REFLECTIONS/Learnings (Due : June 23, 2009, before 01:00pm)

H! Hello Sir..

This is Jojimie T. Gangis third year BSIT student. I also came from USEP-Tagum Campus.

During the first meeting last Thursday particularly on our subject description which is Managerial Information System, at first I am full of tense not just because I have a lot of new classmates who are not familiar with me but honestly I am full of tense because in my facilitator especially when you told us that you are the most terror. First time ko pa na man to encounter a facilitator like you..huhu..Kulbaa jud ui.. Imagine, you are the president of IT Educator .Wow! Amazing. I was so ashamed especially during the time when I introduced my name. It is not really easy to stand and speak in front of the many people..hehehe and when the class was over, a phrase given by you Sir Gamboa brought into my mind “You should not only be high tech but you should be high touch to God”(correct me if I’m wrong.) , these words encourage me that as a student, you should strive harder to have a better future. It is by GOD Whom we can trust and lean everything and as technology arose, it is so important to give thanks for Him for all the blessings . I also learned about Management that someone needs to be manage that comprises directing, controlling, organizing and planning.


Thanks to you Sir…


GOD BLESS US ALWAYS!

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hmmmp!!

We just had our first meeting on this subject Management Information System (MIS) which is being handled by Dr.RANDY S. GAMBOA last week and its been a hard time for me to adjust on my new environment. It is hard to adjust is a sense that I don't know how to interact and behave regarding on subject matters, especially during class discussions. ...ttsssk!!


About the subject facilitator.....

Being a transferee student I don't really have any idea on how our facilitator will handle the class,
except on what the higher years said that Dr. Gamboa was very strict on his
class especially in dealing with the subject requirements. I feel so nervous
every time i remember what he said last orientation few days ago

"ako ang pinaka-terror na prof. sa I.C. Department" huhuhuhu!!!

I'm shaking!... That's why i always keep in mind that this is not the same campus where i used to, this is now USEP-OBRERO Campus wherein I am a stranger in a new environment for learning. So I must have to step-up and do my best in my job as a student.

As our facilitator discussed regarding the subject, I observed that he wants every student to be attentive in every single word that is being said... and most of all... he is eager to hear what his class' opinions are or should i say that he wants us to participate and share our ideas regarding on subject maters. It really helps a lot especially in understanding what does our teacher wants us to learn.

As the discussion starts, Dr. Gamboa defined Management Information System (MIS) and its implication. He defined management as PDOC or Planning, Directing, Organizing, Controlling.
This four steps that defines the management will lead to a proper handling in a certain management. It implies that someone is to be managed meaning each of us has the cabilities to do a certain task independently.

Also, we learned about what leadership is... we people can never be managed because we have our own ideas and feelings but instead we must have a good leader that will provide some direction and guidance for the welfare and development of our society...


Hmmmmmm.... that's all I can remember for now.... tsssssskk....[/strike]

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Our first meeting on MIS (Management Information System) was fine..(really??) and as expected, we have to use our critical thinking to answer the critical questions of the one and only, Dr. Randy S. Gamboa..

As usual, Sir RSG started the class on time, at exactly 1:00 pm.. not 1:05 but 1:00.. Sir RSG was our teacher on HRM last year, so i'm quite used to his overflowing research, assignments, and the blog thing (but im not a good blogger). First, sir welcomed the transferees from usep-tagum and asked them to sing one by one, which served as an initiation to all virgins.. .. (welcome to usep-obrero, welcome to hell.)

To start the discussion, sir rsg asked what does MIS stands for and what is management.. Some answered in chorus, "it is the act of managing"..hahahaha..ofcourse. For us to understand more, sir rsg mentioned and explained the 4 keys of management which are planning, directing, organizing and controlling (PDOC). He emphasized that a person can not be managed by another person, but can be led and can be guided. From his statements about this, I realized several things and so far agree with him. He also discussed the components of IS which are software + hardware + peopleware. So from this, a query which confused us was constructed, "Is the subject name Management Information System correct?"... oh my, his deadly questions are here again..
For now, im a little bit confused but im gonna try to give my points of view on the next post..

