Entries Tagged as ‘Technology Management’

June 29, 2008

Manny Pacquiao and technology

Congatulations to the PacMan! Manny Pacquiao, currently the no. 1 boxer in the world to have achieved capturing four world titles in four different weight division. The only Filipino and Asian to do it! Aside from basketball and  billiards, boxing is one of the popular sport in the Philippines  — we both excel in the latter two! Growing [...]

June 22, 2008

finishing what i have started in 2003

i enrolled my last sem/class for the master in technology management at the up tmc.  my project completion tm299.2 - the documentation of pm tools consolidation assessment methodology by prof elvira zamora and tm225 tqm - total quality management by prof nestor raneses. Actually tm225 is already a penalty course since i should have finished [...]

April 15, 2008

Arrival Card-less in Malaysia and Earphone-less in Singapore Airlines

2 things i discovered or experienced from my last trip going to Malaysia;
Usually before the plane takes off, i normally take out my earphones and pug it to the audio system behind the arm rest of my seat. The flight crew will remind the passenger that the in flight entertainment will start after the take [...]

October 20, 2007

Today’s Terror Act (is it?): What the government can learn from Pinoy Big Brother the Marikina City’s CCTV Project

It’s a bad day to end the week; ”Makati blast a’terror act,’ military says“, an explosion of undetermined source was reported at the Glorietta 2 area of the Glorietta Center, Makati City, Philippines. I was just returning to the office after having lunch with Peggy and Dan - contemporaries from BPI when we heard emergency sirens. Glorietta [...]

April 30, 2007

Value diversification is a poor substitute for the Management of Technology

Value diversification is the improvement of stockholders’ investments in a company through quick-fix solutions on paper, such as mergers, acquisitions, and other stock-enhancing strategies.
I have to disagree that this is a quick fix solution, as it is true that it can improve the share value of the company in short term, the decision to acquire or [...]

March 19, 2007

INNOVATION FORUM: March 28, 4-6pm at Filipinas Heritage Library

from ’katipunanforum’ e-group 
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Dear Friend,
Please be advised, that you may receive a formal PDF invitation from Ayala Technology Business Incubator, for an event this March 28 Wednesday (4-6pm) called the INNOVATION FORUM.
We are launching the INNOVATION FORUM as a networking venue for technologists, angel/venture funders,  policy makers,  entrepreneurs, and those with an interest in  tech/innovation entrepreneurship. There [...]

February 6, 2007

The 10 Basic Tenets of Technology Management

*Guiding principles for an enterprise to operate within a Technology Cycle framework.
 1.        Value diversification is a poor substitute for the management of technology (MOT). 

Value diversification is the improvement of stockholders’ investments in a company through quick-fix solutions on paper, such as mergers, acquisitions, and other stock-enhancing strategies. 

2.        Manufacturing must keep pace with inventiveness and [...]

February 5, 2007

Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)

To further develop the country’s seemingly increasing and (I hope) competitive BPO industry, it is essential for employers to come up with ways on how to technologically, and I mean hardware, software and peopleware, develop their businesses in order to sustain the current competitive advantages that they have.  As I write this piece, the Philippines [...]

January 28, 2007

Electronic Waste - How do we deal with it?

As if the garbage problem in Manila is not enough, now we have to contend with a modern and deadlier kind of garbage.  It is called “Electronic Waste”.  Never heard of “electronic waste”?  It is also commonly called “e-waste”.  It is a type of waste consisting of any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic appliance.
In [...]

January 10, 2007

How to grow the Rice that we eat. PhilRice Training Courses.

Trainings on Rice Science and Technology for Farmers 
A. Refresher Course on Hybrid Rice Seed Production and Certification 
Date and Venue: March 27-29, 2007 at FTIC
Rm. 4, PhilRice, Maligaya,Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija
Rationale: The launching of the Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program of the President in 2002 poses a big challenge for PhilRice to train hybrid rice seed growers. [...]