JOHN JUAN or PETER PEDRO?

a.Obviously these two workers have different views on how the systems analysis phase should be conducted. Comment on whose position you sympathize with the most.
b.What method would you propose they take? Why?

Consider the following dialogue between a systems professional, John Juan, and a manager of a department targeted for a new information system, Peter Pedro:

Juan: The way to go about the analysis is to first examine the old system, such as reviewing key documents and observing the workers perform their tasks. Then we can determine which aspects are working well and which should be preserved.

Pedro: We have been through these types of projects before and what always ends up happening is that we do not get the new system we are promised; we get a modified version of the old system.

Juan: Well, I can assure you that will not happen this time. We just want a thorough understanding of what is working well and what isn’t.

Pedro: I would feel much more comfortable if we first started with a list of our requirements. We should spend some time up-front determining exactly what we want the system to do for my department. Then you systems people can come in and determine what portions to salvage if you wish. Just don’t constrain us to the old system.


On the conversation of Peter Pedro the manager and John Juan, a systems professional, I must likely agree on what John Juan trying to say. I understand that John Juan is basically concerned on how really the old system operates and how efficient its performance towards the users until the company decided to change. Although Peter Pedro had also the point of not dealing too much with the old system since they are afraid of just getting the same old system but with just little modifications.

As the Requirement Elicitation Principle is concern, Peter Juan must consider that the systems professional have more knowledge than him. Not that he doesn’t know anything but the aim of requirements elicitation is to understand the problem clearly. Given that system development is determined by a problem.

By reviewing the key documents and observing the workers perform their tasks, the problem could be literally understood. From there on they would already know what is really needed to be change and which should remain. It is right that a thorough understanding with the old system must be the first objective for with this they could already identify and elicit requirements needed for the project.

The analysis stage is the front-end phase of the development process of computer-supported learning systems. This phase constitutes an essential step of the development process and one of the critical issues that determines the quality of the final product. The analysis phase sets the stage for the whole project. The necessary groundwork for understanding what the project is all about is completed in this phase. I believe that they take the strong position that the more effort you put into planning, the smoother the rest of the project will go and the better the quality will be of your final product.

In Analyzing the problem, a system developer must first identify the goal of the system itself. And as John Juan insisted, old system must be examine first to see if there is something wrong with this. An example is the current information is costly to maintain. By then, John Juan could suggest that the next goal would be to reduce maintenance cost. Determining the goals are really a very high requirements for any projects. Next, is to identify the constraints on the solution. An example would be the requirements towards the Operating System look and feel and deciding if they would preserve it or change it.

The goals and constraints should be perceptible in order for the developer and the client have it access at the end of the project management. All of John Juan point’s of view is on evaluating the old system to ascertain the boundary of the system, whether it is on the internal or external environment of the project.

Peter Juan must be right on saying that they should start on listing of the requirements needed. But, he must know that evaluating the old system is not constraining them from the old one, instead giving them a clear picture of a more perfect system.

Because as I have read, doing software requirements specification is not an easy one. That if you finish the software requirements specification in a single time, its already perfect. But, this should undergo revisions in order to be closer on the idea of the client.

The scenario is just somehow related to software prototyping. It has two kinds which are the Evolutionary prototyping and the other is the throw-away prototyping. With the Evolutionary prototyping, the developer must create the prototype of the system that is created for demonstration and requirements elaboration. The reason for this is that the Evolutionary prototype, when built, forms the heart of the new system, and the improvements and further requirements will be. Simply means that this should be made to expect revisions from the old system to the new one.

While throw-away prototyping is a model that eventually be discarded and would not be used for the new system. But throw-away prototyping can be done quickly, so it is much advantage for the system developer. If the users can get quick feedback on their requirements, they may be able to refine them early in the development of the software.

Analysis is the stage by which the needs and conditions of the problem are determined in order to specify the characteristics of the system under development.

This also includes on identifying the requirements resources. Such as the Stakeholders
The domain, the operational environment, the organizational environment , the organizational environment and the application domain.

Next, is to elicit the necessary requirements for the project. So by assessing the old system based on John Juan’s perception, the system developer could actually find out what the users really need. It is not about on what the stakeholders say or opinion. Because not all of the stockholder’s requirements is realistic. Not all information from them would be useful. So before spending too much on doing a non directional system, it is better if they study first the current system leading to specifications to the new system.

Basically, if you just think like a Systems Analyst, obviously you would also choose the side of John Juan.

