Commencement of OA

December 3, 2011

                First Meeting on our subject – Organizational Analysis. As expected, and as printed on our pink card. Randy is our facilitator, as he doesn’t want to be called “Sir” because according to him it is a sacrilege sin to be called that way. We started late due to the prolonged discussion on the other subject, I think it was IT Seminar. And as usual when we started our subject proper, everyone was asked who is “VIRGIN”. Naaaah!!! It’s not what you thinkin’. Hehehe. Virgin means new from the class that never met Randy or never been in Randy’s class from previous semesters. Got it?

                The class project for the whole semester was presented. It was a write-up on Porter’s Five Forces. And we will be using our own company as our basis on discussing Porter’s five forces. And it is due on March 17. I hope I heard it right. Hehehehe. And also the creation of blogs for posting of the journals and insights on what has gone through the rest of semester of the organizational analysis class. The challenge for the project was, got to have it with a minimum of 50 pages! Whew! Gotta Start it now… or never...

                The discussion continued with the presentation of the rest of the ten topics, Randy discussed the first one. It was all about in Strategic Planning Model by Matt Evans.  Everyone was asked, “What is strategic planning?” – Silence was in the air.  Then it was simplified to “What is a plan?” – Again a momentary of silence. A typical classroom scenario,  “Hangad-hangad ug duko-duko aron ingnon naghuna-huna.” Randy continued with differentiating manager from teacher. ABCDE model was presented. ABCDE stands for A-ssessment, B-aseline, C-omponents, D-own to specifics, and E-valuate. SWOT (Strength Weaknesses Opportunities Threats) assessment model was also presented. The question “Why established a baseline?” was asked for Baseline. VMGO, Initiatives, Measures, and Targets were also presented for Major Components of the Strategic Plan / Down to Action. On Down to specifics some were just skipped up and sanity check was presented. And for Evaluate, Balanced scorecard was introduced.

                We ended up with the announcement of Mark on creation of an e-group for Organizational Analysis. And for posting of the next groups that who will be discussing the rest of the remaining nine topics. May God continue to shower His blessing of wisdom and strength to endure the rest of the subjects this semester and the rest of time.