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

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