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_prototyping
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4052801/Introduction-to-System-Analysis-and-Design

GOOGLE Business Model

As we have witness for today, World Wide Web have contributed a lot to the lives of many people not just the simple things we do but has come to affect our daily life. Since internet is used for a lot of things like chatting, for research and many more. And one of the most popular corporation that specialized Internet search is Google.

As I first use the internet and have signed up for an e-mail account, honestly, I haven’t thought of using Google since I’m not familiar of it. But just came in my second year in college I observe that Google have more exciting services in my opinion than the other one I used before.

But before Google reached its highest peak of achievement towards the very competitive environment, let just go back first from its brief history.

Google began in January 1996, as a research project by Larry Page, who was soon joined by Sergey Brin, when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in California.They hypothesized that a search engine that analyzed the relationships between websites would produce better ranking of results than existing techniques, which ranked results according to the number of times the search term appeared on a page.
The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of the word "googol",which refers to 10100, the number represented by a 1 followed by one hundred zeros.

Since all of us are already dependent on the internet, Google has made a part of every person using the cloud. Aside from Internet searching, it also produces profits from the advertising company through its services like free-to-user email, social networking, video-sharing services and a lot more.

Information Technology basically plays a big role on how Google works. We use Google as a search engine to obtain information in the internet. Thus, their Information Technology department would likely be responsible for storing information, protecting information, processing the information, transmitting the information as necessary, and later retrieving information as necessary. Google is a place with a very high percentage of tech-savvy people.With this, Google think of creating a technology environment where they can capture the users need and eventually get a more chance to improve the quality of management they have. And yes, acquiring additional contented and happy users. The ability of Google to build their own high-performance systems that are not that costly and can still do massive workloads is such a great IT advantage to Google.They have used it as an advantage for offering a lot of services that cater all the needs of the people using the Internet.

According to Hitwise, Google now has 64 percent of the total search market. These days, searching on google just takes between 0.12 to 0.06 seconds. We could say that it is really, really fast. Google had also build their own servers and storage systems.
Google held on to its commanding lead as the preferred search engine in the U.S. in May, processing almost 60 percent of all queries filed, way ahead of its two closest competitors Yahoo and Microsoft.
Google nabbed 59.3 percent of search queries, followed by Yahoo in a very distant second place with 22 percent and Microsoft's MSN with 12.1 percent, according to market researcher Hitwise.
With the Google huge infrastructure, it has establish a more firm barrier to its rival and maintaining a competitive attitude towards the market.

In every success of a company, competition could never be avoided. Thus, despite of all the achievements Google has, competitors would always be there.

Google Competitors :

• Yahoo!
• Ask.com
• MSN
• AOL
• Teoma
• Wisenut




This is a comparison table that simply shows how competitive Google is in the Market.


Google had been in the business for so long. A lot of services had come and go I guess. But there’s a lot of new services that brought excitement to every user of Google. The services like, several desktop applications, including Google Desktop, Picasa, SketchUp and Google Earth, an interactive mapping program powered by satellite and aerial imagery that covers the vast majority of the planet. Also the Google Docs and Google Calendar which I personally used now. Another is the Google Chrome, an open-source web browser. Just last year, Google Latitude have been launched. It is a software that allows users of mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.

We have known Google mainly as just a promising search engine but there are some features of what made it unique form the other search engines. Like Gmail, a web-based e-mail that allows user to store up to 1Gb. Thus, letting the users to store their mails even the oldest one without thinking of deleting it worrying that the inbox would later on hit the limits of mail. We are familiar of GoogleMaps which let users to search for places and driving directions. As a search engine, it is always a plus factor for processing the information very fast. The speed of Google has also been a key factor in its success.

Google might be different from the other because they develop tools and unique applications that internally useful and it is made originally by the Google engineers and later on releases it to the World. It is not all about these tools, but how uniquely the Company unconventional IT strategy made Google different from the other.

And What makes Google so great? It sets the standard for Silicon Valley: free meals, swimming spa, and free doctors onsite. Engineers can spend 20% of time on independent projects. No wonder Google gets 1,300 resumes a day. These are just few of the services and facts that made Google more unique to its competitors.

If you are just a plain Google user, you will never bother to know on how your searches really works. But for Google Engineers, they would be require to think both insanely on how to deliver the best results to the user. As I have remembered on one of the seminar I have attended, just a simple search for “an orange” compromised about 120 bytes of data. It is not really easy to work on Google. As it founded by geeks and will also be run by geeks. A company where 650 smart people gather to develop more helpful tools to the many. And they believe that the most important thing they will always remember is to understand its user and get their attention, especially their trust.

References:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5131Z620090204
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192300292
http://www.programmersparadox.com/2008/03/17/googles-unique-advantage/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

IS Professional and users frustrations

What are the two most frequently experienced causes of frustration of IS professionals and users while working on an IS plan?

In every organization or business transactions, one individual could never avoid the fact that any project it not always lead to achievement of the plan. Since, they are working with an Information System Plan, a strategic planning must be consider.

Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. Various business analysis techniques can be used in strategic planning, including SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats ) and PEST analysis (Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis) or STEER analysis involving Socio-cultural, Technological, Economic, Ecological, and Regulatory factors. According to other source, strategic plan is a document used by an organization to align its organization and budget structure with organizational priorities, missions, and objectives. It is also a process of comprehensive, integrative program planning that considers, at a minimum, the future of current decisions, overall policy, organizational development, and links to operational plans. . A satisfactory strategic plan must be realistic and attainable so as to allow managers and entrepreneurs to think strategically and act operationally. In align with that, strategic plan must be reliable and suitable for the need of the company.

In doing a strategic plan, it is not really known to everyone that there are frustrations that may trigger. Frustrations in a way that it may cause depression and stress to the professionals and users that are doing it. In doing an Information Strategic plan, it is really a must that the user and the professionals doing it must first determine the company’s background and other facts and information that can help and then again be a useful tool for the planning.

Like in the situation of any IS professional, the Systems Analyst/Software Engineers which always consider their clients with systems that they are working on. Seldom it is being denied by the involve parties, that the systems they are developing, least on what they are expecting will lead to failure. Thus, giving frustrations to the Systems Analyst/ Software Engineers itself and especially to the users.

In today's increasingly competitive marketplace, an organization can't afford to fall short in strategic decision-making or execution. But, finding out where and why efforts are falling short can be tricky.

Organizational frustration has been defined by Paul Spector in a very similar fashion, and refers to an interference with goal attainment or maintenance that is caused by some stimulus condition within the organization (Spector, 1978). It has been further narrowed to be defined as the interference with an individual’s ability to carry out their day to day duties effectively (Keenan & Newton, 1984). The sources of organizationalfrustration put forth by Spector include the physical environment (both natural and man-made), the organizational structure and climate, the rules and procedures of the organization, and individuals both in and out of the organization. In addition, the concept of situational constraints (Peters & O'Connor, 1980) has been hypothesized to contribute to organizational frustration (Storms & Spector, 1987). Spector (1978) suggested four reactions to organizational frustration: 1) an emotional response of anger and increased physiological arousal, 2) trying alternative courses of action, 3) aggression, and 4) withdrawal. Of the behavioral reactions, only the second one – that of trying alternative courses of action to obtain the goal – is an adaptive response, while the other three are maladaptive. It is likely that the emotional reaction accompanies one of the three behavioral reactions, although the emotional reaction may be maladaptive by itself and become a further impediment to goal attainment. Clearly, should an individual become frustrated, it is in the best interests of the organization to have the individual respond in an adaptive way and attempt to find another solution to the problem in a clear decisive manner. Spector also put forth the idea that some mild forms of frustration may be seen as challenges rather than problems for some individuals, thus causing a motivational effect rather than a hindering effect and increasing the likelihood of an adaptive response rather than a maladaptive one.

Frustration with technology is a major reason why people cannot use computers to reach their goal, hesitate to use computers, or avoid computers altogether. A recent study from the Pew Internet and American Life study found that a large percentage of people never go online, because they find the technology to be too frustrating and overwhelming (Pew, 2003). Currently, 42% of Americans do not use the Internet, in large part because they find it to be frustrating and confusing. This is not surprising; previous research on user frustration found that users wasted nearly one-third to one-half of the time spent on the computer, due to frustrating experiences (Bessiere, 2002; Bessiere, Lazar, Ceaparu, Robinson, & Shneiderman, 2003).

