Studying Management Science: Difficulties and Ease of Students in the Philippines (The Case of St. Scholastica’s College Manila)

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph A. Sabio
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Management Science ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Business Economics ◽  
Business Analysis ◽  
General Business

Abstract - Management Science is concerned with developing and applying mathematical models and concepts that help to illuminate management issues and solve managerial problems. In most cases, it involves quantitative business analysis that is normally applied in operations management. Management Science or Quantitative Techniques in Business is one of the general education subjects under the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) course in the Philippine BSBA curriculum as prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) under CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) 39 series of 2006. This paper will look into the difficulties and ease in taking Management Science as a general business education subject in BSBA course under the following six (6) majors: Business Information System Management, Business Management, International Business Economics and Diplomacy, Financial Management, Entrepreneurship and Franchise Management, and Marketing Management. The sample will be taken from the students taking Business Administration course at St. Scholastica’s College – Manila, enrolled during the first and second semester of SY2010-2012. Findings of this research may be useful in coming up with appropriate teaching/ learning methodologies and materials that aptly responds to student’s need. Further, the difficulties encountered by the student in studying Management Science subject will be properly addressed by providing a more learner-centered approach in teaching mathematical/quantitative business analysis, models and equations. Keywords - management science, quantitative business analysis, general business education, management, business administration

Management science and nation building: The sociotechnical imaginary behind the making of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad

2021 ◽  
pp. 001946462110203
Author(s):  
Lourens van Haaften
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Indian Institute ◽  
Management Knowledge ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Distinct Character

The start of management education in India in the early 1960s has been dominantly described from the perspective of ‘Americanisation’, characterised by isomorphism and mimicry. Existing scholarship has avoided the question of how management education and knowledge were reconciled and naturalised with India’s specific socio-economic contexts. This article addresses the issue and provides a situated account of this complex history by delving into the establishment of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, one of India’s first and most prominent management schools. Using the concept of sociotechnical imaginary developed by Jasanoff and Kim, the analysis describes how the development of management education and research was aligned with the objective of nation building. The article shows that the project to start management education did not take off before the capitalist connotations, associated with business education, were subtly removed and a narrative was created that put management education in the context of India’s wider development trajectory. Under influence of a changing political atmosphere in the late 1960s, a particular imaginary on the role of management knowledge and education unfolded in the development of the institute, giving the field in India a distinct character in the early 1970s.

Reflections on the Evolution of Operations Management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Graves
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
65Th Anniversary

In this paper, I provide some observations on how the academic field of operations management has changed over the past 40 years. For this purpose, I have identified and classified the operations management (OM) papers published in Management Science in 1976 and in 2016. From this review, I comment on what’s changed, what’s new, and what we might see in the future. In reflecting on these changes, I also document and discuss how the OM editorial structure and mission have evolved at Management Science over this time. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, Special Section of Management Science: 65th Anniversary.

What is Needed to Advance Transformational E-Government and Why

2015 ◽  
pp. 1302-1322
Author(s):  
Shauneen Furlong
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
External Driver ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
The Impact

Throughout the millennia, project management methodologies were developed, and as projects were completed, both theoreticians and practitioners contributed to the development of project management science and codification. Throughout this time, project management science grappled with the problem of delineating project activities from on-going operational activities. Projects require project management while operations require business process management or operations management (PMI, 2008). In the project methodology world, a project is defined as unique, temporary, a definite start and finish (PMI, 2008). Without this definition, the science of project management cannot be applied. It is this definition that provides the credence for the creation and application of project management processes, tools, and techniques. However, the science of project management exists irrespective of a project. In fact, it is the application of project management to any endeavor that creates a project. Effective project management that will drive the design and implementation of transformational e-Government must be enhanced. This chapter proposes project management enhancements to the design, direction, management, and implementation of e-Government projects that focus on project problems rather than methodological processes. The enhanced project management solution provides the tools and educates the user to take into account the impact of the holistic, synergistic challenges and barriers that surround and influence e-Government projects – heretofore, in an unmanageable way that has inhibited change instead of promoting it. The enhanced project management solution is “exogenous” of the e-Government solution; it is its external driver.

scholarly journals A survey about the perception of perfectionism among undergraduates studying in the field business administration

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Yıldız Ayanoglu ◽  
Figen Zaif ◽  
Huseyin Abuhanoglu ◽  
Mustafa Genc
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The University

The notion of perfectionism, which is defined as a positive notion in terms of meeting predefined standards in a perfect way, paves the way, when not controlled, to determine standards and objectives which can't be fulfilled in no circumstances. Thus, objectives that can't be met result in failures and a deterioration of the state of health of individuals. The very fact that the educators be aware of the perception style of pupils/students in terms of perfectionism and apply education techniques in conformity with these perceptions could be an important factor so that the study and learning level of the students not be affected in a negative manner.This survey is a descriptive study where we tried to evaluate the perceptions about perfectionism of the students who study business administration in the Faculties of Economics and Administrative Sciences in the University of GAZİ and the University of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. A personal information form containing socio-demographic data and ''Multi-Dimensional Perfectionism Scale'', which was developed by Hewitt and Flett (1991) and translated into Turkish by Oral (1999), were used, respectively, to collect data and survey the perceptions of the said students in terms of perfectionism in this data. The perception of 580 students (370 from GAZİ University and 210 from the University of RecepTayipErdoğan) with regard to perfectionism have been tested and evaluated within the scope of the survey. The outcomes of the survey revealed significant differences, in statistical terms, between the perfectionism determined by others and gender, number of siblings and the location where the family dwells which are the sub-dimensions of perfectionism, and perfectionism directed to others and the educational background of mothers. Keywords: perfectionism, business education

scholarly journals COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS ON MICRO BUSINESS: ANALYSIS OF COMPETITIVE PERCEPTION BY HEARING IMPAIRED BUSINESS GROUP MEMBER IN SURABAYA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-510
Author(s):  
Bambang Raditya Purnomo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Business Group ◽  
Competitive Environments ◽  
Business Analysis ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Competitive Actions ◽  
Group Member ◽  
Information Processing Approach

Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study is to explore the process of small and micro business in dealing with their competitors and competitive power in the market. This study uses an information-processing approach that examines three activities, scanning competitive environments, interpretation of competitive actions, and reactions based on those assessments. This research is motivated by the low competitiveness of micro-business, especially deaf businessmen in Surabaya. Methodology: This research is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach, where researchers try to explain or reveal the meaning of the concept or the phenomenon of experiences based on the awareness that occurs in subjects. In this study, the researchers collect, summarize and interpret the data obtained, which then re-processed so as to obtain a clear picture, directed and comprehensive of the problem that became the object of research. The phenomenological approach is used to analyze the original data collected from interview questions and dialogue with informants. The structure of an experience is illustrated by the researchers' interpretation of the participant description. Results: The final results of this study are expected to enhance the competitiveness of micro business actors, especially those engaged in the culinary field. Implications/Applications: The result of the analysis of Competitive Environment Scanning can be concluded that the deaf business group gets enough threat from numbers of new food and beverage traders that keep emerging in Surabaya. In addition, competitors have a good concept of starting services, outlet design, marketing management, and financial management. Competitors are also promoting more vigorously.

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