FIELDTRIP OVERVIEW

Fieldtrip and Seminar is one of our subjects in our curriculum both in Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS). This subject was to be conducted for us student to be knowledgeable to the new technology and other machines that were using in the said company where will be visiting and to observe on how they will be using that.

This subject is categorized into two parts: the minor and the major fieldtrip and seminar. In minor fieldtrip and seminar were already done and conducted only in the school for the seminar and for the fieldtrip were done that in the Sutherland.

So, here comes the major fieldtrip and seminar which be conducted on Metro Manila. The faculty of Institute of Computing and the BSIT and BSCS 3^rd year student were excitedly preparing for the major event. October 4, 2010 was the day for our departure going to Metro Manila to conduct our trip.

In the five days expedition in some part of the Central Luzon area, each day we’ve been into a different companies and learned new things form them. The companies we visited are: Bayantel, IBM, SeaChange, PLDT, SSS, Global Exist, TTI, MMDA (traffic engineering) and the University of Philippines at the ITTC. We visited also in Tagaytay at the People’s Park in the sky and Laguna (Enchanted Kingdom) for a site seeing purposes and recreational activities.

To put in plain words just to know happened each day of our trip and to know what we learned, liked and we didn’t like each day of the tour of every company. I will explain each of our days in our expedition. 

Day 1 (October 4, 2010)

Today, I went on a company visit to…

            We went to the Bayan telecommunication (Bayantel) which is located at Roosevelt Avenue, Quezon City. That was the first company we visited when we arrived to Manila.

What I learned?

            I have learned that Bayan Telecommunications Holdings Corporation was incorporated in October 15, 1993. Bayan Telecommunications, the operating arm of BTHC and formerly known as International Communications Corporation, was incorporated in April 18, 1961. The Bayantel is one of the strong competitors of the PLDT in terms of the communication networking. They are the one who is accountable in the landline communication such as the telephone. Bayan Telecommunications' existing nationwide network is composed of satellite, terrestrial and land/submarine based cable facilities. The network includes capacities in the National Digital Transmission Network (NDTN), a joint project of six Philippine telecommunications carriers.

What I liked?

            The way they present their report, I like quite a bit because they presented it will to us and they explain to us very nicely and understandable.  I gain some knowledge about their business by presenting their report to us. Also I like the room where they present the report to us that makes us comfortable to lean one ear to him.

What I didn’t like?

              I didn’t like about them is they rush everything on their report. Also that they make wait us outside of their building and they don’t even entertain us there. And also the person who is in charge to present to us was not so prepare of his presentation. They don’t even tour us on their company for to know more about their business, they just only show us their data center.

Day 2 (October 5, 2010)

Today, I went on a company visit to…

             The second day of our trip is scheduled for our national seminar which is to be held in the University Of The Philippines In Their Information Technology Training Center (UPITTC) at the NISMED Auditorium, UP Diliman which is entitled at UP-USEP Information Technology Symposium.  In the symposium there are some different topics to be discussed by the different professor in the said university and guest speaker. To formally start the program, Prof. Lemuel Braña gives his Welcome remarks. The topics were discussed is first Writing a winning Thesis by Ms. Rose Ann Sale, which she talks about the stages on writing a thesis, next to her is John Boaz Lee that talks about the Visualizing Wikipedia Article Evolution with Stream Graph, Ms. Michelle Lee Moscatel on her Personal Learning Environment, while Ms. Len de Gracia on her Animation and Mobile Application Game Development by Professor Carloss Bott which talks about the Game Development Techniques and the last topic that discuss to us is the Empowering the Nation through Educational Technology delivered to us by Mr. Ferdinand B. Pitagan Ph.D. under on his topic is what is educational technology?

            After the seminar has been conducted by the UPITTC student and faculty, we proceed to the UP techno hub which located at Commonwealth, Quezon City. Theirs a lot of company their but we only visited the IBM innovation center and the SeaChange company.

What I learned?

            I have learn a lot on the different topics that they impart to us especially on the Animation which discuss by Ms. Len de Gracia that you can create an anime by simple photoshop and illustrator only. I’ve learned also that “the problem isn’t the availability of data but it’s the understanding the data itself” and that Wikipedia articles are like biological systems, they evolve which impart by Mr. John Boaz Lee and lastly, you can develop a game using a C++ language.

