ORGMNGT FILM VIEWING

ORGMNGT FILM VIEWING – OCTOBER 30, 2008

Watch the first half of the film “The Replacements” and read the synopsis below and answer the following questions.

The Replacements (2000)

Synopsis: Shane "Footsteps" Falco is a disillusioned football player who believes his dreams have all but dissipated. Once a red-hot All American prospect, Shane now regrets ever believing that the NFL would draft him. However, fate takes a strange twist for Shane when during the 1997 NFL season, a player's strike leaves the fields (and stadiums) empty, leaving team owners scrambling to fill uniforms as fast as possible. When the Washington Sentinels bring back the contentious and self-retired head coach Jimmy McGinty to seek out players who will play with their hearts rather than their wallets, he picks Shane to lead his mismatched crew of outsiders through the strike. To everyone's surprise, the ragtag team goes on an unprecedented winning streak as they discover in themselves the ability to hope for more than they ever thought possible...maybe even the playoffs, which has been denied to the Sentinels for seven years.

Source: http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/185597

QUESTIONS:

1. How would you characterize Jimmy McGinty as a coach? (Describe his distinct qualities as a leader) How did he select the members of the team who will serve as replacements to the striking players? Would you consider him as a transformational, transactional or charismatic leader? (8pts.)
2. Cite examples of power exercised as (10pts.):
a. Legitimate power
b. Coercive power
c. Referent power
d. Expert power
e. Rewards power

3. Empowerment is defined as the process through which managers enable and help others to gain power and achieve influence within the organization. Do you think Shane Falco is able to empower his team? If yes, in what way? If no, why? (3pts.)
4. Following Hershey-Blanchard situational leadership model, what was Coach McGinty’s approach towards Falco? Explain your answer. (4pts.)
5. If you are Shane Falco and following the Blake and Mouton’s leadership grid, what kind of leadership management do you think will be most effective to the Replacements’ team? (4pts.)
6. What is an effective team? Would you characterize the Replacements’ team as effective based on the definition (why or why not)? (3pts.)
7. What are the stages in team development? Give an example of each stage that you have seen in the movie. (10pts.)
8. Do you think that at some point the Replacements’ team reach a “groupthink” stage or phenomenon? Why or why not? (3pts)

Submit your GROUP answers on Nov. 4, class time, on a bond paper. Please write the names of the members of the group & your respective sections. LATE PAPERS ON THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

ORGMNTG OCT 30 ONLINE DISCUSSION

ORGMNGT s13 and s14 students are encouraged to join the Orgmngt online discussion on Oct. 30, 8pm-10pm. A student who is joining should have a yahoo Messenger account. Please add the user sukisahelga@yahoo.com as your contact. This is the yahoo account your class adviser will be using. All conferences will be created thru this account.

Read Chapters 14 (Motivation) & 15 (Individual Behavior)in preparation for the discussion.
Choose a conference group where you think you will feel comfortable sharing. Ask the moderator if you can join the conference. Introduce yourself and mention your section. After that, you can participate in the discussion.

Orgmngt students can use English, Filipino or broken English or broken Filipino in the discussion. As much as possible, stick to the subject talked about. Everyone is encouraged to share ideas, opinions, experiences and knowledge. Pls inform the moderator if you are leaving the conference room or signing out already.

The moderators are tasked to encourage the interest and sharing of facts and opinions in the discussion without being rude or impolite to others. Moderators can also call the attention of a student if there's any misbehavior (cursing, encouraging other students to destroy the topic, use of excessive large fonts etc.)

List of Moderators
1. Lawrence Tan
2. Danielle David
3. Jamie Wang
4. Jet Luga
5. Dennis Diego
6. Kris Buhay
7. Camille Tinagan
8. Cedrick Ong
9. Justine Aguas
10. Jansel Co
11. Ashley Silva
12. Thor Cada

Moderators: Pls e-mail me the names of the people who joined you in the conference and the file of the discussions to mavicpineda@yahoo.com on or before Nov. 7.

I will provide you with the guide questions on Thu afternoon during class time. Thank you.

**NO CLASS MEETING ON NOV. 6.

STRAMGT CASE STUDY

GIVEN THE DISCUSSION OF THE STRATEGIES IN CHAPTER 5 (including the other approaches in the internal env), recommend a STRATEGY on each of the ff situation, JUSTIFY your recommended strategy and suggest a specific course of action and a complementing IT strategy as necessary (The IT strategy can also serve as a recommended course of action). Enumerate at least 2 courses of action for each situation. (Nos. 1&2 will have 10pts each. No.3 will have 20pts.) Place your answers on a yellow paper. Include your names and section.

1. Kopyatrade used to be the leading photocopying center. But presently it ranks last compared of its competitors because of poor, malfunctioning, old copier equipment; poor customer services of the staff and limited number of services. These reasons also resulted to poor quality of copied paper outputs. The only advantage they have in the moment will be the good locations, strategically located near the schools and other major offices.

