The Company

Gud day sir....

sorry for being late of posting this assignment....

for i'm having problem on searching and finding access on yahoo groups..

Where im still not a member... Please send me a verification for the yahoo group..

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By the way sir, here are some of companies that may you select for me to operate.

Davao Light (an avoitiz company)

Davao Light and Power Company is the third largest privately-owned electric utility in the Philippines. It holds the franchise for distributing electric power to Davao City, the largest city in the world in terms of land area, as well as Panabo City and the municipalities of Carmen, Dujali, and Sto. Tomas in Davao del Norte. On September 29, 2000, the franchise was renewed for another 25 years by virtue of Republic Act 8960.

Vision Statement

We aim to be the country’s leader in providing electric power and related services by becoming a world-class electric distribution company.

The ultimate satisfaction of our customers is the driving purpose of our existence.

We aspire for excellence in everything we do by adhering to the highest standards of professionalism, by making integrity the foundation of all our relationships, and by focusing on the unlimited potential of our people.

We are a responsible partner on the road to progress and development, essential to our community’s collective hope for a better life.

We will light the way.



Mission Statement

We are an electric company committed to deliver, at the most reasonable cost, safe and reliable electric service to the people and the commercial and industrial establishments of the cities of Davao and Panabo, and the Municipalities of Carmen, Dujali and Sto. Tomas.

We affirm that the ultimate measure of our success is the satisfaction of our customers.


http://www.davaolight.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=55

ASTORGA HANDLOOM CRAFTS

A small size company concerning to Toys, Souvenirs, Gifts, Jewelry and Decors. It is located
#1 Josie Apt., E Palma Gil St. Bo. Obrero 8000
Davao City, Davao Del Sur, which is near the school premises.

The company define as small company for it maximum profit would range between (1m - 10m).
The company was established nearly 1998.
For more info just follow the link given.

http://www.citem.gov.ph/catalogonline/main/copages.php?ccode=5074#

IDS-MEDIA.COM

Business Type: Information and Communications Technology
Suite 402 Central Plaza 1, J P Laurel Avenue Davao City
Davao City, Davao Del Sur

Since, 1995. a multi-awarded, multi-descipline full service multimedia development firm based in Davao City, Philippines. We provide the best products, best talents, best service, and the most competitive prices in the industry. Outsourcing services: web design & development, video production, 2D/3D animation, graphic design, media planning, advertising, casting, event organizing, CD-ROM production, audio production, back & front end solutions, training & consultancy.

For more info, just follow the link below.

http://www.philippinecompanies.com/companyprofile/47474/ids-media

my oWn UniQue Ness

‘Knowing What Is Inside’

(An opinion of Rowell V. Pines BSIT)

How can you know if a man is lonely, when he/she hides it? …….

Why some people hides there feelings to others? Why do they make others happy when behind the mask, it cries? Why are tears locked at the shadows? Why they wear that mask, knowing that a clown smile for others and cries its own? .......

They say, people usually wear the mask, are those the joker ones. I think, they are partly right, because some psychologist says that people having problems in their homes usually find solutions by their friends, in terms of making others laugh.

This is just a common problem we usually encounter during schooldays as a student. Sometimes we forget that a clown is also a human being, and we all know that no one in this world lives without problem. But how can we help and give advice to that person when he/she itself hides it to us? Here’s the sign that we may refer to: first, watch and observe the person that you think wore the mask, and then make sure that you look after her/him even on its loneliness state. Then if you can see the crying eyes without tears, that’s the answer you are looking for. And what you are supposed to do after that, of course you will help her/him, by giving advice as a friend. But I tell you, it’s not the best way of helping him/her. It follows a procedure or steps; first you may ask her/him if she/he has a problem, of course the clown will say none, but you may convince him/her to tell so. Then tell her/him that you are willing to be the ear and a shoulder to cry on. But don’t give advice first, just let him/her finish and then try to understand him/her situation.

When the clown take off his/her mask, try to convince the person to go on, to face the reality of being one of the seedlings here on earth, and to let him/her realize how beautiful the life is.

And finally, why do I say so,………… for Im one of them…..

IS Leadership Roles

Leadership Definitions

The uniqueness of individual refers on how we define something subjects, i have found out some sites that states the different definitions about leadership. When I started studying about leadership I collected several leadership definitions. It really impressed me the different ways the subject was seen. Some say it’s a process, some say it’s an ability, others say it’s a relationship. Go on, start with the one you like the most, and go for it. Go to be a leader.