            In the company we visited, I have learned that the IBM Philippines has the most extensive IT services network, servicing the most number of clients across all sectors and industries. IBM provides IT and business solutions to majority of the top companies in the Philippines from the government, financial & banking, telecom, retail & distribution sectors, among others. It was established in 1937 and they served as their clients are the PLDT/ Smart, BPI, Jollibee, Meralco, BDO, Shell, Globe telecoms, Shoe Mart, San Miguel corporation, Land Bank and the PAL. They provide the software services on their clients and the common software they provide is the Tivoli Software and the Lotus Software.  IBM has evolved to become the leading information technology partner in the country, providing hardware, software and services. The Country General Manager for IBM Philippines is James Velasquez.

While in SeaChange company which new to me, I learned that their company is the world’s leading Ad insertion solutions and they their what they a Video on Demand application. SeaChange International is the global leader in multi-screen video and one of the largest software companies worldwide. The Company provides innovative, Emmy award-winning solutions and services for back office, advertising, content, in-home devices and broadcast to hundreds of media companies globally, including blue chips such as Comcast, Virgin Media, AT&T, Hutchison Whampoa, Vodacom and DISH Network.  Headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, SeaChange has product development, support and sales offices around the world.

What I like?

            Of all the speakers that have talked in front of us in the said seminar, Ms. Len de Gracia catches our attention and made me interested to listen to her. I liked the way she delivered her topic to us because it makes us alive and leaned an ear to her. She makes us alive at that time because of the previous topics that are quite boring. She has a sense of humor and an excellent speaker because she speaks thoroughly in English which is pleasant to listen to her.

            On our site visit, I liked on the IBM Company because they have their souvenir items for those student who raised question and answered their question even though I don’t mine but I appreciate that thing which they prepared on that day.  

What I didn’t like?

            There is one speaker that made me totally bored to listen on the seminar because the way he delivered his topic about Mobile Application Game Development was so serious and hard to understand, he is Mr. Carloss Bott. He speaks so fast which we can hardly understand his English which are some was so deep for us to comprehend. Same as to Mr. Jean Paul Broc the Chief-Executive-Officer (CEO) of SeaChange. While he is presenting about their company to us, I can’t deny that time he discuss to us his own topics, my eyes are going to fall because they liked a sleeping peels to me that makes me asleep every time they talk. Every one of us are yawning at that time cause

Day 3 (October 6, 2010)

Today, I went on a company visit to...

PLDT Company InnoLab or the Innovation Laboratory and Telecommunication and Education Center is our first company we visited in this day which is located at Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City Manila. Before we got there, we encountered a bumper to bumper traffic somewhere in Quezon City area. So, we take a nap for a while on the bus while waiting for us to arrive to our destination.

On the afternoon, I transferred out from the bus 1 move to the bus 4 for me to go the Social Security System (SSS) Company together with the student who didn’t yet visit the SSS.  It is located at the 2/F Magsaysay Hall, East Avenue, Diliman Quezon City.

What I learned?

            The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) was founded on November 28, 1928 they called it as the Age of Birth. PLDT is the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines. Through its three principal business groups - fixed line, wireless, and information and communication technology - PLDT offers the largest and most diversified range of telecommunications services across the Philippines’ most extensive fiber optic backbone and fixed line, cellular and satellite networks. Their company has so many ages like: Age of Destruction (1939-1949), Age of Hope (1949-1958), Age of Change (1959-1968), Age of Control (1969-1978), Age of Revolution (1978-1988), Age of Gatekeeper (1989-1998) and the Age of Convergence (1999- present). The PLDT innolab was established in 2003. I find out also that the first single chip microprocessor was first announce in 1971 and changed the world. I discovered that they use a cloud networking for their telecommunication.

            In the Social Security System, I gain knowledge from their company that they are highly computerized and use a standard technology for their company. Whereas they use a biometrics for their employee’s ID to validate the exact person identified in an ID. They started on computerization on 1970-1973 and fully computerized on 1992-1996 and use BIOS (Branch Online Integrity System) for their system.

What I like?

            I appreciate the friendliness and approachable employee both on the PLDT and SSS Company. They tour us around their company and introduce their machines and as well as the system they using for company. Even though they are tired of walking around and facilitate a large number of student but still they are ready and have smile on their face at the end of our tour and explore their business. I like also that they provide snack for us.

What I didn’t like?

