Martes, Hulyo 15, 2014

REFLECTION 3 (JUNE 24, 2014) Which part of the sharing you like the most and least?

It was Tuesday again, on June 24, 2014 at 8:00 – 11: 00 am we met again for our subject Technopreneurship.  Another day of featuring the talents of those who always came late and another day of recalling this day to create a reflection. For me it was a good and really great day because I came early and never be late again. But before our class was started our facilitator always had that routine to pray before we get started. After that we seated and then he started to entertain those who came late. As usual they performed again just to sing until our facilitator satisfied. Since they are few who came late last last meeting our facilitator noticed it already and he decided to change the consequences that instead of showcasing their talents which was very common like always singing and singing again, they should feed the stomach of their classmates so that we would be happy because others might have no breakfast just to came early in class so at least the feeding maybe a big help. For me as a student and an early comer sometimes I would be happy that someone will gave me some food as a reward of being responsible and one of the early Eagle not bird in the USEP, no just joking J. As one of the beneficiary of course I prefer that kind of punishment to those who came late, thanks for our facilitator hahaha. And also no one will dear to come late again because I know it is not easy to feed more or less 50 persons with just your own allowance.  Afterwards, we also agreed on what our facilitator said about the consequences. By then at my seat I realized and worried about next meeting that what if I’m the one and only one will came late? Am’ I really going to feed everyone? Oh my! A big suicide. Hahaha…Anyways for my own good it’s better to wake up and came early to avoid those instances.

During that time, after our facilitator tackled about the new punishment, he then proceed to have an activity and that was on what can we say about the three images that he projected , on what we saw and what are we going to feel if ever we are in their situations. But before that he instructed as to prepare a short bond paper to answer the activity, which we didn’t think that he will require it. At that time I was so worried because I don’t even have a piece of it. All I did was to turn my neck 180 degrees just to find someone who will offer me a short bond paper, so sadL. After a few minutes on seeking for a short bond paper fortunately, we have those Local Counsel Officers who offer us to buy their short bond paper which cost 2 pesos each. Since they have a lot of it I’m not the only one who bought from them but almost all of as. What a wonderful day ! J It seems that we were not a college student who always ready for everything, but I admitted that we enjoyed it and that part what I liked most about.

Back to the activity, since we already had our own short bond paper our facilitator said that each one of us or individually, we must write our own understanding, feeling, and solution about the three images in a technopreneurship manner or way of thinking. Those images have different situations and each of us must have a group. Our facilitator said that we should divide into three groups to assign those three images. Since inside the computer laboratory have only three rows, then our facilitator just decided to keep those who seated at the same rows as our group for the activity. I’ am so happy then because I belonged to the group where I already know everyone which was so easy for me to communicate. Then our facilitator follows that after answering the activity someone in the group should collect our papers and collect some general ideas about the selected image that we should describe, understand and give a solution. Before anything else I would like to recall those three images.

The first image of the group one, there was a father who seated in the street with his little son that seems begging for something because they looked like a beggar; they looked so helpless like they don’t have any food, clothes, and shelter. Obviously the father doesn’t have a work or job to feed his family that’s why they ended up as a beggar. This scenario I really liked the least, because seeing the father which is so helpless and has no job was very a heart breaking for me. For me it so sad to realized and to admit that this is the truth about in the real world, that having no work or job will make us suffer and will grave us to death. Even if everyone will see you dying they still cannot help you because in the real world we are very practical and we must just focus in our own family to give or provide them the living they wanted to have. It so sad that in this world there always that inequality of giving opportunity to those who wanted to have a job. It’s very disappointing that there’s always a gap between those who has a degree and those who were illiterate. Companies, businesses, and other establishments who made job opportunities now a day’s don’t easily give a work for those who determined and hardworking people because they have that high standards to those who will be qualified that’s why it so sad to see that the truth was like that.The father on the image was so helpless in providing the needs of his child because he don’t have a job, a job that will gave his family and children to have a good living. Seeing the image of the father, for me he still have the less opportunity to have a work because he is not disabled, he’s body can worked still. Knowing that he can still work or can do something for his family I think he can grab a job that will fit him even if he was illiterate person. I think the lack of those who don’t have a job was they don’t have the guts or confidence to showcase their skills and having a strategy on how they will convince the company or employer to hire them. Being a job seeker you should also have that strong personality to prove them that despite all of your weaknesses you still have the hard work and determination to learn and cope up with them. These are just my point of view on what was the image all about. Back to the group one, their leader collected their general ideas and came up with an idea that having no job means you are very unfortunate one especially if you have a family to feed on. Knowing that you don’t have a job because you didn’t have a diploma to present that you are graduated on a certain degree course, people must realized and planned about having a family. The problem to those people that has no job was they still giving birth without planning and realizing on what life their children will have in this world. Fortunately even others didn’t graduated they do have work because maybe they have that mind set to avoid giving their family a helpless situation. The group one also discuss on what they can contribute or help to their parents if ever they don’t have a job. According to them they are willing to teach their parents on how to use computer and after they know about it they will teach them about creating a programs,on how to be a developers and make it as they asset or skills to have a home base work. By that according to them their parents will learned how computers will help them. They also willing to teach them to be a technopreneur or entrepreneur because knowing it already at school was need to be shared by others to help them and made it as their default mind set to have a better life. They also said having less than three or two children will made their lives easier.If my parents don’t have a job then as an Information technology student and having a technopreneurship subject I will insist to them that it is better to invest our own business because having our own will make our lives easier and I think it’s more comfortable to work and manage it well. Of course the business will not going to grow if I will not teach them on how to deal with it and what does an entrepreneur characteristics and personality should have. In general the image one shows only what does our own country and government lack in providing their fellow men a better lively hood. That now a days in the Philippines even if you are a graduate of a 4 or 5 years degree you cannot assure that you will get a job because of the independent standards and qualification of the companies that government