• “Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow”. (Kouzes & Posner, 2002).
• “Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal”. (Northouse, 2004)
• “Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through changes”. (Lussier & Achua, 2004)
• “Leadership is the behavior of an individual… directing the activities of a group toward a shared goal”. (Hemphill & Coons, 1957)
• “Leadership is the influential increment over and above mechanical compliance with the routine directives of the organization” (D.Katz & Kahn, 1978)
• “Leadership is the process of incluencing the activities of an organized group toward goal achievement” (Rauch & Behling, 1984)
• “Leadership is a process of giving purpose (meaningful direction) to collective effort, and causing willing effort to be expended to achieve purpose” (Jacobs & Jacques, 1990)
• “Leadership is the ability to step outside the culture… to start evolutionary change processes that are more adaptive” (E.H. Schein, 1992)
• “Leadership is the process of making sense of waht people are doing together so that people will understand and be committed” (Drath & Palus, 1994)
• “Leadership is about articulating visions, embodying values, and creating the environment within which things can be accomplished” (Richards & Engle, 1986)
• “Leadership is the ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organization…” (House et al., 1999)
• “Leadership is the ability of developing and communicating a vision to a group of people that will make that vision true” (Kenneth Valenzuela, 2007) <– This is mine.

Reference : http://www.bealeader.net/leadership-definitions/

For me, the true meaning of Information System when deals with the term leaderships, it simply points out how heavy is the responsible of such given position. To be a leader is such an opportunity to grab and to nourish and improve us individuals. Some say, leaders are born, not made, but for me its not necessary whether you are made or born, but the fact is as long as you embrace the duty of being a leader, you always do ur own good part of it.

And therefore, the Information System needs a "leadership" in order for it to function well and to do it's task properly.

why MIS? is it Approriate in IT?

Management Information System (MIS)

Actually MIS is the term given on a discipline that focuses on the integration of computer system with aims and objectives on a organization. This term was being elaborated by Dr. Daniel F. Duran in his article entitled "INTRODUCTION TO MIS". His statement goes like this:

What is "Management Information Systems (MIS)"?
• Field Began in Early 80s
• MIS bridges the gap between end-users and technical staffs (e.g. programmers)
• Consider the three key words (management, information, & systems) that have
significant implications:
Management:
o Managing resources that include people, machinery (technology and computers),
money, and time, etc.
You have to consider three managerial factors together in MIS: effectiveness, efficiency and
profitability.
o Effectiveness – how well a firm is pursuing a goal or objective of its business; for
instance, providing quality product/service can be a business goal that is usually
stated in a firm's mission statement; Management by objective (MBO), etc.
o Efficiency – best use of resources, a synonym is productivity = output divided by
input. Productivity is measured in general by a ratio of OUTPUT to INPUT.
Here, output indicates revenue, market share, etc., while input indicates labor, raw
materials, administrative costs, operations costs, and IT related costs.
o Profitability - The empirical studies in the IS literature have reported that on the
contrary to the management's belief, there exists no significant difference in the
profitability between before and after the new IS implementation. In other words,
the new IS does not make significant profitability increase whatsoever. In
general, the bottom line in any business is the profitability. If it does not enhance
the profitability, then what is a point to go through all the trouble to
develop/implement a new IS? Using IT is not the perfect solution for every
business situation. Whenever a new IT or information systems (IS) are
implemented, additional costs incur. They can be costs related to hardware,
software, training, maintenance, etc. Therefore, the cost-benefit analysis should
be conducted prior to a new systems implementation.
Information
o Relates to the computer; refers to knowledge.
o Data are a source for the information. If the data are processed in a meaningful
way, they become "information." Here, IT can contribute. Information can be
extracted easily through IT (e.g. computer) if data are properly processed.
Therefore, the second word in M.I.S. indicates IT or computer.
o Of course, information can be obtained by a primitive way such as manual
sorting, etc. by a clerk. Using IT definitely outperform any other means in
history, in terms of processing data.
Systems
o If a nice system is made, it is self running which leads to reducing the people
necessary to the business process.
o Systems Theory, Systems approach
o Systematically doing business
o Systems comes from systems theory that stresses the importance of systems
approach to problem-solving and a structured way to control and adjust
automatically. Computer programmers and software engineers/developers
realized it was only way to reduce a possibility of encountering errors later in the
systems development process.
o When you construct a new/better system for the current business
operations/decision-making process, you don't want to make a computer program
based on the current business way. Instead, you develop a new model after
serious analysis of the current system, so later can save resource in terms of time
and money by avoiding a possible mistake/error. Therefore, business process
reengineering (BPR) is unthinkable without a sound understanding of systems
theory/concepts.
• MIS is a field of science that studies on (1) how better we can manage technologies (2)
how better we can design information systems, in order to enhance a firm's effectiveness,
efficiency and profitability.
• MIS is a new subject in the last ten to fifteen years. The idea is still being researched
since the concept is being evolved. A teacher's bias has a large impact on this type of
subject.

