Module 3

The reading on Planned Change is very nice and interesting. What hit me the most is the target audience. The target Audience 1.) innovators (individuals who are usually first to try new ideas), 2.) key persons (people who can influence the organizations or sectors the most), 3.) potential adopters (who can accept new ideas , but needs information and persuasion and 4.) everyone who may be affected by the planned change. The bigger the organization is, I think the harder the acceptance for planned change is. I have seen so many different personalities and characters in my organization that the above target audience needs to have one more sub-category in it --- 5.) the un-changebles! These are the people that refuses to change, are stick in the mud and refuses to follows to policies and marches to the beat of their own drums. I think every organization have these type of people. haha!

Module 2

The reading concerning needs assessment- internal and external -gave me a lot to think about. It is very true that when you are in an organization, especially within a government institution...it will be very hard to implement a needs assessment. The resistance to change is very strong among the management and sometimes even of the employees themselves. Comfort of a "used" system and the discomfort of the unknown, makes people look the other way, even if the system needs to be tweaked for better performance.

The article is correct in saying that a needs assessment when done with skill can yield information regarding gaps in the system and if done in a "gentle" way---may have a better effect on management and have a better chance of accepting certain changes.

This really hits home for me. I work in a very big government bureaucracy back home and this is a problem in my office. Certain systems that needs to be changed are not being done because it is very hard to enact change, when you are part of the system you want to change. Preconceived rules, regulations, policies and objectives are already operating, thus reducing ones actions to freely start certain changes.

1.) Professional Context - Since I am working already with the Government, I would prefer the Government Institutions as my professional context. Choosing this field is not for all, but I think that to have a chance of changing the world, there is a need to help out the government.

2.) System - Central Bank of the Philippines

Suprasystem - Government of the Philippines

Subsystems - Training Department, Sector in-charge of the department

Information Channels - Lotus email system is well-established, what should exist--should have more background on profiles for better training assessments.

3.) Subsystem Interface - -0-

Module 1

What struck me the most about the reading in Module 1-Chapter 1 are the examples of paradigms in terms of client and end-user. The examples of Brasilia, Brazil and how the watch makers of switzerland lost their market share to the japanese and americans in just 10 years reminded me so much of the Philippines and how urban planning in Philippine cities started out so well, but due to the paradigm "shifts" in technology and the people -- how the urban planners missed and were not able to sort of "predict human behavior have caused the filipino people so much. Urban blight and good intentions have been undone.

This just shows how important it is to research and KNOW our clients and end-users before starting out on any project.

IDE 632 PLE

For those who don't know what a PLE is ----- It is short for PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. This blog will now chronicle IDE 632 from IDE 611

Thank YOU!

Hey everyone! I enjoyed blogging this semester. It was my first time to use this technology and it was a very good experience. Thank you for all the comments on my blog. I hope to see more of you guys next semester. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

CREATING YOUTUBE.

Like my articles about e-bay---I am taking the time out to give credit to the creator of youtube. Creating a new technology on the internet like Youtube is simply amazing. The odd part of it is, that I am older than the creators of this phenomenon called youtube. I have always known that to be happy in life----one has to be passionate in what he is doing...and the rewards (like a billion dollar company like youtube) will eventually follow. These new technologies on the internet like youtube, google and ebay were all created by young people. My theory on this is....that young people still have so much passion in what they do and have no concept yet of the responsibilities of the world settling in haha. (just a thought). So we only have to find our inner passion in us and I believe everything will follow. enjoy the article.