Case1. ST.ANDREW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND SCIENCE: Who Can I Turn To?

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Gloria Tadino started operating her own elementary
school. After five years, she was requested by the parents of her students to open a high school
department and she reluctantly obliged. When the total enrolment exceeded one thousand students,
she opened the college department. By the year 2012, the school has become popular throughout
Central Luzon with its registered name: St. Andrew College of Business and Science (SACBS). As of 2012,
the numbers of students enrolled are as follows:

Elementary = 1,030
High School = 957
College = 6,342

In educating students, SACBS has an excellent record. The passing rate of its graduates is above
the national average in the various licensure examinations. Financially, the school is a “going concern.”
Banks rate the school as a good credit risk.
Mrs. Tadino is already 60 years old and is beginning to worry about her replacement as
president of SACBS. She has three sons and ants one of them to take over as soon as possible. Although
she is sure that whoever she chooses would gladly accept, she wants to make an intelligent choice.

Gloria’s eldest son Mario is 35 years old, an electronics engineer, and is working as network as
network administrator of a big communication firm in Makati. Mario is the immediate superior of five
other professional engineers. Mario’s wife is also an electronics engineer and is working in the same
company as head planning department. They have a daughter and a son. Mario is the most sociable
among the three sons of Gloria. He and his wife are very industrious and are very much contented with
their jobs. Their main drawback is their difficulty balancing their family’s budget.

Gloria’s second son is Glenn who is 33 years old and professional chemical engineer. He works
as associate engineer in the biggest public utility firm in Metro Manila. Glenn has ambitions of saving
money to buy a house and lot in Quezon City, a car for him and another for his wife, and enough cash to
open a business when they retire. He is on his way to achieve his goal because he rarely socializes and
he meets people only when it is work-related. His wife is a professional engineer and is also connected
with Glenn’s company as supervisor of the IT department.

Gloria’s third son, Vincent, enrolled in a college course in a big university in Manila just like his
two older brothers. Out of 70,000 who took the entrance examination, he obtained the tenth highest
score. In spite of that score, he failed to finish his college course. Unwilling to go back to his province
and his mother, he made himself busy trying to work and educating himself in jobs he liked.

Vincent worked for two years in a call center as a customer relations agent. He enrolled in
specialized courses in computer. Upon the recommendation of his Canadian friend, he handled for one
year an English class exclusively for Koreans. His long stay in Manila exposed him to various cultures
including those of the Koreans, as well as his Canadian, Australian, and American friends. For five years,
he handled classes in Judo and in one competition he got a gold medal. He bested local and foreign
opponents. Later, he established his own small business using the computer as his main equipment.

Reviewing the credentials of her sons, Gloria seems to have some difficulty in making her final choice.
She is contented to know, however, that whatever shortcomings her children may have, they can be
remedied by proper training.

Learning Assessment:

1. Assess who the most desirable successor of Gloria is. Base your decision on the various
characteristics and skills required of a manager.
2. Describe other acceptable factors that Gloria may use to come up with the best choice.
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Chapter 1 “An Overview of management and

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Chapter Exercise

Understand and analyze the following questions below.

1. Briefly explain the importance of studying management.

2. Contrast effectiveness with efficiency.
3. Contrast a table showing the amount of skills required in each level of management.
4. Choose one principle of management and provide specific business situation where it
can be used
5. Choose a particular business or industry and rank the roles of managers frequently
being used.