• E-mail : mihca@magsaysay.com.ph
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• No. of Branches :4
Brief History__________________________________________________________________
The Magsaysay Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts (MIHCA) is a member of the
Magsaysay Group of Companies with two branches in Manila, one in Cebu and one in Jakarta,
Indonesia. Established in 2007, MIHCA designed a unique learning system that involves 80%
hands-on training and 20% classroom-type lectures to maximize learning and ensure that
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Workforce Profile______________________________________________________________
The workforce profile consists of employees, the branch manager and students. The
employees are provided with the mandatory benefits and special bonuses. The workforce should
be able handle and provide the facilities that would cater the needs of their customers which are
the students. They only hire instructors who are experts in the different field courses of MIHCA.
Most of them are foreign instructors because of their excellent performances and expertise
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Assets_____________________________________________________________________
➢ Trainings
➢ Facilities
➢ TESDA Accredited
➢ Good camaraderie
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Organizational Structure________________________________________________________
Branch Manager
Instructors
Branch Manager
The Branch Manager is the one who assigns and directs all work performed in the branch
and supervises all areas of operation. Also, the branch manager is the one who manages staff,
fosters a positive environment and ensures customer satisfaction and proper branch operation.
Finance Manager
The finance manager is the one who undertakes strategic analysis and assists it with
strategic planning. Also, the finance manager is the one who undertakes research intro pricing,
competitors and factors that are affecting the performance and the one who controls income, cash
Marketing Manager
The marketing manager is the one who develops marketing strategy for the company in
line with the company’s objective and the one who oversee the company’s marketing budget.
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Also, he is the one who maintains effective internal communications to ensure that all relevant
Operations Manager
Operations manager is the one who is monitoring and analysing the current system of
production to check its effective, and working out a strategy for improving the products or
services if necessary. They are the one managing the quality assurance programmes, planning
and controlling change, and researching new technologies and alternative methods of efficiency.
Academic Director
The Academic Director is the one who keeps the school running smoothly. They are also
overseeing the education aspects of students. Also, academic director ensures that all students
Courses Chairman
The chairmen in different courses that are being offered in MIHCA are the one who will
ensure that their instructors are capable in teaching the students and oversee the wellness of their
both instructors and students. They need to become acquainted with the school staff, school
Counsellors
The counsellor is the one who helps all students in the areas of academic achievement,
personal/social development and career development, ensuring today’s students become the
Instructors
Instructors hold classes or seminars designed to help students hone their skills as chefs or
in their chosen course at all levels. Also, they share their knowledge to their students.
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Vision, Mission, Values__________________________________________________________
MISSION
oriented and career-focused. MIHCA’s curriculum guarantees a solid foundation for the students
to have a good head start in their chosen careers in hotels, restaurants, and cruise line companies
To provide a through and intensive training ground for its students, MIHCA tapped
skilled, seasoned, and dynamic instructors to handle the programs. MIHCA also has the privilege
of working closely with industry experts and leaders who provide information, and impart
knowledge in current trends and techniques practiced both locally and internationally.
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Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of MIHCA_______________________
Strengths
of the good feedbacks of the Cruise ships and hotels the students work into. Their students also
serve as their strength because of the positive feedbacks of the students and enticing others to
enrol.
MIHCA Cebu is TESDA Accredited. It is an edge for them because the students don’t need to
take an exam from the TESDA Office to be able to work on Cruise Ships or in Hotels.
Graduate students of MIHCA are directly employed in a cruise ship. MIHCA has a partner
Cruise Ship companies where graduate students of them can apply and be hired.
MIHCA offers one of the best facilities and trainings to their students. They have the 80% hands
on training and 20% classroom lectures. They have all the facilities in all the courses offered.
They have an accessible location here in Cebu. It’s located at Ramos Street Cebu City and is just
Weaknesses
MIHCA’s weakness is its lack of instructors because of their high standards. They only
hire those instructors who have a lot of experiences and expertise especially in the Baking and
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Pastry Arts. Foreigners are more likely to have more expertise in this field and are hard to find
and costly.