I know all of us gonna shed blood on this subject , but i definitely believe that knowledge and new learnings will overflow. We will learn a lot from sir, from each other and of course from our adopted company. I tell you, its not that boring..


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First day Reflection/Learning:

Last Thursday, June 18, 2009, was our first meeting with Sir Gamboa for our MIS class. Well, first day is not that scary but am so amazed knowing that we are only few in the class.

I can still recall that Sir Gamboa first discussed is about the definition of our subject Management Information System word by word. Management is facilitating and supervising people. I can still remember the four common activities in management. These are PLANNING, DIRECTING, ORGANIZING, and CONTROLLING. When Sir Gamboa asked us if we need to be managed, majority of us answered yes. And I agree with it because when we say management, it simply tells us that someone has to be managed so therefore you can’t work without being managed. The next two words in MIS which is “Information System”. It is about hardware plus software plus peopleware.

From that discussion, I have learned a lot. MIS is the heart and soul of the organization. And it holds the information of the organization. So, I’m so excited with this subject because I know this would be a big help for us in the future especially if we will be dealing with the real-world of industry.

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My comment for the first meeting we have in the subject Management Information System. w3w it was so very coOl and it was fun. . but we can't change the fact that we are still very nervous and slight afraid and we still having some adjustment about the environment of the Campus. . cuz i'm a transferee student in -Tagum Campus- third year IT.

For our first meeting we tackle about what (MIS) Management Information System is. Prof. Randy S. Gamboa is very good and strick Prof. he is kind of a Prof. who love to throw some question time to time when he is having a lecture. If your not listen then you better watch out cuz prof. Gamboa is to throw some question to those student who are not listening well.

well interms of Learnings from the way he deliberate the topic we have. . well his so goOd simple but it has a broad meaning. . . he love to throw some question in order for us to know much better and to know what is wrong and right.

First Prof. Gamboa Discuss Management, What is Management and the 4 keys of Management. Management impliesthat someone or somebody needs to be manage. 4 keys of Management are "Planning, Directing, Organizing, and Controlling" then he discuss about what are the components of IT, IS and MIS.

Components

IT= Hardware(HW) + Software(SW)
IS= IT + Peopleware(PW)
MIS= Hardware(HW) + Software(SW) + Peopleware(PW)


Thank Your SIR. we knew there's a lot more of knowledge we can learn

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Last June 18, 2009, we have met our facilitator in Management Information System for the first time. He is no other than Dr. Randy S. Gamboa. He was my teacher on Analytic Geometry during 1st year 2nd semester and Statistics during 2nd year 1st semester. Even though that I was already under him twice, I am still afraid of him because of the information about him that my brother has shared with me. Our facilitator is very strict on time and on wearing uniform.

Our schedule on MIS starts at 1:00 pm but I was so early that I arrived on school at 12:30 pm. Dr. Gamboa arrived 10 minutes before 1:00 but he did not start the prayer unless the time on his watch would be exactly 1:00pm.

Our meeting started with a prayer that was led by Ms. Capacillo. After that, our facilitator started the entertainment show for the students that he would facilitate for the first time. Some of those students came from the University of Southeastern Philippines Tagum City Campus. The have presented themselves one by one on front and we have enjoyed the talents that they have showed on that moment. I was amazed on those new comers on Obrero Campus because they have showed no signs of shyness.

After those funny moments with the entertainers, our facilitator had started his lessons which I am excited with and afraid at the same time also. He first tackled about the definitions of Management Information System also known as MIS. He had pointed some students to share ideas about MIS to the class. And I was one of those students who he questioned during our discussion. I was afraid that I can’t answer his question but lucky I was on that day that he just gave me a very simple question which is the definition of IT, Information Technology.

He had questioned us if is it correct to say Management Information System rather than Leadership Information System. Nobody could justify his/her answer so he decided to make it as our 1st assignment. He added other assignments such as IT/IS Leadership Roles, Managerial Roles, joining our group on yahoo, signing up on IC forums, and making a blog. Then we’re dismissed.