2. Kapatid’s Coffee is a popular coffee shop in Cebu and the other parts of eastern Visayas. They source various local coffee from the northern and southern Luzon, southern Mindanao and from easter Visayas. KC is a 100% Filipino-owned company aimed to promote and sell local Filipino coffee and also aims to help the local farmers.

Together with coffee, they also serve pastries (like cheesecake, chocolate cake, cookies) that are offered by their international competitors.

KC has decided to explore the Metro Manila market as another potential market that can offer higher exposure of the local coffee brands and create a brand name among foreign tourists and local buyers. How can you help KC.

3. Splashy Corporation is another Filipino-owned corporation. It is already in the top 50 corporations in the Phils. Surprsingly, Splashy is one local product that can compete head to head with international brands such as Unilever and Procter and Gamble as far as beauty products (soap, cologne, lotion, body scrubs etc) are concerned. They have a wide range of products. Their hair products have lower prices and make use of more organic materials compared to Revlon or Wella products. Splashy is also the pioneer and the number seller of papaya soap known to be a whitening soap. Here are the situations faced by Splashy.

a. With the advent of gluthatione/metathione, this has been a threat to their papaya soap. Buyers of the papaya soap are now converting to met soaps.
b. Splashy wanted to enter the Southeast asian region market. Here they will compete with countries like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia manufacturers. Recommend a strategy and actions that the company can undertake to succeed.
c. Splashy presently has some backend MISs for their operations but they don’t have any web presence. What automation development approach can you recommend, what systems can be done and at what timetable?

STRAMGT ONLINE DISCUSSION

STRAMGT s13 and s14 ONLINE DISCUSSION

STRAMGT s13 and s14 students can join the Stramgt online discussion on Oct. 29, 8-10pm. A student who is joining should have a yahoo Messenger account. Pls add the user sukisahelga@yahoo.com . This is the account your adviser will use. All conferences will be created thru this account.

Choose a conference group where you think you will feel comfortable sharing. Ask the moderator if you can join the conference. Introduce yourself and mention your section. After that, you can participate in the discussion.

Stramgt students can use English, Filipino or broken English or broken Filipino in the discussion. As much as possible, stick to the discussion. Everyone is encouraged to share ideas, opinions, experiences and knowledge. Pls inform the moderator if you are leaving the conference room or signing out already.

The moderators are tasked to encourage the interest and sharing of facts and opinions in the discussion without being rude or impolite to others. Moderators are also expected to facilitate the discussion and call the attention of erring or misbehaving classmates as necessary.

Topic for the discussion:
ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES & STRATEGY EVALUATION

List of Moderators

Angel Teneros
Stanley Ong
Ryvin Canido
Raisa Estabaya
Pauline Abesamis
Edward Dy
Kenjie Okumura
Aezel Mariano
Wesley lee
Veronica Mirano
Alyssa Dequito
Cara Valdez
Ardo Avancena

Moderators: Pls e-mail me the names of the people who joined you in the conference and the file of the discussions. Pls email me in my yahoo account --mavicpineda@yahoo.com on or before Nov. 7. Thank you..

I will provide you with the guide questions on Wed afternoon. Thank you.

**NO CLASS MEETING ON NOV. 5.

The View on Ethics~~An orgmngt assignment due on Oct. 2

Watch any episode of the reality TV contest “Moment of Truth”. Make sure to start the show when the host gives the instruction and finish watching a contestant go through the questions from the beginning to the end. After watching an episode, answer the following questions—

1. Is the show “Moment of Truth” ethical? ~~in the context of

a. moral rights view
b. utilitarian view
c. justice view

2. Do you think the show has an impact to the general public in terms of (1)cultural relativism or (2)universalism or (3) the show is simply a commercial TV show with no regard to ethics? Please explain your answers well.

2. This is an optional question.
The American hype on reality TV shows have imposed new ways of looking at life—there’s the removal of personal privacy in the case of the Big Brother shows or the invasion of privacy and removal of individual respect as in the case of the show Cheaters. Cite a specific ethical dilemma that any viewer may face here.

Nine Essentials of a Mission Statement

1. customers
2. products or services
3. markets
4. technology
5. concern for survival, growth and profitability
6. philosophy
7. self-concept
8. concern for public image
9. concern for employees

According to Fred David, while vision tells "what do you want to become", mission tells "what is your business". A mission is a declaration of attitude and outlook.

Hence, if for instance a mission statement will pronounce that it is a Filipino-owned company intended to serve the general Filipino society~~in essence, the firm is designed to serve the Filipino citizens, adhere to Filipino customs, practices and will employ or encourage Filipino entrepreneurship for that matter.

V-CHAIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Individual Project is due on Aug. 26. Please take time to give attention and in-depth analysis on this paper because this will help you improve your grade. Try to exhibit fundamental concepts you have learned in your Supply Chain concepts.

Web Project consultation is on Aug. 11.

Web Project documentation is due on Aug. 14, 11:00am. Please do not forget to indicate your section and names of your contributing group members.