            It made my tummy hungry and bored while we on the presentation of Mr. Edmund Mamoyo because he ended his presentation late noon already. We are so very hungry at that time and so tired listening at him even though his topic is quite interesting because he discuss and introduce us the network topology of the PLDT and the different transmission medium of their company. He seems like a teacher or an instructor that discusses his lesson for the whole semester for us for just 2 hours. 

            I don’t see any dullness at the SSS Company because they treat as well there maybe it’s the distance between the place where they about to introduce to us and showing their new technology which they are using.

Day 4 (October 7, 2010)

Today, I went on a company visit to...

For this fourth day of our tour we went to Global Exist, located at the Ortigas Center, Pasig City Manila. There you can see lot of tall buildings and establishment raise there. A little trivia on that place, Ortigas Center is considered as a small Makati City because the place is already developed like in Makati City.

What I learn?

            This company was founded by Winston Demarillo and the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Exist Global is a software engineering services firm that develops, designs and delivers enterprise-class products and cutting-edge web applications for some of the world’s most successful business, including a number of Fortune 500 companies. Since 2001, Exist has created new products and applications and enhanced existing solutions, using practice teams with areas of expertise including Open Source, Web 2.0 technologies, Java, .NET and Ruby on Rails. Founded in 2001, Exist is a software engineering innovation leader that enables businesses with world-class software development infrastructure, talent, and delivery platform. They specialize in developing enterprise software, interactive web and mobile applications, and technology software solutions for US, Asia Pacific, and Australia headquartered organizations. Exist Global is a premier supplier of outsourced software development services to companies in the US, Europe and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Exist has been successful in connecting enterprise IT with both collaborative development communities and open source environments.

What I like?

            I am glad about that their company offers a seminar or a convention about open-sourcing and different computer languages such as java and C++ for all who is interested to join. I truly amazed, one of their employee who is Jo Eduardo which is he graduated as an Applied Economics student. She entered the company without the complete knowledge about the computer but she join the training on how to use Java language and now she already a developer of a game of a certain company or corporation using the a Java. I like also, the way they treat their employee because they make sure that every employee they have is well developed on their area of expertise.

What I didn’t like?

            I didn’t remember that makes me annoy when we visit the Exist Global because they entertained as well even though there are some delayed of time in their presentation but they explained to us why they having that problem. I can say that we lack of time on there. I am quite interesting about their company because they gave such training for you when you will enter their company.

Day 5 (October 8, 2010)

Today, I went on a company visit to...

We headed this day to Telecoms Training Institute which is located at Valenzuela City. It is an institute for a Telecommunication and Networking.

            On the afternoon, the next location we are going to Mandaluyong which the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority or what we called MMDA. We are going to visit their Traffic Engineering building.

What I learn?

I have learned different things with regards to telecommunications such as the voice fixed bandwidth which is being applied in telephones. Things like fiber optics and repeaters are also being discussed. TTI was originally established for the purpose of delivering telecommunications training programs to TELOF employees.

While at the MMDA, is responsible for services that have metro-wide impact and transcend local political boundaries, or entail huge expenditures beyond the capability of the individual local government units (LGUs) of Metropolitan Manila. They offer services such as Flood control and sewerage management, which include the formulation and implementation of policies, standards, programs and projects for an integrated flood control, drainage and sewerage system and Transport and traffic management, which include the formulation, coordination, and monitoring of policies, standards, programs and projects to rationalize the existing transport operations, infrastructure requirements, the use of thoroughfares, and promotion of safe and convenient movement of persons and goods; provision for the mass transport system and the institution of a system to regulate road users; administration and implementation of all traffic enforcement operations, traffic engineering services and traffic education programs, including the institution of a single ticketing system in Metropolitan Manila.

What I like?

            The only thing I found interesting in there was the machines which they have shown to us. That was my first time to see those kinds of equipments because they tour us in their building. While in the MMDA they also show onto us their data center and explained on how the CCTV camera have a great help to them.

           

What I didn’t like?

            The place for me was so uncomfortable because every room is inconveniences and also that the person who is in charge for us to tour and explain about their Institute and the machine they using was quite to serious that makes us boredom. It is quite disappointed because of a small area in their data center that I can hardly understand and hear what the facilitator trying to explain to us about the machine they are using.

APPENDIX

What I can recommend for the improvement of the fieldtrip and seminar?