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reflections-learnings

June 18, 2009, the day when we have our first day class in MIS, but sadly, I wasn't able to listen to Dr. Randy Gamboa's introduction regarding this course for I'm stricken with a toothache

But, I did try my best to cope up with what our facilitator ha discussed by asking my classmate. From them, I found that we have to post a blog instead of having quizzes, long quiz and exams. I also found out that we have to post blog entries which serves as our first assignment. This comprises our reflection and learning in MIS and the Leadership roles.

That's all I could say. Thank you. Bow.
God bless.

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On our first meeting in our subject in Management Information System with our Facilitator Dr. Randy S. Gamboa also known as “The Terminator” who had taught us all about MIS and made our first meeting a very funny day. It was the first time we had a proper class on the subject. There were new faces of students on the class they were from University of Southeastern Philippines Tagum Campus. Dr. Randy S. Gamboa welcomed the new students from USEP Tagum and let them to introduced themselves with there talents. I was quite nervous during that day because of being unprepared on the class and also I’m not sure if I’m with myself that day. Then the formal class proceeds through discussing the course description on the Management Information System, our grading systems and rules and regulations on the class. Dr. Gamboa asked the class if idea we can think about MIS. Since, it was my first time to encounter the subject MIS, I really don’t have any idea even on its components and concepts.

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It was warm Thursday on the afternoon of the 18th of June, 2009 when we had our first meeting on MIS. It was introduced by our professor oh sorry I mean “Facilitator”, hehe. According to him he is “gwapo”, and a national president officer of PSITE. He discussed about MIS and how it deals to work. Managing ones system is indeed a hard thing to do. It takes a lot of sweats, efforts, time and controls. This would give an organized pattern of certain documents or work and clean sequence of various things, however hat we think is not as easy to do for the reason that, there are some rules and decisions to establish in managing. High technology is rampant in today’s generation, thus it helps a big impact in making such difficult work like manually done. These days, information resources have developed tremendously especially with the latest technology available. One way to manage them is by having a system that used to be called Management Information Systems (MIS). Nowadays, the terminology of Information Technology (IT) is widely used. IT has developed into a popular and a well paying job. That is why they made to create a system that would guarantee give a necessary focused on decision making. I believe that MIS or Management Information System is the appropriate system in managing data to a system.




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Our first day of class in Management Information System (MIS) was very fun and exciting. We start our class last June 23, 2009. I arrived at the class before 1:00pm because our professor in this subject is very strict in time. We know him because he was our Analytic Geometry and Probability and Statistics professor. He came into the class 15 minutes before the time. He always starts his class with a prayer and end with a prayer.

As we start our class in MIS Sir Gamboa thought to us the 4 keys (key activities) in Management. They are planning, directing, organizing, controlling. In an equation Information System can be equate into Hardware + Software + Peopleware. The symbol being use in the equation is addition. Since it is addition, it uses a commutative process. Commutative property is not dependent on order or giving the same result irrespective of the order in which two or more terms or quantities are placed. So, in the equation it can be any of the term will go first, if it is Software + Peopleware + Hardware or any of them will go first.

We ended our first day class in MIS with lots of assignment to do but it is the preparation for us to the outside world. God bless us all..


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My Reflection and Learnings
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G reat and fun! That’s how our first class in MIS has been. It was all smiles and laughers from the moment the class started until it ended. Even when I was already outside the class room, I still can’t stop grinning; I can’t stop thinking how our teacher interpreted his students’ reaction when he gives a bunch of assignments.

Anal. Geom. was my first subject under the supervision of Sir Randy Gamboa then, followed by Stats and now in MIS. I am expecting that I’ll be able to understand MIS as clearly as possible and I hope that learning every single thing about MIS would be a lot of fun than the last two subjects I have gone under Sir Gamboa.

Management Information System or MIS deals with managing/supervising hard ware, soft ware and people ware. It has four basic keys, which are planning, directing, organizing and controlling. Other than these things, I have also learned the differences between managing and supervising. I have learned that managing is actually controlling while supervising is just giving directions and guides.

Blog was required to us by our teacher. So, I was obliged to establish a blog of my own. Then, I realize blogging is fun. Blogging as a way of sharing views, opinions and even experiences does works for me.