Reference: http://ask.reference.com/related/Introduction+to+MIS?qsrc=2892&l=dir&o=10601

The thing that being elaborated by Dr. Daniel is actually the part or the role of MIS in the industry, particularly on the Information System (IS). He said that, it simply composed of three major elements, which are management, information and systems which coincides on what you have tackled on my co - classmates last meeting, the class that I've missed. So the definition of MIS nis for good, and well explained by the said doctor.

Now, lets go back to the main question which is "Does it approriate on the subject course outline?"...

Absolutely yes! The whole thing about MIS struct the main thought in IT course! Not only for it's terms and use, but the function as well. At the top, one line states that we IT professionals someday, serve as the bridge between end - users and technical staffs, therefore, MIS really is one of the key on how our work or role will be play in the industry. We may have differ in some disciplines, like major subjects and applications but one thing is for sure, MIS do it's part of helping us in communication using systems as well as managing the consumer concerns. For me, as a student as of now, MIS really helps us in many ways, one reason is that, it opens more opportunities on exploring more ideas outside the mind and inside the modern technology of internet. Second is that through this disciplines, it bring us more awareness on how business works technically using information system in open world of cyber areas. And finally, this subject and description of Management Information System allows us to think more deeper and spends most of our time dealing with information concerns. But, like in other disciplines, MIS also have advantages and disadvantages. One define this term in some manner, it goes like this:

A Management Information System (MIS) converts data from internal and external sources into information. This information is communicated in an appropriate form to managers at different levels in a business to enable them to make effective decisions for:

• planning,
• directing,
• forecasting,
• coordinating,
• controlling

activities for which they are responsible.

A MIS uses a database system relying on data from one or more databases. The data is usually held in the computer as a result of normal data processing activities.

The information provided by the MIS should be:

• reliable,
• consistent,
• appropriate to the level of management,
• accurate,
• timely,
• precise - provided at a suitable level of detail,
• clearly understandable,
• regular.

It is likely to fall into the following categories:

• financial information,
• operational information,
• marketing information.

The information provided can fall into three main types:

1. strategic,
2. tactical,
3. operational.

STRATEGIC INFORMATION

Used by:

• senior managers, eg. directors and chief executives in a business,
• head teacher and governors in a school or college,
• directors of a charity,
• hospital administrators.

Used to:

• allow long-term planning,
• provide an over-view of the operation of the whole organisation, so that an assessment can be made of how well objectives have been met,
• compare costs and profits with forecasts.

Information at this level can be varied in both content and timing; external data sources will be important.

TACTICAL INFORMATION

Used by:

• middle managers, department heads,
• regional managers,
• functional managers.

Used to:

• monitor performance,
• make forecasts,
• controlling the business.

Information usually prepared on a routine basis, weekly or monthly

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

Used by:

• operational managers,
• supervisors,
• branch managers.

Used for:

• organising staffing rotas,
• monitor sales,
• assessing when and what to re-order.

Information is usually very detailed and provided regularly and often, eg. daily.

ADVANTAGES OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Use of MIS leads to;

1. improvements in price/performance ratios,
2. a more relevant service for customers,
3. a better quality service for customers,
4. bigger profits for MIS users,
5. more accurate sales data,
6. better marketing information,
7. better trend-information on profits.

DISADVANTAGES OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

MIS can suffer from these problems;

1. lack of terminals for staff to use,
2. insufficient storage for the volume of data,
3. lack of operational support,
4. training issues,
5. maintenance issues,
6. bottlenecks in interfacing between the data and the user,
7. staff ignorance of the capabilities of the MIS,
8. inadequate security,
9. inadequate expansion capability.

