Research Symposium on Management of Business and Human Organizations

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I presented this paper last October 6, 2008 during the IBA Research Symposium under the basic research category. Honestly, I really prepared to win the top prize but unfortunately there's one study better than mine. I settle for second, with the first having very very negligible edge. It just so happened that in one judge, he was the first and the three of us settled for the same ranking. I won in the two other judges. Tsk! Tsk! Not yet my time. And for modesty's sake, I am the over-all coordinator of the symposium. Lols!

SELF-IMAGE OF ROMBLON STATE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS:
IMPLICATIONS TO ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Self-image is the way a person perceives himself. It is one of the valid determinants of personality. Personality in turn speaks a lot about how a person behaves whether in a small or big organization. But interest, curiosity, and speculation concerning administrators are oftentimes subjects of petty talks among employees. This maybe because they do not know their administrators very well, they rarely meet them or almost never get to know them as people. In this study, self-image of Romblon State College administrators was determined and its implications to organizational management were described.

Through a complete enumeration technique, members of the administrative council of Romblon State College were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire. The retrieval rate was 95 percent. Administrators perceived their self-image across interest in schooling, interest in sports, decision making, perceptions toward self, beliefs on how others see them and on achieving success, job satisfaction, motivation and some work related practices and issues.

Results of the study revealed that common characteristics existed among RSC administrators. They had a strong passion for education and sports. They were above average as students and they worked hard to achieve their present positions. Most of their decisions were arrived at through careful analysis and consultation with others. They were motivated, work-oriented and satisfied with their jobs. Implications of salient findings to organizational management included issues about achievement-driven administrators, teamwork, seniority-based promotion, nepotism, task delegation and handling disciplinary actions.

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