Over all, it was a lot of fun, really. The way Sir Gamboa welcomed the transferees was warm, really warm, and warm as they were in a hot seat. Then I have concluded that students in Tagum Campus love to sing. That’s all, I guess…^_^

A subject that I expect to give me jaw-aches, due to constant smiling and laughing; backaches because of being in a sitting position for too long; headache for squeezing out every English word from my vocabulary and maybe even heartache at the end of the semester (..haha..no way..not again !!!..haha)..^_^..

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Start of the new semester June 18, 2009 afternoon, 1:00-2:30 again we need to go to school(Engineering building room 505 ). For our first meeting in MIS 1 or Management Information System 1 under Dr. Randy S. Gamboa we really need to come to school early. Same as usual, he would come to school early, he will wait until it is time for him to start the class mad discuss with us. We start our class by a prayer lead by Ariel Serenado and it also ends with a prayer which lead by me. I think it helps a lot when we pray before and after class so that we will be guided in our discussions. We had a great time during our discussion, it was been a long time since we were handled by him and I think most of us misses his jokes. First he asked the USeP( Tagum campus) students and the late comers to stand in front so that they can introduce their self to us and to entertain us with their hidden talents. It was in the discussion time when he begins to ask our opinion about MIS 1 (Management Information System 1). We have learned the key activities in Management Information System 1 which he called P D O C or the Planning, Directing, Organizing and controlling, he said these activities are necessary in MIS. We dissect the the subject title, Management Information System 1, first the word Management he said that it pertains to the P D O C which are the Planning, organizing, directing and controlling the operation, Then the word Information which states about informing, lastly the word System which includes the orderly arrangement according to some common principles or rules, or a plan of doing something.

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Hello Sir,

I would like to apologize for not being around at the first meeting . Peace Sir, . Hekhek.

I've heard we have a number of new classmates from Tagum and I am glad to hear they said about the first meeting.

"I could say that we had a great discussion that day even if we are just few in the class. Still, a lot of ideas have been shared." mjoyPequiro

See, I missed a lot that day, great discussions and ideas has been shared. Sayang!

But for sure, the class would not start without a prayer, and end with it too.. And because there were a lot of virgins, Sir Gamboa might have asked one of them to sing or dance... noh?

I wish to get along with my new classmates through this subject (MIS), to share and impart knowledge and concerns regarding the subject matter.

Cheers Cappuccino!

BACKGROUND:

I heard some definitions 'bout MIS from my higher-year-level classmates who had under gone the subject. But, one thing is for sure then, I poorly understand the subject concept.

It was just during our first discussion of MIS that I, somehow, got an array of idea about it.

TO DETAIL:

Management Information System. Yes, Management, as stated in the class is planning, directing, organizing, and controlling something. Everyday, a man manages something consciously or unconsciously. But, one thing is stressed out, a man can never manage a man. Leading would be the right term.

On the other hand, IS refers to the Hardware (HW), Software (SW), and Peopleware (PW) sort of combinations.

An issue was thrown during our class- is MIS a right subject title? It’s regarding the “Management-Peopleware” issue. Some said it’s a “No.”, some said it’s a “Yes”. Well, I stand on a the latter.

The main reason for those who opposed is that you can never manage people (that’s what management means from the word itself). I do agree on that. But, let’s look it this way... Management does not only manage. As stated earlier, it also direct or lead. Viewing the concept with connotation would help us understand the issue further. It’s all on your understanding now.

PS: Some of these grounds are shallow..but this is what I got so far. PEACE ^_^

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My regret was that I wasn’t able to attend the first meeting with our professor Randy S. Gamboa for the MIS class. That was Thursday, June 18, 2009. I was sick that time (not very sick) but was very confident that there was no classes (again) like the past few days where I came to school early than my schedule. If only I knew that our professor for that subject was Mr. Gamboa, I would probably jump out of my bed and went to school though I’m not feeling well. I was very much aware that being absent either late must be a big, big, and big NEVER!!! Unfortunately and honestly, I wasn’t informed very well. Poor me!!! I was just surprised when my classmates asked me why I wasn’t around during the first day discussion knowing that were much afraid to miss the class with Mr. Gamboa. Well, it was too late to mourn and rather to blame myself for what I’ve missed. That’s why all I can do to cope up is seek information on what was happened in that span of hours.

