, 2013

I went to AGSB this noon to pick up the business plan submitted by the MBA Standard entrep students.  On the way I out I met at the elevators:   Dean Buenviaje, Dr. Tonette, and Dean Rudy Ang of the SOM.

What could be meaning of this?  We can only surmise and guess.  Is this the start of the turn over.  Prof Rudy is now making a situation analysis of the place he is going to manage?

I think they came from the 4th floor, where the ME offices are situated.

Faculty Meeting of Central Management and Economics Cluster

Rockwell Ctr, Makati City, PHL   |  May 6, 2013

                                Ms. Constantino making her presentation on the PAASCU thing

I attended the meeting of Central Management Cluster under Prof W. Constantino last May 2, 2013.   I consistently failed to attend the meetings she called for because of conflicts of schedule.  Her agenda was mainly about action plan on the PAASCU accreditation.

They are about:

l.  PhD scholarship

2.  Research:

        l.  Publication
        2.   Student work publication

However, this  raised question on the career path being envisioned for GSB professor, the academic orientation of  PAASCU accreditation vs the work based qualification of most of current
GSB professors, and lack of tenure of part time professors (contract is every semester only)  There is a disconnect.  Those who are over 60 (like me) and busy in their work could not care less regarding this development/question.

 Those are  Prof Noemi Martin (fmr student) and Winne facing the camera

                 Dr. Tony the chair of MBE wearing white shirt;  Prof Marivic and Dr. Lydia King

                               Cluster Chair  Prof  Winnie Constatino

                                Profs. Sebastian, Drs Neo and Lydia King

Top MBA schools on ethics

At Businessweek Bloomberg

AGSB is driving hard to make itself the number one business school on ethics.  But is it anywhere near the US business school on ethics.

What are the top business school on ethics?

l.  Notre Dame (Mendoza)
2. Virginia  (Darden)
3   Indiana (Kelly)
4.  Maryland
5.  Yale
6.  IESE
7.  Texas A & M
8.  Brigham Young
9.  Darmouth (Tuck)
10.  Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

Can AGSB be the best school for ethics?

Top MBA schools on ethics

All Around AGSB there is progress (?)

Unlike the story of Mohammad Yunus, founder of  Grameen bank (where all around was poverty around university and therefore the developmental economics he was teaching was ineffectual and therefore intervention must be made at the community around the University) it is quite different at AGSB.  We simply do not know which is the effect and cause?

                          The just completed tower at the right;  Phinma Glass tower at the middle

 x

                     The very upscale Powerplant mall

                                   APS - the Rockwell Anchor locator

                                    More construction going on at the old Starbucks site

                                   Santa and Coke

No poverty at all?

                                     PHP 10 toothbrush at the Estrella pedestrian walkway

                                There is lot of mugging and hold up here?