INSTEAD of the usual expensive whole-day affair, Philcoman Research Institute (PCMRI) will hold this year’s 40th National Management Congress with a simple dinner-award night for the Outstanding Corporation of the Year Award, the Outstanding Management Leadership Award of the Year and the oath taking of new members.
PCMRI Congress Chairman Dr. Pedrito Salvador announced on Thursday at a news briefing at the Legaspi Function Room, Intercon Hotel, Makati City, where the affair will be held on December 10 at 6:30 p.m. with the attendance of important people from the government, academe and the private sector.
“We opted to hold a simple rite so that funds and other resources we can save can be channeled to research and further studies of important issues in politics, economics, sociology and national security,” Salvador said.
PCMRI is a federation of professional and technological societies, management developments, institutions, academe, business enterprises and professional managers dedicated to the development of management and improvement of its practices in all aspects of the Philippine society.
The Outstanding Corporation Award goes to Mighty Corp., a wholly owned Filipino multibillion company operating for the past 70 years, chosen by the board of judges from eight other nominees in recognition for its outstanding achievements in the fields of economics, finance, agriculture, business and industry;
E-commerce and information technology; strategic management and economy of scales; leadership and governance; adherence to nationalism and anti-monopolism; and
Social, cultural and religious activities that impacted on the country and the society.
The company, proud of its sense of ethics and as one of the country’s largest taxpayers, continuously inspires the lives of about 293,000 families and employees, business and trade partners in the adherence to its mission, vision and core values, and has been the secret on its success.
The other outstanding awardees are:
Dr. Benjamin Sy Santos, national president of the Filipino Inventors Society, for his unselfish and intellectual contributions that impacted on the country and society, having successfully invented greenhouse fixed and portable machines that refined and re-use, pollution-free; its particles turned into asphalt; and is patented here and in 76 other countries.
Dr. Nerza Rebustes for her unselfish and intellectual contributions that impacted on the country and society in the fields of education, sociology, economics, customs, tariff and revenue taxations, research methodology and national security.
Dr. Emmanuel “Noli” T. Santos for his unselfish and intellectual contributions that impacted on the country and society in the fields of business and education, having established an institution of higher learning and for writing and publishing books on constitutions, management, justice, business, history and culture.
Dr. Cecilio T. Arillo for his unselfish and intellectual contributions that impacted on the country and society, having written five best-selling books in the fields of education, research, history, politics, sociology, economics, investigative journalism and national security made and distributed worldwide by Amazon’s CreateSpace, USA, one of the world’s largest publishing houses.
Philcoman, PCMRI’s forerunner, was founded in 1954 by 10 associations and organized groups under the inspirational guidance of Dr. Lilian M. Gilbreth and Dr. Daniel M. Braum, (the latter is chief of the training branch, US Government’s General Services Administration), both of whom were on extended assignment in the Philippines to provide the inspirational guidance. Dean Cesar H. Concio was the founder and the first Philcoman president serving until 1963.
Affiliated with the World Council of Management, Philcoman has chalked up a continuing series of achievements in its 61st year history. In fulfillment of its mission to propagate the principles and practice of scientific management in the Asian region, Philcoman has hosted two international management congresses.
It’s vision is the recognized nationwide partnership of people and businesses inspiring outstanding leadership and cultivating highly productive workplaces while its mission is to conduct research in all aspects of management and provide management and leadership development opportunities and related activities which meet the needs of members and contribute to the effectiveness of sponsoring organizations.