'Quamplurimi et quam aptissimi" (As many as possible of the very best)
In the recent faculty development seminar conducted by Regis for GSB faculty, there was a lot of pow wow on the quality of GSB education. Which is better: UP, De La Salle or Ateneo.
The chair of Mark Man department commented that Ateneo is better in delivering GSB education. It is a professional school, meaning to say that most of its faculty are professionals: working practicing business executives who do not work out from the workbook or text but from the richness of their working experience. And thus are more experienced; and are both expert academically (theory ) and in reality (practice) So AGSB students are lucky and fortunate to have this kind of teaching staff.
They also know how to draw from the experience of their students who are working professionals. AGSB is populated by more a thousand working professional GSB students!
In one of the GSB, one of the Professors who teaches Entrepreneurship who also chairs their department was asked what he will do when he retires, he said "he will probably start a business." I am shocked to learn too that the head of a very famous school on entrepreneurship who writes and talks a mouthful on entrepreneurship has not run a large business, nor was he ever successful in running one.
We say that leaders are not judged by what they say, but what they do and who they are. (Eh may kuwento ng mga flying objects while he conducts class as was shared in one of the story telling sessions of the faculty)
Leadership subject at AGSB is an Ateneo advantage. It emphasizes leadership from within, authentic leadership. One of its pillars is love. This is odd in a cold steely corporate world. The others are heroism, ingenuity and self awareness. The goal of leadership is not only to develop oneself but to clone other leaders. Everybody has potential to be leader. What we do, even if we do not have followers influences/affects others. It is time to define Filipino leadership too
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