Unfortunately, computer applications are often designed with interfaces that are hard to use, and features that are hard to find. Even government web sites, which are supposed to provide easy access to government information for all citizens, are frequently hard to use and produce high levels of user frustration (Ceaparu, 2003). Frustration with technology can lead to wasted time, changed mood, and affected interaction with colleagues. When users in a workplace are frustrated with their computers, it can lead to lower levels of job satisfaction (Murrell & Sprinkle, 1993). In some cases, user frustration with technology can even lead to increased blood volume pressure and muscle tension (Riseberg, Klein, Fernandez, & Picard, 1998)

Research on computer frustration has shown that that computer self-efficacy and attitudes play a significant role in reducing the frustration levels in computing. Level of comfort with the computer and the determination to fix a problem, which are associated with a high level of computer self efficacy, both appear as important factors in both the immediate experience of frustration as well as the overall frustration level after a session of computer use. In the previous study on computer frustration, computer attitude variables mediated the experience of frustration but experience did not. Simply using a computer, therefore, does not lessen user frustration; rather it is one’s attitude towards it and comfort with it.

Computers can be valuable tools, and networked resources via the Internet can be beneficial to many different populations and communities. Unfortunately, when people are unable to reach their task goals due to frustrating experiences, this can hinder the effectiveness of technology.

Computing systems this era raises high in a short period of time. Though our country is a 5 year behind than those countries abroad, still using internet is a common tool for someone like in communications. And more likely in a business, it is also a trend of using internet and intranet in their operations since it can help progress their company. Now a day, an even small scale business also acquires using internet and computers for their daily routine. That is because it can help them improve their skills and at the same time it can lessen the work load since using computers doesn’t requires much time.

Some organizations, are simply better than most at producing results. Likely, they have learned to address frustrations, any one of which is capable of stymieing the effectiveness of the organization. It maybe they are not performing their duties well. Besides, the execution of their strategic plan may be lacking. There could also be business results that are not optimal.

Strategic execution is a difficult discipline for any organization. They might say that "We don't need more knowing; we need more doing." This usually leads to frustration; a feeling that your annual strategic planning process is ineffective. And in the end resulting to disappointment with the lack of action, traction, and results from your strategic planning efforts.

Improving business results is the primary reason for engaging in strategic planning, yet in many organizations, this common exercise feels like an exercise in futility. Initially, holding a strategic planning session brings the executive team together by stimulating a lot of good conversation and new ideas. This feels good at the time, but unfortunately, it's usually nothing more than a temporary "sugar buzz." Once the session is over and the enthusiasm begins to fade, each team member returns to the status quo. They quickly get pulled back into tactical fire fighting, focusing their attention on their own department needs rather than the organizational plans agreed to in the planning session. Without clear, consistent action on shared initiatives, the entire organization struggles to establish any kind of momentum.

Basically, we could never say or predict what will happen in every system that will be developing by any Systems Analyst/Software Engineers and so on throughout their job. To have a touch of reality here, we have interviewed an IS professional on what did he thinks the two most frequently experienced causes of frustration of IS professionals and users while working on an IS plan.

According to him the following could be considered as the usual frustrations any IS professional and users may encounter during an IS Plan.

· Budget

A budget is one of those pivotal tools that is used across many departments within a company. For the developers, it dictates how much time to spend on specific areas of the application. For the project manager, it's a baseline used to determine whether the project is on track. For sales or the client, it correlates directly to the success of the effort. It's no surprise that one of the biggest issues in creating a budget is interpretation.

Based on their organization, there are certain situation that the budget for a particular project is not properly allocated. Thus, giving a perspective for them on not continuing the project since they have given limited resources and eventually could make the project fail. This is really a frustration to the Software developer’s side especially if the system is already in the process of User Acceptance Test. It is already hard for them to continue for they have insufficient funds.

Regardless of how close you come to reality, a client will be much happier if your project comes in below budget than over it; however, too high a risk value can create sticker shock, revealing inexperience and creating misgivings about your management abilities. By following the guidelines we've suggested and applying some common sense, you can be assured that your team, project drivers, and client will enjoy the benefits of a well-estimated project.

At the same time the user will be more frustrated because the deliverables are not being given to them properly and on time. The time problem could also be included in this frustration for if less budget is allocated to a certain project, there will be a tendency for the developer to cram if it already in the period of presenting it to its client. As I have said, the users are expecting for the said project to be deliver on that time then because of some delays, the developers tend to commit mistakes and in the end, ensuing to a project failure. And another big cost is at stake for this letdown.

· Well-Structured design

Another would be this one, according to him, the design of a certain system should be in a manner of a well-structured design so that in a middle of any software development the client would not always complain. Because for them, the users have the tendency of adding up enhancements to their system. Suggesting new additional features, hence, the system will be prone to bugs. It would be a great frustration for the developers because they could not easily perfect the system for the complaints of the client can give to them. Also, in the user’s side, it would be a frustration for the slow productivity the developer could have give to them.

