Course Offerings

February 12-13, 2009 NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SOCIAL MARKETING

A social and development organization has services programs to help its intended beneficiaries and stakeholders.  The program objective is to help the ultimate beneficiaries better manage their daily lives and cope with recurring difficulties.  The vision of the process is to eventually empower ultimate beneficiaries in solving their immediate and longer-term economic and social problems.   All these social and development programs start from a reading of the current and/or priority needs of the intended beneficiaries.  Such a reading of needs may be by assumption or from factual sources.  It can also be a broad or specific reading.  In either broad or specif.. read more..

February 19-20, 2009 COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation, Inc. pledges to be the role model in social entrepreneurship. The first book ever published in the world on Social Entrepreneurship was written by Dr. Morato. The book, Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, asserts that social entrepreneurs dedicate their lives to create wealth for others and not for themselves. They strive to assist the economically disadvantaged sectors of society by establishing social enterprises. These enterprises are differentiated from business firms since they exist not just for profits but for social goals as well that go beyond enlarging the corporate coffers. They exist for a community of worker-owners that collaborate and c.. read more..

February 23-24, 2009 EIGHT R'S OF EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Part 1 of THE EIGHT Rs OF EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND TOTAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SERIES   Looking at the capabilities and competencies of personnel relative to the organization’s ability to carry out its chosen strategies, programs, activities and tasks is one of the most difficult functions of the human resource unit. Identifying the right people is always at crossroads. Raising their productivity is another as this is dependent on the quality of recruits and availability of sound training programs.   Organizations are always faced with dilemma on how to achieve productivity as they lower the cost of their operations. They always look at the productivity of the.. read more..

February 26-27, 2009 FINANCE FOR ALL

Understanding the real language of every business in this pressing time is fundamental to all entrepreneurs, managers and even to the staff. Letting them realize the importance of every single figure in the financial statements would let them feel their relevance towards the financial viability of their organization. The two-day seminar was designed to help entrepreneurs understand the language of business using the cash and funds flow approach which they are more familiar with.   The course shall tell the story of numbers in an enterprise through understanding, constructing, and analyzing the various financial statements. It aims to enable the participants to have an appreciation of.. read more..

February 26-27, March 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGETING BOOT CAMP SERIES

A comprehensive planning and programming course designed for entrepreneurs, leader-strategists, organizational strategists, corporate planners, strategy teachers to craft strategies by building from below while staying focused on their aspirational goals at the top.   The course, specifically, introduces the participants to the Strategic Planning Framework developed by Dr. Eduardo A. Morato, Jr., the VMOKRAPI-SPATRES (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Key Result Areas, Performance Indicators, Strategies, Programs, Activities, Tasks and Resources). The model is now being used by many experts in the academe because of its practicality and simplicity. Many organizations, which are movers in .. read more..

March 23-24, 2009 CASH AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT

The entrepreneur’s biggest nightmare is to run out of cash. Many enterprises maintain healthy cash balances just in case expected cash inflows do not materialize. Some invest their excess cash in Marketable Securities, others meanwhile, avail of credit lines extended by banks. Still however, at the end of the day, whatever fallback position the financial manager takes, he/she is expected to figure out what a decent minimum Cash balance should be in order to avoid embarrassing situations like failing to meet payrolls or debt obligations.   This course offers a thorough and highly practical foundation in treasury and cash management tools and techniques. It will give participants a cle.. read more..

March 26-27, 2009 TOTAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Part 2 of THE EIGHT Rs OF EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND TOTAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SERIES   Corporations often use performance measures that focus only on sales and production. Seldom are there performance measures for all the other units of the organization especially the support services. Moreover, the performance measures are not integrated into a whole system where each and every performance measure contributes to a synergistic whole.   Also, most Performance Management Systems do not go beyond the single bottom line of financial results. There is a need to address the other three bottom lines of social returns, environmental impact and people happiness. .. read more..

March 9-11, 2009 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

A comprehensive planning and programming course designed for entrepreneurs, leader-strategists, organizational strategists, corporate planners, strategy teachers to craft strategies by building from below while staying focused on their aspirational goals at the top.   The course, specifically, introduces the participants to the Strategic Planning Framework developed by Dr. Eduardo A. Morato, Jr., the VMOKRAPI-SPATRES (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Key Result Areas, Performance Indicators, Strategies, Programs, Activities, Tasks and Resources). The model is now being used by many experts in the academe because of its practicality and simplicity. Many organizations which are movers in t.. read more..