            For those students who will be taking up this subject in the near future, I can utter only that starting from this day take a small amount from your daily allowance and start saving money now for this subject because it is an expensive matter. I know that the next fieldtrip and seminar would be a little far away from our fieldtrip today. I would suggest that find a place where it is an IT park and have a company which is using a high-technology machine and a latest technology this time.

            For the next officer, I would suggest that they will must be attentive and work the task early and completely. As what I observe to the officer in our fieldtrip they didn’t work properly the responsibility that assigned to them. And I can say that the president is not as responsible as what I observe because in times in our meeting he sometimes not around. 

Minor Field Trip and Seminar

SUTHERLAND (DAVAO)

We visited Sutherland on the 22^nd day of September. It is a Business Process Outsourcing company located at Davao City.

I learned about data center particularly on how they worked. I found their job interesting yet so tiring.

I like their environment because in the kind of job that they are in, it is important for them to have relaxing surroundings. For them not to be stressed and that they will be able to perform their job accordingly. I also enjoy their policy which is strictly implemented “to speak in English”.            

I observe to their company is that their three building is not connected to each other, you would have to walk in from building 1 to building 2 to building 3 I find it tiring. But I like that there is a fitness center inside of their building where the employees are free to use that center for their health purposes and it is advantage for the health conscious employee.

Interpersonal Skill

July 21, 2010 is the date where our interpersonal skill was held at the Social Hall in the University of Southeastern Philippines. There are so many knowledge that imparted to us by the different speaker who was invited for the said seminar.  There is also an activity which can enhance our social attitude.

There are also some lesson which can help us to improve our skills and personality. The different interpersonal skills are Communication skills, Assertiveness skills and Conflict resolution. An Interpersonal skills are a relationship buildings skills and it is a commonly referred to as people as communication skills. It is the sum total of our ability to interact effectively with other people.

What are the lessons that you learned after reading the commencement address of Steve Jobs?

Life is truly wonderful!

 
There are so many things that happen in our life every second, every minute and every day that we don’t expect that it would be happen to us and that was the time we realize that it could be happening to us. Life itself has a deep and broad meaning and most of us have its different definition of what is life?
Trials, problem and failures are some of the recipes in life without this, life will be boring and it will not be wonderful. This will balance the happiness that we experience.

Dictating his own story in life in the commencement address to a college graduation in a finest university in the world, Steve Jobs is truly a man who is full of courage and determination. In his address he started there that he never experience to graduate from a college so, it is his honored to give the commencement address to them.

In the first story of his life, it is all about on his college years.

Even though that Steve Jobs, did not finish his college years but he never regret his decision he made to his self and prove that it would not put into trash. It’s really amaze me that he decided to dropped out most of his subject because he can’t take it to his conscience and imagine that his poster parents work hard and the money they saved most of their entire lives will be used and lost for his studies in his college. Why it is amaze me because many of us student don’t see the real worth of valuing a thing especially in terms in school. We just not even realize the sweat that drops from the body of our parents and their hard work for them to give us money and pay all of our expenses in our school. I have learned in this situation that we must value everything what has come to our life.

As, Steve Jobs find the true essence of his purpose on the decision he made, that was the he and his friend Steve Wozniak coincide their idea and they made the Macintosh Computer. Although that he dropped out most of his subject but there is one subject that made him interest so he decided not to dropped out that subject. Calligraphy is the subject that helps him to make the Macintosh Computer. It really means that his decision was not put into trash because he has done something that can truly be proud of. Knowing that Steve Jobs is a well-known technopreneur today and who made the first computer we are using nowadays was not a college graduate.

Steve Jobs give an encouraging words to his address that we can get a lesson. First, we must find our true love not literally a person but in work because if you already know what was your love you can easily do what you want. Second, it was a game on a connecting a dots that was already given to us by our instructor at that time, I don’t get the right answer. The game was all about looking forward or thinks beyond by that you can easily connect the dots; it can be compared to our future if we will just trust in something. And to our instructor he said that we must to think beyond the dots in just only four stroke if we don’t try to get outside of the corner of the dots, which means we can’t be successful in life if we just focus on the four corner of our life and if we wouldn’t encounter a failure in our own lives because these will be a test for us on how we will handle it and on how we will make it.

On the second story that was all about on his love and loss.