Misunderstanding and miscommunication between the branch manager and the subordinates is
Opportunities
With the emerging of new hotels and resorts, and cruise ships, it is an opportunity for
Threats
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Leadership____________________________________________________________________
The Branch Manager of MIHCA Cebu institutes a clear mission, and then guides her
team towards the mission by empowering them and coaching them to greatness. In terms of
leadership, the Branch Manager does leading by internal communication towards her employees.
With this, she hears the employee’s opinion openly and treats them justly by appraising and
evaluating their performance appraisal. Since the time they are ISO 9001:2015 Certified, the
Management were trained as auditors to be able to audit the different branches overall
performance. With this, it strengthens the Branch Manager’s Leadership skills towards her
employees.
Problems Encountered
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Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management________________________________
Magsaysay Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts is an ISO 9001:2015 certified. They
were ISO Certified since 2015. The company measures its performance and customer
satisfaction with ISO. The Company has external and internal auditors. Internal Auditors are
those managers within each branch. They undergo trainings and seminars on how to audit the
entire branch. External Auditors are hired by the company to validate and ensures that the
evaluation are precise and fair. With this, there was a great improvement in their company’s
overall performance and has meet the company’s strategic goals and objectives.
Problems Encountered:
Not all the branches apply the Some strategies apply in Cebu
same strategies. and are not applied in the The management of each
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Workforce Focus_______________________________________________________________
The focus of the employees is to make sure that they serve the customers with customer
service. In MIHCA, the employees make sure that they would cater all the needs of their
students. They provided good facilities in order they will get a positive feedback, they can now
have the student’s trust and loyalty that will surely recommend their school to their friends. In
doing so, this will benefited to their school. In addition, all of these factors will not be done
without the employee’s commitment to do passionately his/her job. In MIHCA, they give right
benefits to their employees that will motivate them to perform well in their job and be more
committed. MIHCA also make sure that all their employees and instructors are providing a good
quality education to their students. One of the problems in MIHCA encountered in their
workforce side is that they lack instructors and it could affect to the school operations because
they need to adjust the time of their instructors and to their students. The company should hire
more instructors so that their productivity in their workforce would increase. MIHCA hired
instructors that came from five stars hotel. It means that their instructors have already experience
that they could share to their students and it increased the quality education that they provide to
their students.
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Customer Focus______________________________________________________________
MIHCA’s customers are their students. Since they are a Hospitality and Culinary School,
they have a unique learning system that involves 80% hands-on training and 20% classroom-type
lectures to maximize learning and ensure that students are prepared to enter the workforce. This
progressive, experience-based learning method adopted by MIHCA provides the core knowledge
and skill sets needed by the students. Complementing this teaching approach, MIHCA has state-
of-the-art training facilities, amenities and equipment where students can hone their skills and
In addition, the center works closely with international hospitality industry experts and
leaders to guarantee that graduates are up-to-date with the current trends and techniques
practiced locally and globally. They are also career focused for their students. MIHCA students
obtain a global education with the opportunity to launch careers in the local and international
scene through a job placement system that has successfully endorsed 80% of its graduates to
deluxe hotels and luxury cruise lines all over the world.
The Culinary Arts Program is composed of essential building blocks of learning critical to a
promising chef. More than just cooking, our culinary arts program inculcates in our students the
values and discipline that are critical in becoming successful in this field. The students will learn
how to be confident in preparing dishes that would be the foundation of their never-ending quest
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PROGRAM DURATION:
The Baking and pastry Arts Program is composed of essential building blocks of learning critical
to a promising patisserie or baker. The students will learn how to be confident in preparing and
baking luscious and decadent desserts as well as different types of breads and pastries. More than
just baking, our Baking and Pastry program inculcates the values and disciplines that are critical
PROGRAM DURATION:
The Food & Beverage Service program is composed of four learning blocks that focus on
the essentials of drink preparation, drink repertoire, service and maintenance of the bar and
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production of high-volume drinks for events. The program provides the students the basic
MIHCA provides an actual operational set-up of a fine dining restaurant that serves as
their classroom which provides first hand exposure to the different dining techniques and
with service and food straight from MIHCA’s kitchen. The bar service laboratory is a learning
area complete with wines and spirits for cocktail and mocktail mixing and flair tending.