Web Project project presentation is set on Aug. 14, 19 and 21.


And finally, we don't have final exams. :)
Good luck!!

Schedule of the 3rd V-CHAIN EXAM

The third V-chain exam is on Aug 12. Coverage includes Chapter 9 of Handfield, Chaps 16, 17 and 18 of Chopra. Good luck!! :)

What's your opinion on the lectures on the Business Track

V-chain students. Please feel free to give/share your insights in this blog reg the recently concluded S&T Congress whether it's about supply chain or ICT as a change enabler. When you post your comment, indicate the title of the lecture, the name of the speaker and the time of the lecture. Give your reaction/insights in 1-2 paragraphs only. Then indicate your complete name and section. Thanks..

ICT FOR ALL--The theme of the 10th DLSU S&T Congress

Comm. Tim Angelo de Rivera talked about the Philippine ICT Strategic Roadmap and the current position of the Phils as far as e-governance is concerned. He brought and shared a lot fo good news both for the public and private sector. One of the directions mentioned too is the creation of the Dept of ICT. While US and other advanced countries do not have a dept like this, the Phil gov't has actually benchmarked with other Asian developing countries. I agree that it is high time and relevant the Phils create a unit such as the Dept of ICT. This is not to encourage bureaucracy but to empower the government to spearhead taking leverage on ICT to better serve the society.

What do you think of this??..

The 10TH Science and Technology Congress

V-CHAIN & MOFTECH STUDENTS, 1st term SY 2008-09 are invited to attend the session in the 10th Science and Technology Congress on July 23, 2008 at the Yuchengco Seminar rooms.

V-Chain class is particularly interested in the ff sessions:

Special Invited Lecture
1:00-1:40 pm Mr. Dennis Beng Hui
Role of Technology in SME Development

Oral Paper Presentations
1:40 – 2:00 pm E.R. Sarreal
The Nexus of Value Chain and Work-Centered Analyses in Examining the Philippine Footwear Industry’s Problems and Potential Information Technology (IT) Enablers

2:00-2:20 pm M.A.A. Cortez, J.P.R. Rivera, T.S. Tullao, Jr.
Opportunities and Constraints in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) for Accounting and Share Financial Services in the Philippines

Moftech class is particularly interested in the ff sessions:

Special Invited Lecture
1:00-1:40 pm Dr. Celia Reyes
The Role of ICT in CBMS in Advancing Evidence-based Decision Making

Oral Paper Presentations
1:40 – 2:00 pm Atty. Christopher Cruz
Intellectual Property Rights and Information and Communication Technology: Balancing the Freedom and Protection of Knowledge Online

2:00 – 2:20pm I.J. R. Hecita
Civil Society and ICTs: Civil Society Efforts for e-Governance and e-Democracy in the Philippines

2:40 – 3:00 pm C.B. Berrey
PREJUDICIAL PUBLICITY: A Disregard of the Constitutional Principle of Right to Privacy in the Global Age of Information and Communication Technology

3:00-2:20 pm M.S. Correa, E. Mangaliman, K.A. Molera, J.L. Yco, D.C. Cheng
Multiplayer Mobile Game IDE

3:20– 3:40 pm L.C. Tan, R. de Dios Bulos
Host Parasite Cooperative Coevolution of Decentralized Controllers in EvoTanks

3:40 – 4:00 pm S.E. Ona
Avenues for Electoral Modernization in the Philippines

4:00 – 4:20 pm A.P. Azcarraga, A. Caw, L. Lim, M. Ngo
Designing a Digital Music Archive for the Visually Impaired

4:20 – 4:40 pm R. Roxas, M. Del Mundo, L.A, Go, S. Manalili
Windows Registry Infection Detection using Malware Source Code Analysis

4:40 – 5:00 pm J.V. A. Cabanes
Net Negotiations: How Filipino Families Domesticate the Internet

For those who are opting to attend the morning sessions, PLS EXERCISE EXTREME COURTESY in the seminar room and during the session presentations.

This is another opportunity for all DLSU learners to expand their horizon and realize we are not islands. There's a bountiful of knowledge still waiting to be uncovered and shared. Cheers peeps!!

Need to update

It has been over a year now since I posted in this blog. I have to rejuvenate my thoughts and senses and once again commune with solace offered by the web. Having a blog allows me to slowly track my ideas in the past or review what had made me preoccupied.

After two months of teaching this first term of SY 2008-09, I can feel the workload squeezing me. I have three sections of Mngmt of Technology, one section of Supply Chain course, a special class on e-Business and one class on Research Methods. My Methods class technically has 9 groups struggling to find, research, write and defend a decent thesis proposal with a lame one-hour meeting a week (which I commonly end after two hours). While my Methods students are in a fight or die situation like the gladiators during the Roman period, I couldn't help squeeze myself to impart all the ideas and experiences I learned in the proposal formulation.

I am also mentoring thesis groups (two IT groups+one ICTM group).

And the rumor is true--my Supply Chain class is the noisiest.