Reference : http://www.flaxcottage.freeserve.co.uk/~ict/mis/mis_intro.htm

Finally, whatever it is, MIS really is on the right path concerning to us IT students.

sOmething sTrange...

gud DAY sir!,...

sorry coz, were not around when u try to meet us last meeting,...


medyo nadugay man gud kah sir,... ning aksyon nalang meg ULI,... ^^ xowe!..


...Im one of the new student came from Tagum-Mabini Campus, I'm Rowell V. Pines 3rd year BSIT...

perti daw kalingaw nilah sir pag meet sa imo,,... mao na exite noun koh!,...ahm,.. the fact that im not around when you meet,.. i think i will just say, the things that my classmates were trying to tell meh... ^^

"UniQuenEss"...

From the time that you stand and speak to us on the orientation, there is something strange of what the common or old students react at you. That makes my attention to go deeper as I'm listening to you. I know that, your the best terror in the IC department on our school. So therefore, easy things wont even pinch you in marking grades Razz Razz

I just think that, this subject is really a tough one, for not only the subject itself but the professor as well. truly you are be, my prof. idol from now, for it may take most of my effort to past your subject!. I know we are born unique in this world, but i guess GOD put more uniqueness to you sir! Very Happy Very Happy And even for that reason, I think we also share one common things I life, and that is the "will of never stop exploring" which i found in you, from the time you introduce to us your achievements.



The things, that I'm preferred to explore more, might I will find in this futuristic, social mode of posting and submitting assignments in your site sir. And so, technology awareness of mine may growth into the fullest...

"suBjeCt MattEr"

MIS (Management Information System)

This subject for me, and as what I have read on the notes on my classmates about your last discussion...
is that, a description and collaboration on how Information System (IS) actually works in business matter though consumers as well as users. It is stated there that the theories behind the MIS is that, it actually came from the disciplines of IT which is equated to IT= SW HW , and wherein the term Information System (IS) is actually the product of combining IT peoples ware. And for the reason that MIS come up in terms MIS = IT IS peoples ware.

The thing this subject focuses on business applications dealing with technology, therefore it expands it's simplicity and broad its complexity, for us IT professionals someday,.. it is a must for us to understand more how communication works in different manners. The subject for me, enables us to explore more, on the reality of fast moving technology in this world. The past of clicking and checking Data is now a copy paste method. The old model of ribbon printers are upgraded into lasers and inkjets copier. And so, it is a big guilt to us, if we can go with the flow in this modern times, and through this subject, i think ambitions are a step hundreds far away towards to us...


Sir, i have nothing to add anymore, that's the furthest of my learning's as of now...so THANK YOU!..

We Take care! Promise!

INTRODUCTION

...what's up sir!

I'm Rowell V. Pines, a 3rd year BSIT student.
From Tagum-Mabini campus and presently continuing my course here in MAIN campus.
I'm actually came from Tagum City just to experience more unfamiliar things, and here it is.


Gud day sir!

how Do I define DestiNy

...in times im in hurry, does destiny helps me slow?

......"when 2 people, lost apart...
then, for some ader cirumstances, they meet, ...and become lovers...

does destiny OCCUR?..


actually, for me,.. it is a matter of choice!..
when u chose to be rich!..
then u must work hard,..
if u chose to be a dirt!..,
then spread as early as u can!...,,
but the POint is!...,,
in LOvers!...,,
its not destiny that makes them bond together,...

its the unknown abstract psychosystematic awareness feeling, called "LOVE"

....the fact that, when the apparatus HEarT, is being broKen, like in machine there is always a cure for itself!....

,...but how come, LOVE awakes for a reasoN....
that is the interpretation, of individuals,..
who already encountered such thing!...,,

it's like a "recall"...,

when we forget things, there is a catalys ("facts,ideas,objects,things,feelings")
that makes refresh our mind, to locate such memory, then the body to react for what it shoud beh!...,,
now,..when u slow, it means ur in a state of FAST!,...
therefore: harsh is not a good thing,.. u must always take a breath!..,,
every now n den!,...
and dstiny itself is just an opportunity , for you to grab!,...


Y lOve U

destiny
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decision interpretation


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