PROGRAM DURATION:
7 months and 3 weeks inclusive of 300 hours internal OJT and 600 hours external OJT
HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES
The Housekeeping Services program is composed of five learning blocks that focus on
sanitation, proper usage of housekeeping equipment, tools and chemicals that help prepare the
This program provides the students the basic knowledge on the hospitality industry and
its organization. MIHCA provides an actual hotel and cabin operational set-up that serve as their
classrooms which provide first hand exposure to the different services and standard procedures
in housekeeping department. The hotel simulation room and housekeeping laboratory are
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learning areas complete with amenities and fixtures for bed making and housekeeping duties
PROGRAM DURATION:
FLAIRTENDING 101
Flairtending 101 focuses on the skills and techniques of flairing, safety procedures and
Program Duration
BARISTA 101
This 90-hour in-school instruction course is an intensive hands-on study on the art and science of
coffee preparation.
PROGRAM DURATION:
3 weeks or 90 hours
1 barspoon, 1 spatula (s/s), 1 dredger (s/s), 1 cleaning brush, 1 probe thermometer, 1 tamping
pad, 1 apron, 1 side towel, training shirt, 1 digital timer, training materials, use of facilities, and
insurance.
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, TESTING and LANGUAGES
To be a true professional, a person must not stop learning in his chosen field nor must he
stop honing his skills. There is a need to constantly evolve as a person to maintain that
competitive edge. This is where the Professional Training, Testing and Languages come in.
communication, team building, customer service and personality enhancement will help
The program duration vary since it is based on each client's own specific set of
BARTENDING ESSENTIALS
This course provides the trainees with the basic knowledge in preparation of hot and cold
beverages within current acceptable industry standards,bar set up, equipment maintenance,
PROGRAM DURATION:
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COURSE FEE INCLUSIONS:
Operations
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
1. Complete the Student Application Form and Pre-Enrollment Agreement. This form can
2. Present your completed Student Application Form to the Registration Desk for system
encoding.
3. Pay the Behavioral and English Assessment fee amounting to Php 500 at the Cashier
5. Present the results of your exam and interview to the Admission Desk Officer for your
6. Submit your admission requirements to the Admission Desk. See the complete list of
requirements below.
8. Submit your completed Registration Form to the Registration Desk Officer and pay the
Training Fee at the Cashier. Ensure a copy of your Registration Form at the Registration
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
For College Level or Graduates: Transcript of Records or any proof of attending a formal
education
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Operations Focus______________________________________________________________
MIHCA Cebu’s Operation Manager offers professionals in the food service industry
opportunities for an exciting and fast-paced career that requires many skills, talents, and
knowledge. The Operation Manager works closely with kitchen staff, dishwashing team, service
members, bartenders, and host staff. This includes getting involved in cooking, seating and
serving alongside staff when necessary. The Operations Manager also serves as a role model
best practices and behaviors for employees throughout the school and restaurant and is also
responsible for the overall business functions of keeping the school or restaurant running. These
standards in public areas and kitchen or beverage preparation areas, and monitoring safety. It
also makes sure that MIHCA will gain more profit and a competitive advantage against its
competitors. Serving and providing the students with core knowledge and skill sets needed by
the students is their main priority. As well as providing their customers in their MIHCA
Restaurant where the cooks and servers are their students with delicious and satisfying menu to
gain a positive and satisfied feedback. Also maintaining a positive image by serving high quality
High absenteeism and Some instructors live far from The company should implement
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Results_______________________________________________________________________
Based on the result of our research, MIHCA is doing well in their business. The branch
manager of MIHCA provides good leadership in the branch where she is assigned. She is open to
different opinion from her subordinates. This is a very good treat of being a leader. Second,
workforce of the company. MIHCA have employees who impart their knowledge, skills, and
techniques to their students. They have a lot of students coming in to learn. The only problem is
that they lack instructors or trainers. Lastly, the operation of the restaurant. The operation
manager has a great way of managing the restaurant. All the things needed are done and the
quality of service is so far good. The only thing the restaurant needs to do is to discipline their
instructor to come on time for the class. The restaurant needs a good people that will manage the
restaurant and bring the best of its service to the customers and students. Also the restaurant
needs good employees that bring the company to reach its goals. Sad to say there are employees
who are taking advantage of the manager in the workplace. Hopefully this will get improved on
the management side. The management is good in bringing the restaurant to its good quality
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Summary of Learnings__________________________________________________________
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the company needs to adjust or improve. These
tools usually used by the company because of
some issues regarding with their products, but
overall, each and every tool has its own
process and systematically applied and all of
them are very functional in Total Quality
Management.