In group two which I belonged, we were given images which there are three ugly girls who already graduated in their respective courses. Of course being a fresh graduate they should be able to compete with those who also seek for a professional job or position. But it’s so sad to know now a day that other companies seek also for those who have a pleasing personality. So in this case unfortunately these three girls don’t have that qualification because they don’t have that what they called a pleasing personality. When we assigned for this kind of situation I thought that it’s simple for me to explain how we are going to defend the situation of the three girls, on what solution we are going to contribute and what can we say about that “pleasing personality” that they are seeking to an employee, but I was wrong that I can explained it well because of the time limit. During the activity I only wrote a little, which are those I importantly can say and contribute. When the time ups I was panic to finished my reflection about the assigned image and then they collected and discus what general idea that we will present in front. After we gathered a general ideas we ended up to choose our own opinion on what can we say about their qualifications (pleasing personality) that the companies searching for aside from the skills of an employee. Our leader went in front and she said that the company has a point on including the pleasing personality to their qualifications that an employee must have, because we all know that in business or company or any works there is always a situations that the employee needs to present or face their clients in a very presentable way including their natural beauties. Having a pleasing personality is one of an asset that a person can give to the company especially when they are going to present or have a meeting with their clients. Then our leader followed that of course aside from being gifted to have a pleasing personality, well skilled person and passionate to their works is more counted and companies needed to have. Hence, the most important is the skills, hard works and passion of an employee. For me this also the part I liked the least for it shows that other companies are so harsh to include that qualification which others don’t have. I didn’t mean all companies are cruel but all I want to deliver was what if that person doesn’t have that quality? What if she or he only has that high skilled and hard working person? So it means still he or she is not qualified for the position or job that he or she wanted to be in? Oh! Come on, what an unpleasant reason that he is not qualified because he or she had no pleasing personality. For me it’s so unfair, it shows inequality of human rights that they also strived hard just to graduate to have a right or good job. If that would be the case then it seems that our government is useless for they don’t even do something just to fight for the rights of those who are craving for a job. We all know that having a job will sustained and composed our lives just to be alive in this world. If I were the companies the pleasing personality doesn’t matter because as far as I know the purpose why I need to built a business and hire an employment is to made it more developed and has a good services to their clients or costumer and let everyone knows that we have a high skilled employees that they are very brilliant and productive to make my company popular not because of we have a pleasing personality employees but because of the job and worked well done. Back to the discussion on how she delivered our general idea in this kind of situation. According to our facilitator our group delivered the ideas well that he seeks for. Aside from that our leader also said that if that would be the case that one of the biggest percentage in the qualification of the companies are having that kind of pleasing personality which you don’t have then the option would be is to apply what does technopreneurship subject wanted us to do and that would be to invest our own company or business so that there will be no pleasing personality qualification.  For me it’s better to invest our own so that no one will judge us on how we are going to manage our own business. It’s better that no one will complain about what qualification that I’m going to implement. But of course if you have that pleasing personality and high skilled person and always determined to work you are very fortunate because lots of opportunity will come into your life. In real business even if you are ugly it doesn’t matter what your appearance should be but the things and work you contributed must be highlighted. I as a human being and not a perfect one I believed that God created us equally ,that no one is so much ugly and will surpass the beauty of others.  Humans are just the rulers on their own that’s why they can freely criticised others and each of us became judgemental to everyone not considering that even us has a defect of being human.

