TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

Ayala Blvd., cor. San Marcelino St., Manila City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

ASSIGNMENT #7

CASE STUDY

BATANGAS POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE: The Morning After

Angeles, Timothy Randell

14-205-098

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Submitted on:

February 23, 2017

Engr. A. Arcibal

Instructor
 Engineer Felicidad Lazaro, a mechanical engineering graduate of Adamson University,
has been operating in the past five years an auto parts supply in Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City.
It is a lucrative business she inherited from her father.

Four years ago, she started became a full-time faculty teaching on a part-time basis at the
Batangas Polytechnic College. After a year, she became a full-time faculty member of the
college of engineering. She attended to her auto parts business after her official hours at the
school.

Miss Lazaro’s dedication to her duties earned her the chairmanship of the Mechanical
Engineering Department. When her boss, the dean, was offered a good paying job abroad, he
resigned. Miss Lazaro was named the new dean of the college of engineering.

Miss Lazaro feels that even if she is offered a job anywhere, she cannot accept it because
of her concern for her business. This matter her also think that she must take her new job as dean
seriously.

Miss Lazaro’s first concern is to recruit well-qualified engineer to fill up the slots left by
five faculty members who resigned. An advertisement for the vacancies was made. After a few
weeks of waiting, only ten applications were forwarded to her. Nine of the applicants were new
graduates and have no job experience of any kind. The tenth applicant is a newly retired
government employee with no teaching experience.

Miss Lazaro slowly realizes that there are good engineers in the area but they are not
attracted by the prospect of teaching engineering subjects. Miss Lazaro is also aware that even
those that are currently employed by the school are only waiting for a good job offer other
institutions.

Miss Lazaro was mildly shocked when her assistant showed her the enrollment statistics
of the College of Engineering. In the past five years, a steady 10% increase in the number of
students was noted. Last year, there was a 16% increase.

Just yesterday, Engineer Lazaro was approached by two engineering professors, one a
department chairman, and the other, a senior faculty member. They were requesting for a year’s
leave of absence. Because nobody at the moment could take their place, Engineer Lazaro
disapproved their request. Engineer Lazaro was given the information that the two will take jobs
in another company on a one-year trial basis. If prospects are good, they will resign from the
school.
 After having been informed of the disapproval of their request for leave, the two
professors filed their irrevocable resignation the next morning.

1. Formulating an immediate solutions to the shortage of teachers in her area of concerns; and

2. Keeping the incumbent ones satisfied with their jobs.

Engineer Lazaro is now contemplating how she will survive this crisis.

Problem

 Finding replacement for the previous faculty members.

 How to keep the current employees

Goals

 Formulate an immediate solution to the shortage of teachers in her area of concern.

 Keep the incumbent ones satisfied with their jobs.

Solution

HIRING NEW FACULTY MEMBERS

Considering the applicants have no teaching experience, hire them base on the school

standards for hiring new applicants. After hiring, have them attend seminar to improve their

teaching abilities

CONVINCING THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES TO STAY

The best possible way to convince the current employees to stay is to give them a raise

then explain to them that they can have their vacation after the sorting out of the new applicants.