socdim - workshop 2

The second workshop we had is in connection with the last film we watched, which is the movie “Apollo 13”. In the workshop, we were divided into three groups, and those three groups have to identify the people, process, and technology that had happened during the course of the film. Our group was assigned to “people”.

When we say people are the things that people had done as part of Apollo 13. Like for example the decision making that the captain of the land crew which was firm and precise. That if not for his steadfast actions the space crew might not have survived the mission and would be dead during the process.

socdim - apollo 13

Had our last film for the social dimension it’s the movie starring Tom Hanks the title is “Apollo 13”. It is a true to life adaptation of the astronauts that boarded the Apollo 13 mission. The mission failed to land to the moon but had returned safely to earth with minimal resources, just their will to live and their ability to follow instruction given to them by the command center.

The movie showed how to survive by following instructions by the dot sequentially. The movie showcased the how a leader should act in times of trouble. A leader should not panic, should have a straight mind, and should not doubt giving orders especially if the orders are based on facts and not assumptions.

The movie is worth watching. It will give you a sense of leadership. It will show you how a leader should act in times of crisis. And never gives up if any problems arise.

socdim - tools and models

Part of the subject social dimensions is to have an individual/group report on either tools or models. This was done every week and every group or individual should provide 3 examples of either of the two. My group was to report on tools and my part of the report is presenting the tool CRM. CRM is also known as Customer Relationship Management. It is used to organize contacts of persons that you are in business with. It organizes schedules with different persons to prevent overlapping of schedules. It is also keeps record of the important things that you should know with the person you are transacting with.

This tool is very helpful most importantly in our office. If it is only present in our current system, our work will become more efficient and accurate. I hope someday this tool will be implemented in our office.

socdim - workshop 1

Our first workshop is in connection with the film we watch which is entitled “The Inconvenient Truth”. The workshop mechanics is sight the cause and effects of global warming. We were given a piece of Manila paper where we will write the things that we think that may be a cause or effect of global warming. The workshop is fun and interesting. Fun because everybody helped or contributed by enumerating the cause and effects of global warming. It is very interesting that every effect leads to death. These only points out that global warming is a serious issue that should be taken care off, if it is not well addressed it might be the end of the planet we call mother earth L.

socdim - The Inconvenient Truth

We had another film to watch its entitled “The Inconvenient Truth” it is a documentary by former US Vice President Al Gore. The documentary is all about the drastic climate change happening in the world.

The documentary shows how fast the climate change is happening now that is destroying the world we live in very rampantly. Al Gore points out how we can prevent if not slow down the face of decomposition of the planet earth by proposing less use of technology that greatly contribute in the production of green house gases that makes the temperature of the earth more warmer, thus melting ice caps, resulting to floods, earthquakes, abnormal season change and other forms of disasters that is contributing to the destruction of mother earth.

The movie has shown awareness that if we don’t act now it maybe too late to save our beloved planet. The movie has showed that although technology helps our daily lives much more easy and comfortable, we should monitor or limit the use of it because it may cause harmful effects. The lessons in this documentary are also applicable in management decision making. That in every decision we make we should not only think of the positive things that may happen but also of the negative side. That we should weight everything so that everything good we do should have less or no negative result.

socdim - a bug's life

We watched our first film in social dimensions. It’s the movie “A Bug’s Life”. Its all about a colony of ant’s saving food for the rainy season not just for them but also for a group of grasshoppers. The movie showed how the ants stood up against the grasshoppers and prevailed.

The movie showed not just unity between the ants, but also many aspects concerning technology and management. It showed how innovation can help to ease work load. It also showed that traditional procedures may be improved by using technology. Management skills was also showed where the ants followed step by step procedures given by the queen ant and create a bird that can possibly drive out the grasshoppers.

All in all it was a great film that has much useful information in management and incorporating technology as a tool to have a productive and systematic work flow.