The last image was in a group three, it shows that many people or workers are protesting just to get the attention of the government officials to make their salaries or wages increase not just always or forever in a minimum wage. As a worker they have also the rights to increase their salaries because they worked hard even if in their tough situations just to get an income every month to provide the needs of their families. This one also I liked the least because people and workers are seeking an attention in the government official just to grant their wish. According to group three leaders instead they will murmur and shouting or protesting in front the government it’s better to made a plan in their own on how they will get out and earned more money to have a higher income that they wanted because it seems like they protesting for nothing. And aside from that they are just complicating their lives on doing that kind of stupidity and shameful actions. That they must realized that instead of spending their time on protesting they must think to invest their own business so that they will provide the demands that they wanted to be in hand.  Knowing our government corrupt and lots of issues about the funds and money those people should realize that even our government crave for money so it is impossible that the government will immediately provide the demands that they wanted to implement. Let say the government will say that they will increase their salaries the question is, how long they will going to conduct it? Or when will they are going to start it? So that’s it, those questions are just a reminders that our government is so slow on giving and delivering our needs and demands for they are the only one can control and manage our funds. That our government will only provide as always late if not late they will provide us problems or nothing at all compared to the other countries that even those smaller one has a high propelling economy compared to us. Back to the demands that the workers wanted to increase their minimum wage like those teachers that we all know they sacrifices alot on teaching the student to be educated in the near future and has a good work to have. Giving an example like them needs to increase their salaries yearly , if we were going to compared from other countries it seems that Philippines has that slower propelling economy because of the official government way of thinking and managing our country and people. In that case workers should realize that our government is useless, I know not forever but at this time our government is getting worst. In general on sharing the group three’s opinion and suggestions workers should also think for an alternative mind set like investing their own business like a technopreneur always in mind.

Subsequently, after we shared the ideas in each group on what we can suggest and contribute to avoid or help that kind of person in the images I became then more interested in the technopreneurship subject, because it made us see the real world to make some money. What I liked the most during that third meeting were we able to listen to their sharing about the three images. I liked when the group one shared first their thoughts on what can they help to their fathers that has no job. Then our facilitator commented that , that’s not the thing that he wanted to hear from them but what they can innovate to the situation. So by then our facilitator was not satisfied about their answers. Then I liked also the most was our grouped sharing which is group two. I liked about on how our leader Deannie delivered our general ideas about the assigned image and how can we resolved it. Then our facilitator at that time commented that, thats the point that he wanted to heard about because it really fits the situation on how we are going to contradict their default mind set.  I liked also the sharing of the group three because they also have that idea which is not right that protesting is a way on getting out from poverty, still we individual can solved our own problems. Hence I liked the most that we shared all the things in our mind about the three images. What I really liked the least was about the reality that in our country inequality of human rights are always present , liked even if you are dying and you don’t have a money because you are poor no one will help you because you are like that. That our government only sees those wealthy peoples problem not anymore the poor one. That in reality world poverty is getting worst not just to other country but including us.

As what I can see in the deeper understanding of being a technopreneur they are the one who is the key and can propel the economy of the country. To set aside that thoughts back to the class during that meeting our instructor also started to discuss about what really a technopreneurship subject on how we  were able to learn and apply and what those important thing that we must remembered. For me as what I thought technopreneurship is a good way on doing some start up business for you to be an employer not an employee. First of all let me refresh your understanding about Technopreneurship. What is Technopreneurship? - Technopreneurship is a process in the formation of new businesses that see technology as a base, with the hope that the creation of strategies and innovations that can be put right later on technology as a factor for national economic development. It stated that technology is the main subject that the technopreneur must create and must be implemented so that people may use it to their purposes.  By that, the what they called High Technology will exist and that will help later on our economy progress. Technopreneurship concepts as disclosed basically integrate the technology with entrepreneurial skills (Enterpreneurship skills). In this Technopreneurship base concept entrepreneurship development starts from the invention and innovation in technology. An innovations and invention that will help not just individuals to their own needs and work to be easily done, but to reach also the goals of our country or even in our own local areas. It also hightech ventures in ICt, electronis, internet, life sciences and BIOTECH. Like for example ,CISCO, Nano Tech. Service firm also is involved where technology is critical to their mission, business that provides services. And Delivery or designs of hightech products like computer hardware or any devices. It is also use of technology in the delivery or conduct of normal business activities. Marketing and launching the technology to all business company that knows the significance of technology is also one of the Technopreneurship do business.

