UMak is proud to have produced two more doctors in the field of education among its faculty members

January 29,2010

Two more faculty members of the University of Makati have successfully jumped over the challenges of post graduate education and were granted doctorate degrees, Doctor of Education major in Educational Management, during the graduation rites held the first time at the Grand Theater located in the Administration Building of said University on April 24, 2009. They were Dr. Merlyn C. Paulmitan, whose dissertation delved on The Information Delivery System of the University of Makati: Input to a Proposed Center for Integrated Management Information System and Dr. Josefina D. Congzon-Rupert who researched on Employee Productivity of the City Government of Makati: Basis for a Model for Personnel Policy.

The Information Delivery System of the University of Makati: Input to a Proposed Center for Integrated Management Information System

Dr. Merlyn C. Paulmitan

January 29,2010

This study aimed to assess the existing information delivery system of the University of Makati (UMak). Specifically, this study attempted to determine the status and the respondents’ evaluation of the existing information delivery system in UMak, the difference of the grouped respondents’ evaluations of the existing information delivery system in terms of the MIS components, the perceived effects of the existing delivery system to the work productivity of the educational managers and support staff and the difference between the grouped respondents’ perceptions on the said effects.

Respondents agree that the existing delivery system in UMak is able to meet the needs of clients depending on what is requested and that they can access data most of the time. Respondents’ low evaluations of UMak’s information delivery system indicate the need for upgrading and improvement. However, the respondents agree that they are moderately satisfied of the effects of UMak’s information system to work productivity.

The study came up with the finding that there is no significant difference among the grouped respondents’ perceptions of all the UMak’s management information system component. It was also found out that there is no significant difference of the grouped respondents’ perceptions on the effects of work productivity of UMak’s existing information delivery system.

Having found that there is much to be desired in UMak’s existing information delivery system, it was suggested, among other things, that the researcher’s Proposed Five-year Development Plan for UMak’s Center for Integrated Management Information System be adopted.

Employee Productivity of the City Government of Makati: Basis for a Model for Personnel Policy Program

Dr. Josefina D. Rupert

January 29,2010

This study was primarily conducted to analyze the extent of employee productivity of the City Government of Makati as perceived by the three groups of respondents, totaling 838 distributed as follows: management, rank-and-file employees and clients, with the end view of proposing a basis for a model for personnel policy in the field of training and development programs.

Findings showed that manager respondents were mostly males and younger than the rank-and-file employees who were most females. Both manager and rank-and-file employees were married, have bachelor’s degree, with 1-2 number of dependents, have regular status of employment and had received “Very Satisfactory” performance rating in year 2007. Most managers have stayed longer in the service while most of the rank-and-file revealed 1-4 years of service. Most managers have attended more than 10 times of relevant trainings and seminars for the last five years while the rank-and-file have attended 1-2 only. Most managers had a one time promotion while the rank-and-file employees have not been promoted.

With regard to productivity indicators which were narrowed down to work extent, technology, quantity and quality of work, interpersonal relationships, employee engagement, and ergonomics, all three groups of respondents have different perceptions except on quantity and quality of work.

On the analysis of perceptions on the extent of productivity, results of F-test between manager and rank-and-file revealed that they differ mostly in the perceptions on productivity indicators except in one which is on employee engagement. On manager versus clients, F-test results revealed no significant differences of perceptions on the variables that affect the extent of employee productivity. F-test results between the rank-and-file and client respondents revealed that there are significant differences of perceptions on the variables that showed the extent of productivity.

On the relationship between manager and rank-and-file employees’ profile variables and their extent of productivity, findings revealed that variables listed by manager-respondents that affect the extent of productivity were very different from what the rank-and-file employees had given.