Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Some Reminders

We will have our preliminary Examination Next Week, December 7-11. The coverage of the examination will be the lectures i have discussed. A copy of the covered lectures was uploaded in the yahoo group. Be sure to secure the examination permit.

All blog entries intended for the preliminary grading period must be posted within the prelim week. Entries posted beyond December 11 will not be graded.

Be guided accordingly. Thanks.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

On Perception

We define perception as one's interpretation of his sensation. The moment one gives his own meaning to what he saw, listened to, or felt, he is actually giving his perception. Our perception of others maybe influenced by several factors including our own biases, prejudices and yes our subjective feeling towards the person.

Pag tiningnan ka ng isang tao ng galit na kinaiinisan mo, iisipin mo na baka na pinagtitripan ka niya o di kaya ay hinahamon ka niya. Subalit kapag tiningnan ka ng taong "crush" mo, tuwang tuwa ka at marahil ay iisipin mo na baka crush ka din niya.

That would somehow show that our perception is somehow affected by our personal involvement or our desire of involvement with the situation, thing, or person.

What's wrong with this? It could be very normal. However, it seems to be limiting the level of our objectivity when we perceive situation, thing or the person within the context of our personal, subjective meaning. The next time that we are given the opportunity to give meaning, be sure we are looking at the objective reality rather than be manipulated by our subjectivity.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Reporting

Since i already grouped you for the reporting ask, i deemed it appropriate to remind you of the reporting guidelines i have set during our orientation day:

1. Your group will be responsible to research concepts related to your topic.
2. You will be responsible in providing printed hand-out to me and an uploaded hand out through our yahoo group for your classmates BEFORE the day of your report. That would assure me that you are ready and prepared for the task. The hand out to be given to me must include the references you have used (books, magazines, journals or website address).
3. Be sure to consult me regarding the contents of your report before finalizing it for the presentation.
4. You are REQUIRED to be in BUSINESS ATTIRE when reporting.
5. The presentation must be in Powerpoint and you are responsible to coordinate with the MIS staff for the COMPASS use.
6. You must report on the day assigned to you. Failure to do so would mean difficulty on your part to pass my subject. Unless of course, for some emergency or valid reasons.

Any question regarding these guides must be directed to me.

Thank you.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Blogging

I have read some journal entries and i think i need to reiterate some points:

First, your journal entry, at least the official blog entry intended for HBO, may contain classroom experiences (what happened inside the classroom and the behavior you have observed), learning insights you have gained (not the notes or slide presentation i had), and your personal reflection on these learnings.

Second, be sure you have published your entry so that it can be read by me primarily and the rest of the class (read: world).

Third, you have to put your real name in your profile so that i can give the credit to where it is due.

Thank you.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Welcome to my new batch of HBO students. This blog site is intended for extra instructions and curricular insights i wish to imparts to you given our limited time inside the classroom.

Practically, i have met all of you and have oriented you with the rules and regulations i usually ask my students to comply. Basically it boils down to basic concept: YOU SHOULD STUDY for your existence in the DCLC premises is essentially motivated by your desire to learn more and grow academically.

It was a nice week meeting you for i have seen eagerness and enthusiasm in your faces to learn. Although i must admit that i get easily annoyed when i discovered that there are students in a certain class who did not do their reading assignment. I hope the same situation will not happen again.

I was amused when some students perceived to be "terror", "masungit" when in fact i consider myself a very liberal teacher. Perhaps because i don't smile at people easily, or perhaps it is because of my physical feature which paint me to be like that. But i guess you alreay realized that being human goes beyond physical structure. Remember overt and covert behavior? That our knowledge of human is not complete without us discovering the hidden features of an individual.

Some students may find my requirements especially the online journal to be too taxing. But some also find it to be exciting as it is their first time to be electronically linked with other people and their instructor. What i wish to assure you is that all these requirements are not whimsically made. It is based on the belief that one has to develop several skills, attitude and discipline which can only be accomplished by providing you with learning opportunies and innovative avenues where you be YOU.

I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the semester.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Final Paper, Not Blog Entry

I wish to inform you that i decided to require you to print your final paper, insread of posting it on your blog site. The submission will be on or before the last day of our meeting.

Thank you,

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Final Requirements and Activities in Human Behavior in Organization Class

Please be reminded that the group presentation is scheduled on the following dates:

HRM 12a- March 4 and 11
HRM 32a- March 5, 6 and 12
HRM 32b- March 5 and 12
HRM 12c- March 9

Refer to the guidelines i have given to your leaders. Read then very carefully as every item there is very important.

Your blog entries on the other hand must be on the following topics:
Prelim- Changes and Challenges
Midterm- Behavior during Holiday Season
Pre-final- Plans for 2009
Finals- Learnings in HBO, with emphasis on the the concepts you have observed during the preparation of the group presentation.

I will only allow the posting of late entries (Prelim-Pre-final) until Wednesday, March 4. Posts beyond that day will not be graded.

For the final blog entry, the last day of posting must be on March 14.

Thank you. Good luck. God bless.