What does the role of a technopreneur?-  A person who destroy the existing economic order (creative destruction) by introducing new products and services, by creating new forms of organizations and by exploiting new raw materials (Schumpeter, 1934). Technopreneur is Someone who perceives an opportunity and creates an organization to pursue it. The Person who undertake risks ( by creating an enterprise or business) that has a chance of profit or success technopreneurship distinguishes themselves through their ability to accumulate and manage knowledge as well as their ability to mobilize resources to achieve a specified business or social goal (Kuemmerle, 2002). A person that has a bold, imaginative, deviator from established business methods who constantly seeks the opportunity to commercialize new products, technologies processes and arrangements (Baumol, 2002). Technopreneur distinguishes logic from tradition, common tradition from prejudice, prejudice from common sense and common sense from non sense while integrating variety of ideas from diverse groups and discipline (Manuel cereijo, 2002). A person skilled in applied creativity thrive in response to challenge and lack for unconventional solutions. They experience challenges, creative visions solutions, build stories that explains their visions for and then act to the part of the solutions. They forget new paths and risk failure, but persistently seek success (Dorf and Byers, 2005). A success that no one will take us from them. They are those business mind set people who usually create and deal with those interested one about their innovations.

During our facilitator discussions I realized that how do I see myself as a technopreneur? This question also sinks in my mind. As an Information Technology student and obviously it is our concern to know what really technology is, on where it came from, and how it was developed and was known by the people. Since technopreneur is part of our study it is also important to us to learn and how to be a technopreneur. As a professional someday and become a technopreneur, for me it is very important to be wise and more intelligent on making decisions to deal with those business tycoons. Aside from it, I know that being a technopreneur requires logic, techniques, comprehension, smart decisions, strategies, and confidence. First I should have that logic to understand more about technology, on how I’ am going to create new form of technology that soon will be familiar to everyone. A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step by step manner about how a problem can solve. Logic that has many basis principles including that what they called scientific method. I should have also the techniques to present and prove to them that my innovations are very useful or unique to everyone. A technique that I can practically bid my clients to have my innovations. I think I can also comprehend some instances in innovating a technology. As a technopreneur its normal and needed to comprehend a particular situation that may affects your business field because your business might place into risk. I might someday have to be a smart person to make decisions to come up with a good result in my career. Being smart in making decision should be in a right place and right person to deal with. For me as a technopreneur, seeing myself as a smart one might really gave me a big change and opportunity to have a good and a lifetime career in the near future. Since I wanted to exhibit my social ability or cleverness I should be smart enough to be a smart one. I think I should have a strategy to set all my goals into reality. As a technopreneur I need to have a plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal. I think my confidence will develop more because I know that in every deal and experiences that I will encounter may boost my skills to show them that I can do my best. As a technopreneur balancing between the work for technology and for the family and friends must manage well. As a one that works and involved with developing, innovating, and inventing technology I should have the right time and right place for it. If it is work or job it should be it ,nothing more nothing less, being professional is necessary so that limitation will do exist between some important things like family. As a technoprenuer family must also recognized despite all of the things related to my work. For me, busy in a business is not the reason why we are going to neglect our family because abandoning them may either can affects me in my attitude doing my work well. Friends also important to me because sometimes whenever we need someone to talk to or someone that we need a help they also can be a big help. I know that having a start up career in being a technopreneur there are those times that we don’t even know who we are right now, or time that we need to find our self first especially when we are at the peak of our success and those times need as to be alone but we must realized that family and friends are always there for us to help. They are just waiting you to feel them that they are still part of your life even in your hard or tough times. And lastly as a technopreneur myself I will going to pursue my work to meet my goals in the field of Information Technology industry.  I know that every individual has its own dreams and that dreams must become true. Of course to come up with that dreams it is part of our life to pass all the risk, all the challenges, and all the tough times in our lives to become strong and fearless on what may future will bring to us. Having a dream in real life is the same with aiming a career that we should deserved to have. A career that will show our real skills and passion on doing a job that can made us happy. A career that may bring us in a life that we never expected or highly imagined that will become true. A career that everyone will inspire and motivate to have the same too.  A dream that may move not just everyone’s heart but also life to deserved more.  All these are dreams or careers that individual should have. As I know before you already captured your dreams you must experienced first those hard times, those hopeless times that you think no one can’t help you. But the truth was only yourself can help you to find all those possible solutions of the problems in life and that is by trusting yourself to do things that you wanted to do, trusting yourself to show others that you are able to stand alone even without them. Trusting yourself on what you can do is the best traits that we need to have to reach our careers in life do come true.

In general, that day it was fun and amazing to heard about the new consequence that our facilitator said and changed. For me that meeting is worth sharing for because of the facts about those three images that we had as our activity.  It was also very interesting to see that all what we did those times are just reflection of us right now. I really liked the most was when our facilitator started to discuss about the technopreneurship on what characteristics and personality does a technopreneur must have. To end our journey at that day what I learned from our facilitator was we don’t need to be intelligent or smart just to be a technopreneur,  the only thing that we must have is an idea to innovate something new. Then, he also said that we will not having our meeting next week because he is going to go to everywhere which is also related to his work. And it is also the part that I would like the most. I’am also looking forward to those whom are going to came late in the class to provide as foods as a punishment. That’s all I was remembered about.


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