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I've learned so much about Total Quality
Management. It is about how you control,
process design. Being in an operation tasks is
not easy. There are things that you should be
following like rules, procedures in order for us
to be productive and fewer problems will be
encounter. After doing this research, i realized
that Total Quality Management plays a vital
role in every organization. It proves to me that
it is really important to prioritize the TQM
because it gives satisfaction in every customer.
Based on our interview, Ms. Ira once told us
that since their company is customer focused
and every feedbacks of their customers really
Kezia Mondonedo matter to them so they need to look further and
improved their TQM side in their company. I
learned a lot and it gives me knowledge about
what is really the impact of TQM in the
company. Ms. Ira told us that when they
became an ISO 9001:2015, the image of their
company changed and they gains more
customer satisfaction. In maintaining the
quality of the company takes a lot of effort and
team work and in MIHCA their employees
really exerted an effort to adopt the change
after being an ISO certified and they are still
improving their strategies because they lack of
instructors.
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Transmittal Letter_____________________________________________________________
Good Day! The undersigned students from the University of San Carlos in the School of
Business and Economics would like to ask permission to interview the Human Resource
Manager or any representative of.MICHA Cebu about how Total Quality Management is done
within the company.
The information that we will acquire will be used as a guide for my group to make our papers
which mainly is about Total Quality Management and the data that will be gathered is used for
academic purposes only. The papers we are making are our teacher’s final requirements to pass
the course.
Thank you very much and we hope we could arrange a personal interview with you or your key
personnel regarding this matter at a time of your most convenience. You can contact us through
email at arguillesrutchelle@yahoo.com or (09565685936).
Respectfully yours,
Arguilles, Rutchelle
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Questionnaire/Interview Guide___________________________________________________
Good day! We are the students of the University of San Carlos from the School of
Business and Economics. We are tasked to interview medium to large enterprise on their
management practices, specifically on their application of the Malcolm Baldridge National
Quality Award’s Criteria for Performance Excellence. Hence, we have prepared this interview
guide for you to answer. We would appreciate it if you could give more than one example. But
we would highly respect if you opt not to give more.
Rest assured that all details given will only be for educational purposes. Thank you!
1. Company Profile, Vision, Mission, and Core Values
2. Is the company ISO certified? Latest ISO (Internationaal Organization for
Standardization )
3. What are the challenges encountered on the process of becoming ISO certified company?
4. If the company is ISO certified, How to manage workers as being a known ISO certified
company.
5. How is the efficiency of outputs measured? (employee ---- > product (students) )
6. Is there a centralized system used to maintain total quality of output? (i.e. kaizen,
ishinokawa)
7. Do you have a continuous improvement as an organization?
8. In situations like customer complaints, how do you solve and handle the problem?
9. What department deals with customer complaints?
10. Waste management of raw materials
11. Challenges in Operations Management maintaining the company’s quality brand.
12. Have you encountered error margin for productions and how are defects dealt after
discovered?
13. Often Problems of operations department and solutions done. (i.e. fruit season, operating
costs, fruit riping etc. )
14. Were there any circumstances that the company didn’t hit its targeted production volume
in the past and present?
15. Do you provide training to all of the employees?
16. Do your chef instructors/professors have to be a graduate from school itself? Does their
performance need to be outstanding?
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17. I’ve read in your website that your company is record breaker in the Guinness Book of
World Records, how does it affect to your company?
Thank you very much for your time and effort. If you do have questions, please feel free
to call me at arguillesrutchelle@yahoo.com or (09565685936) at any time convenient to
you. Have a great day!
Sincerely yours,
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Documentation________________________________________________________________
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Documentation________________________________________________________________
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Website ______________________________________________________________
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