I’m back to school! Not really. I’m currently taking a course from our LDP (Leadership Development Program) which is tied up with Harvard Business School of Publishing. It’s an online course (e-learning technology) with once a week classroom/coffee break session. I’m under the SUM (Stepping Up to Management) class. What really made me take this course is the fact that it’s Harvard! Yes! Harvard! Our company made partnership with Harvard Business School which then made us the pioneer partner of Harvard Business School Publishing in the Philippines (or so I heard). Subjects/topics are the same as what they have in Harvard School in Boston, primarily under its Executive Graduate school studies (again, or so I heard). Who wouldn’t get their feet twitch a bit after hearing all of these enticing-sugar-coated advertising of the program? It really is something. But here’s the catch, 2-year Bond! Yes, we are glued to ACS for 2 years and if we stumble unto something better outside the company, we can’t just take it unless we pay the bond! How much is the bond? I don’t know. They haven’t really discussed that to us yet.
The online materials are heavy with case analysis, real life company-problem situation, concrete managerial/supervisory theories and strategical approaches, which I consider really good. It has been a month since I started taking this course. At first I’m confident that I can do it. But when I found out how difficult the grading system is and the categories that goes along with it, I had second thoughts. Do I have the capacity and capability? Is my interest enough to maintain momentum? Literally, it’s like going back to school, only harder. There’s attendance, quizzes, homework and on top of that there’s thesis/Project Development which we have to defend to the Man Com (VPs lng naman), Program Manager from a different campaign and other support leaders. And to make it even harder, there’s Revalida… Not to mention that the passing score for the thesis and Revalida is 90% each. Sa school nga 75% pwede na. But then I realized, this isn’t just school. My reputation as a Supervisor is at stake. I can’t just fool around and take it easy. What if I fail? Aside from the fact that I have to be re-trained and take the same course… Siyempre nakakahiya!
So where do I start? Time Management. I have to plan and organize. Make room out of my busy sched. My Saturdays and Sundays might be affected somehow. Ayoko! But I’ll find a way not to. This is a test if the same old Nize, when she was still in college may comeback. You know…when I used to slack around most of the time and show interest only at the beginning of each semester (ningas-kugon ika nga nila)….
Whats is HBSP? (as per wikipedia) Harvard Business School Publishing is a not-for-profit, wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard Business with the School, including Harvard Business Review (management journal), Harvard Business Press (general-interest business books), and Harvard Business School Case Studies. It was incorporated in 1994.
Catchy un title kaya binasa mo noh? Somehow I’m part-Harvard student. But not literally a Harvard Student who goes to Boston or Cambridge. At least I’m not dreaming that I am, because partly, looking at it in a different angle…yes, I’m a student of Harvard. Pwede!?
