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

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