Victor Antonio M.

Lim
Management Action Research (Ex. 1.1)

1. Select an issue/problem that you have worked on in your team (or are working on)
- As a Law student, there is a case which we are about to discuss and have been asked to
apply a jurisprudence or law applicable to the issue stated in the facts. The main issue in this
case is Whether or not Grace Christian High School can have a permanent seat in board as
director?
2. What is the context of this issue? Why is it important? What are the stakes involved?
- Petitioner Grace Christian High School is an educational institution offering preparatory,
kindergarten and secondary courses at the Grace Village in Quezon City. Private respondent
Grace Village Association, Inc., is an organization of lot and/or building owners, lessees and
residents at Grace Village, while private respondents Alejandro G. Beltran and Ernesto L. Go
were its president and chairman of the committee on election. It appears that a committee
of the board of directors prepared a draft of an amendment to the by-laws which says that
Grace Christian High school will have a permanent director of the association. This draft was
never presented to the general membership for approval. Nevertheless, the petitioner was
given a permanent seat in the board of directors of the association. The association
committee on election informed that the petitoners permanent seat in board is invalid
because it was never approved by the majority of its members. Hence they will have an
election. The petitioner school requested the cancellation of the election, the association
denied. So the petitioner school instituted an action to the Home Insurance Guaranty
Corporation but their action was denied. The board adopted a resolution declaring the 1975
provision null and void for lack of approval by members of the association and the 1968 by-
laws to be effective. The petitioner school appealed to the Court of Appeals but CA ruled
that the amended by laws in 1975 is null and void.
- The issue is important and needs to be resolved because the resolution of this case may
provide for a peaceful and cooperative community wherein the people in the village will
know that all elected person in the association is legitimate and may practice their functions
with all the legitimate and lawful means.

3. Describe how the issue was constructed. How did you decide that an intervention was needed
or wanted, what was wrong, what the causes were? How did you deal with different
meanings or constructions in the team?
- Based on the facts of the case, the issue came when the draft for the amended by-laws was
constructed and although the amended by-laws was ready, the draft was never presented
to the general membership for approval.
- In studying the case, it was clear for me that an intervention was needed when the
petitioner was given a seat as board of director in the association despite having no
approval by the members of the board.
- What was wrong in this case is that the association despite having no approval for the
petitioners seat in the membership of the board, did not do anything to further furnish the
by-laws and immediately ask for approval to the members and if not approved they may
also block the taking of position of the petitioner until the issue is resolved.

4. What action was planned?
- As a law student and hopefully a future lawyer, what I plan for this case is to file an action to
the courts of justice to have a legal ground in a peaceful manner implying that the issue
should be resolved and having knowledge of the laws that should apply, I will state to the
court that the principle of estoppel will not apply since the petitioner cannot claim of vested
right to sit in the board on the basis of practice. Practice, no matter how long continued,
cannot give rise to any vested right if it is contrary to law.

5. What happened when the action was implemented? What were the outcomes, both intended
and unintended?
- As a future lawyer, I can see that a peaceful conversation will happen either in the court or
outside the court before the arraignment.
- A re-election for the position and amendment of by-laws may be present in order for a
legitimate position for the petitioner to be claimed.
- The order of the court will give legal ground for the parties to adhere to the laws of the land
and the by-laws of the association.

6. How did the team review the outcome?
- As a student, I have asked my classmates regarding the outcomes. We have all came to a
conclusion that a simple legal explanation to both parties may resolve a large issue that may
affect the whole community.
- In conclusion, the original constructing fitted, the actions taken in this case matched the
constructing, and the action taken was in an appropriate manner.

7. What was then constructed, planned, and implemented?
- The illegal position that was taken by the petitioner was the issue and the intention to
resolve the issue was constructed. A suit to resolve the issue and simple and concise
explanation of the laws to the parties was planned. A systematic application of the laws was
implemented.

8. What is the Meta learning from this exercise?
a. The content of the issue implies that all rules should be followed in order to keep all
future problems away as much as possible. As stated in the facts of the case, the issue is
apparent that the parties involved did not follow the by-laws. So, the initial constructing
perfectly fitted.
b. Process is a way of resolving things in a systematic manner, in this case, it is a reliable
mode of keeping away problems within your field and it is also a way of resolving an
issue that is present. I have learned that planning is a good way to enter into a situation
that youre trying to solve before taking action, If you plan properly almost all your
actions may have a good result. Evaluating is a nice way to know not only what good
things you did in your actions but it is also a good way to take note of the mistakes you
did in order to avoid that in your future dealings.
c. The challenge would be the teams different perspective on the laws that should apply.
In this kind of scenario, in is not only the law that should apply but also jurisprudence
and sometimes jurisprudence gives different perspective. In this case, research is the
best way to defeat those challenges, after seeking all cases that may relate to the issue
involved, we have