As its usual manner, it was started with a prayer. And since there were new faces coming from USEP-Tagum, there was a short self-introduction. Then the formality of discussions followed.My Gosh! I was horrified to know that were going to make a blog site and have to post three assignments to be checked sooner. I can hear the loud beat of my heart especially when I started to ask what would be the topic to be posted. Nosebleed!!! Added to my horrible feelings was the excitement for the incoming company visits. I thought if how would it be like? Will my confidence boast out when we are going to conduct the Information System Needs Assessment? Will I make it individually? Oh! How I wished it will be a group work. More heads are better than one, hehehe…

I find it really hard to understand their explanations (am referring to my classmates) when I asked them to give me important details that could help me so that I could have something to post for my blog. Though I can’t expect too much detailed stories from them, I still tried to find other ways for me to be able to write something for this reflection. I have read the forums, and through the stories told there, I have given the ideas on what was happened on that meeting and how the discussions were going on.

The course description “Management Information System” was mainly the topic. This three-word course title has been examined. Like what is M.I.S? The class was then asked to define “management” and many students have shared their answers. Mr. Gamboa on the other hand said that management implies that someone or something needs to be managed; he/she or it is not capable of being independent (from Gador). Management comprises planning, organizing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal (wikepedia). Mr. Gamboa then asked the class in situation, if we were an employee, would we like to be controlled? Mostly answered YES, at least at first. But the realization came that people cannot be controlled because we have our different characteristics and attitudes, we have our own and unique moods. We are not robotics to be controlled. We are not machines but human who have life, who breathe and who thinks. Well, I was then caught in a deep thought when I knew how interesting the topic was. I remembered during the last summer, when one of our instructor said that it should not be called as “manager” since we can never really managed people but rather we can just “supervised” them. It hit me. Does it mean that supposedly, there would be no such word as “manager” (when refer to a company) but “supervisor” can be? We, people don’t need to be controlled. We don’t stick to what others just said. We were capable to think and decide what would be better. We were capable to lead. Yes, we must be led rather than directed. Mr. Gamboa agrees to that single statement. That is why it was concluded that the right term should be “lead”. Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen (wikepedia). Thus, it also deals with people. As RSG said that leadership and management are two different words (from Soriano) but both handles people. Leadership is one of the most salient aspects of the organizational context. It only differs on how would these two words attained its goals and objectives. On the other hand, generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, instruction, knowledge, meaning, mental stimulus, pattern, perception, and representation (wikipedia). And lastly, in a general sense, the term information system refers to a system of people, data records and activities that process the data and information in an organization, and it includes the organization's manual and automated processes. In a narrow sense, the term information system (or computer-based information system) refers to the specific application software that is used to store data records in a computer system and automates some of the information-processing activities of the organization.

Is Management Information System is the appropriate description for this course? It stunned me. Isn’t it the appropriate one? I was puzzled. As to my stand for the appropriation of the MIS description, yes! Since management information system (MIS) defines as a subset of the overall internal controls of a business covering the application of people, documents, technologies, and procedures by management accountants to solving business problems such as costing a product, service or a business-wide strategy. Management information systems are distinct from regular information systems in that they are used to analyze other information systems applied in operational activities in the organization.[1] Academically, the term is commonly used to refer to the group of information management methods tied to the automation or support of human decision making, e.g. Decision Support Systems, Expert systems, and Executive information systems (wikipedia). It wasn’t affected by the separate meaning of each term. Because as it stated above, it is a subset of the overall internal controls of business. It follows that this MIS is just a term given to the discipline focused on the integration of computer systems with the aims and objectives on an organization.

Finally, the discussions get lightly. And before I forgot, I wasn’t surprised the good news that Mr. Gamboa is now the National President in IT Educators in the Philippines because I do really believe that he would be one of the biggest names and it really happened. USEPians, we must be PROUD!!!