Both on the users and developers are the frustrations could been experiences. Since they are both involved in the Information System Plan, they cannot avoid these certain things. For the developers, it is very frustrating for not giving the proper service to their clients and not offering the satisfaction the users should also accept. It is just so sad to hear that these frustration are being encountered also because of the developer or the user either. For the reason that every success of a system comes from the cooperation of the involve people. Not to play as the worsening effect to any developer or a user instead.

References:

http://www.allbusiness.com/human-resources/workforce-management-hiring-consulting/872033-1.html

http://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/itandsociety/v01i03/v01i03a02.pdf

to our interviewee from Davao Light and Power Company

University Life Cycle

Consider your school, how do you know that the life cycle was developed specifically for the university. How do we know it meets our needs?

Every organization have establish a life cycle to follow in order to manage and supervise every transactions its organization processes. Let us consider our own, the University of Southeastern Philippines. The organizational life cycle would be the life cycle of an organization from birth level to the termination. There are many stages that should be consider in administering the University itself. At the foundation of effective management for any organization is the fundamental truth that all

organizations, like any living organisms, have a lifecycle and undergo very predictable and repetitive patterns of behavior as they grow and develop. At each new stage of development an organization is faced with a unique set of challenges. How well or poorly management addresses these challenges, and leads a healthy transition from one stage to the next, has a significant impact on the success or failure of their organization. Organizations go through different phases of growth. The first challenge for leaders who wish to grow their organizations is to understand what phase of the organizational life cycle one is in.

Different experts will argue on how many phases there are, but there is elegance in using something easy to remember. Many are saying that the organizational life cycle is divided into phases. From Startup. (or Birth), Growth, Decline. When in decline, an organization will either undergo renewal or death. Each of these phases present different management and leadership challenges that one must deal with.

As Henry ford says, “Getting ready is secret to success”. Basically our University have set plans to start the organization, not just to establish foundation but also through the phase of making the organization grow. These is the stage where an organization should expects to see revenues climb, new services and products developed, more employees hired and so on. We could also see the decline phase as part of the organizational cycle. This is sometimes encountered when there is a transformation development involve in the University’s processes. One example would be the sudden change of the Enrollment Information System used by the University. Because we can never assure that all will easily adopt we this unexpected decision of the Administration. The involve people have the tendency to resist with this transformations. So in result, the new products will not boost because of the less support given by the people. Fortunately, the University is doing good with the newly Student Registration Management Information System (SRMIS) and in the stage of satisfying the customers’ needs.

We can say that any organization could not have decide to follow any life cycle without any basis or guide to success. Below is the Vision and Mission of the University of Southeastern Philippines.

Vision

By becoming a premier university in the ASEAN Region, the USEP shall be a center of excellence and development, responsive and adaptive to fast-changing environments. USEP shall also be known as the leading university in the country that fosters innovation and applies knowledge to create value towards social, economic, and technological developments.

From the presented Vision of the University, it’s obvious that the Administration have been working out to achieve its dream for the betterment and improvement of the University. As it aims to be a premier University in the ASEAN Region, the University is now developing and building up proper procedures that could made University of Southeastern Philippines to be the top of all. Also, this could serve as a foundation of establishing a sanctuary of excellence and development toward our Region. With all the different events and projects the University have been pursuing and implementing, I think they have given every people involve in its organization a reason to cooperate and believe that they are really doing all these things for the sake of the University.

The following are just the living evidences to ensure that the University of Southeastern Philippines will become the home of quality and improvement across all nations.

USeP-DOST AFNR PROJECT

Accelerated Teacher Education Program

Comprehensive Irrigation Research & Development Umbrella Program

Continuing Professional Development

Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditaion Program

Institute of Languages

Knowledge for Development Center in Davao

Lifelong Study Center

Mindanao E-Learning Space

Mindanao Center for Policy & Development Studies

Mindanao Center for Technical Education & Staff Development

Mt. Malindang Biodiversity Research Programme

Pamulaan Center for Indigenous Peoples Education

Southern Mindanao Agriculture & Resources Research & Development Consortium

Teacher Training Center for Mindanao

University Guidance and Testing Office

World Bank - Knowledge for Development Center

Zonal Computerization Center Eastern Mindanao

These University’s Centers are in strive to serve its people in the way that all will be satisfied. These will enhance the capability of the institution through curricular program innovations, facilities and manpower upgrading, and enterprise development projects that provide students with adequate training and education. Through this institutional capability enhancement project, the University will contribute its share in enhancing the demand by raising the quality of graduates with industry-desired skills, competencies and attitudes as workers and leaders in the competitive labor market and the progressive entrepreneurial world.

