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ALTHOUGH the term is said to have first emerged in the US Military at the end of the Cold War, VUCA has since become a go-to acronym when talking business strategy. Nowhere is the impact of the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (or VUCA) world more keenly felt than in organizations that face great risk from several quarters — and by the job seekers racing to enter these enterprises.
A recent SunStar Davao article noted how Department of Labor and Employment-Davao’s Marlito Ayala had pointed out the existing job mismatch in the region, arising when employees’ skills do not fit their job descriptions. To address the issue, Ayala said the labor department was currently in talks with the academe and private organizations to pinpoint which jobs would be most in-demand in the next five years.
To begin addressing the VUCA concerns of companies and individuals who want to do more than merely survive the competition and avoid risk, the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) will hold free info sessions based on its pioneering degree programs in Davao and Cagayan de Oro.
On Tuesday, May 8, Professor Maria Elena Herrera, FASP, PhD will be at the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industries, J.P. Laurel Ave., Agdao, Davao City, to talk about Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) from a modern, strategic approach. The session will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Herrera is the Academic Program Director of AIM’s Master in Entrepreneurship program. She pioneered the value chain approach to risk identification and assessment under ERM, currently used in a variety of industries, such as banking and manufacturing.
She will speak at another session on May 9 at the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Pedro N. Roa Senior Ave., Pueblo de Oro, Cagayan de Oro City, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Break Down the Barriers: Innovate! One of the biggest problems STEAM graduates face is the intense competition in their field. In 2015, a total of 250,702 students across the Philippines graduated from courses related to science, technology, engineering, architecture, agriculture, mathematics, or medicine. In the same year, only 1 in 25 STEAM graduates based in Manila were able to land a job that actually fit their training.
The AIM Master of Science in Innovation and Business program can give these graduates the edge they need to stand out from the competition. Of the 21 students in the first MSIB batch, 15 have received awards from national and international parties as of this writing.
Several startups that were launched as part of the program have, thus far, received a total of P2.5 million in seed funding.
A third of the class was interviewed by AIM’s industry partners three months before the end of the program, and five students were offered jobs soon after. Of the five, three students signed employment contracts before graduation, and 10 graduates reported a 2 to 3x multiplier from their previous salaries.
To talk more about these opportunities, MSIB Academic Program Director Matthew Escobido will be at the Seda Abreeza Hotel, J. P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City on 18 May 2018 for a workshop and information session that will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Both MSIB and ME are housed under AIM’s School of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (SITE), which was established in 2017. By collecting entrepreneurs, innovators, and data scientists under one roof, SITE hopes to be the training ground for the next generation of future-ready Asian leaders.
For inquiries and registration, contact the following:
ME (General Inquiries) — Cynthia BovierLapierre at +63.2.892.4011 ext. 1856
ME (Davao) — Jane Sachiko at +63.82.222.1402
ME (Cagayan de Oro) — Lleechuan King at +63.88.858.4068
MSIB (General Inquiries) — Cherrie Magbanua at +63.916.671.3946 or msib@aim.edu (PR)