There are also programs that envisions to mainstream not only the graduates but also the teachers which is the Accelerated Teacher Education Program (ATEP). ATEP builds on the existing knowledge and skills in Islamic education and teaching experience in the Madrasah of madaris teachers. It evaluates and accredits prior learning and experience of the Asatidz, and allows them to upgrade their professional qualification while maintaining their teaching job in the public school or pilot private madaris.

Let us admit that because of the fast-changing of our environment, our University is in the stage of becoming a responsive and adoptive organization to all these transformations.

One program that is being implemented now is the Lifelong Study Center (LSC). The institutionalization of a Lifelong Study Center (LSC) is a policy response to change and globalization. In the present knowledge-based economy that characterizes the world, it is meant to sustain economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion in this part of the country. Lifelong learning, which is the characteristic of the LSC, is considered not only central to competitiveness and employability; it is also central to social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development.

Lifelong learning encompasses learning for personal, civic and social purposes as well as for employment-related purposes. It takes place in a variety of environments in and outside the formal education and training systems. It implies raising investments in people and knowledge; promoting the acquisition of basic skills, including digital literacy; and broadening opportunities for innovative, more flexible forms of learning. It transforms formal education and training systems in order to break down barriers between different forms of learning. It connotes a shift in our thinking of the fundamental organizational unit of education from the SCHOOL to the LEARNER.

Mission

USeP shall produce world-class graduates and relevant research and extension through quality education and sustainable resource management.

Particularly, USEP is committed to:

• Provide quality education for students to grow in knowledge, promote their well-rounded development, and make them globally competitive in the world of work;

• Engage in high impact research, not only for knowledge’s sake, but also for its practical benefits to society; and,

• Promote entrepreneurship and industry collaboration.

Based on the presented Vision and Mission, we could see that our University is really aspiring for a better organization in the future not only in Mindanao but also in the whole Philippines and of course globally.

Leading an organization through lifecycle transitions is not easy, or obvious. The same methods

that produce success in one stage can create failure in the next. Fundamental changes in leadership and management are all required, with an approach that delicately balances the amount of control and flexibility needed for each stage. Leaders who fail to understand what is needed (and not needed) can inhibit the development of their companies or plunge them into premature aging. The challenges that every organization must overcome at each stage of development first manifest themselves as problems that arise from the growth and success of the company and from external changes in markets, competitors, technology and the general business and political environment.

Thus, any organization cannot avoid the problems will be arising throughout its years of service. Problems are normal and desirable. Problems are the natural result of change. The only place on the lifecycle of an organization where there are no problems is the place where there is no change, which is Death. Your reward for successfully resolving the problems that confront you today, is a set of new problems tomorrow that will be larger and more complex. If your organization faces a high rate of change in your markets, technology or industry, your challenge is magnified. The faster the rate of change, the faster problems appear and grow.

That is why the University’s Administration is not only working alone, but as a whole team. Thus, making the University as a leading university in the country that promotes modernization and applies knowledge to create value towards social, economic, and technological developments.

You can drive your organization faster when you know the road ahead. Most of the issues you face are common to all organizations. There is no need for you to reinvent the wheel.

Organizations go through different life-cycles just like people do. Over time, they develop a certain kind of wisdom that sees them through many of the challenges in life and work. The University have gone to various planning stage, testing and later on the level of maintaining all the things that they have developed. Not all plans would result to success, so the University in certain times have to evaluate itself also. Because of this they learn to plan and to use a certain amount of discipline to carry through on those plans. They learn to manage themselves. To survive well into the future, organizations and programs must be able to do this, as well.

Since we can see changes from all the products that our University has offer to us for the past years, I think these have proved that the University truly follow a life cycle as a guide for its Vision and Mission. I guess, from this time on, the University have that understanding that gives them a sense of perspective and helps them to decide how to respond to decisions and problems in the workplace that they will be encountering in the future. And all the programs and projects that have been implemented had gone to a cycle of methodologies in order to reach its goal towards success.

References:

http://managementhelp.org/org_thry/org_cycl.htm

http://managementhelp.org/grow_biz/grow_biz.htm#anchor581127

http://www.usep.edu.ph