At his early age, he already found out what he really loves to do. So that time Jobs and Wozniak started the Apple in his parent’s garage. It is truly amazing and interesting, that at their early age they established a business on their own which is very known company up to this year. Imagine for just only 10 years their business have grown so fast. It seems that Steve Jobs was very industrious man. In this part of his story, I already know the real story of his life. The Apple Company that he founded was submerged not all because of his attitude but the real reason was the people he fully trusts to. And it is the reason why he got fired to his own company which he founded. I guess they use it as a weakness of Steve Jobs for them to fire out him to the company. Being an entrepreneur, Steve Jobs didn’t lose hope at all because he was so in love of what he is doing. For me, for having an attitude like that there is no room for disappointment and failure. So have I learned that you must be eager of what you want and don’t easily lose hope when it times of trouble happen in your life. By that, he starts a new beginning in business and started the NeXT and the Pixar Company and met an amazing woman whom he fall in love and became his wife.

Everything happened for a reason, this is the lesson that I have learned in his second story. If Steve Jobs did got not fired out to his own company which is the Apple he would not also realize the reason and the true value of trust and failure. He was also right that in a great relationship it will be better as the years may pass by. And the lesson for this is to value time.

On his third story, it’s all about death.

In this part of his life I can say that it is the turning point of his life because this was the time he discovered that he has a pancreas cancer which incurable but he didn’t discourage his self by his disease. He still believes that he will be cure later on. And by that, the doctor was really amaze and happy of what is happen to him.

So believe even if it is impossible because there is nothing wrong to believe. In the last part of his address he leave a saying “Stay Hungry! Stay Foolish!” which means to me that we should not stop of what we would like to achieve in our life. There’s a lot of opportunity that may come to your life if you will not stop believing.

My Technobusiness

   If I were given the chance to build up my own business in the future I would think a business which is a unique from the others and more appealing to the people so that I can get or encourage them to be my client and customer to my own business. For now my idea is not so broad to think of a business that is so much futuristic for a Technopreneurship today. Creating a business on your own is not that easy enough because you have to consider lot of things just to come up a business but in making business you have make first a proposal or a business proposal for you to have an idea if that your business will right and effective later on.

Now, we are required tohave a business proposal as an individual task. So let us define first what isa Business proposal? 

A business proposalis a written offer from a seller to a prospective buyer. Business proposals areoften a key step in the complex sales process—i.e., whenever a buyer considersmore than price in a purchase. Making a business proposalis not that easy that we should think because it really takes long time tobuild up a set of business proposal templates. You have to seek first aprofessional advice just to have an idea what would your business may look likeor what will be an outcome to it. 

On a business, you haveof course a nature of this, like you have to know who are your going to be aclient, beneficiaries and customer for your future business. By this, you cantarget a people attention it is because you already know who are that people. 

Today, business in themillennium means fierce competition, aggressive marketing and strategicalliances. The extent to which a business succeeds or fails often depends uponthat business's ability to be awarded contracts or to attract other businessesinto Joint Ventures or strategic alliances. To accomplish either one usuallyrequires two key items: good ideas and the ability to present those good ideasin a superbly developed business proposal. 

In Business proposals aredeveloped for some possible reasons. Like you have an idea, concept or projectthat you want to propose to someone with the goal of gaining support, fundingor an alliance. In this case, there is no competitive bidding process. However,your proposal must make a favourable impression and must explain all aspects ofyour proposed concept clearly and quickly. A document that is vaguely writtenis difficult to understand or that presents more questions than answers willlikely be discarded promptly.

Here are some tips areguidelines that we should keep in mind to developed a business proposal:

· Clarity
before you begin to write the proposal, summarize the concept in 2-3 sentences.If they don't grasp the basic idea, rewrite until they do. Until you can dothis, you are not ready to start writing the proposal. How many times have youreceived a document that you had to read repeatedly before you comprehended themeaning? When this happens, it may be because your comprehension skills areunder- developed, but it's more likely that the writer substituted clarity ofthought and good document structure with sloppy thinking, wordy, ramblingexplanations, vague descriptions and heavy reliance on buzzwords and jargon.It's worth saying again: If you can't summarize it in 2-3 sentences, you arenot ready to start writing.

· Striveto communicate, not to impress
if you have a good idea and you communicate that idea clearly and effectively,the recipients will be impressed. If you try to baffle them with yourbrilliance, you'll lose ground.

· Error Free 

Your proposal will becompeting with proposals prepared by professional writers, graphic designersand desktop publishers. You may not have those resources at your disposal, butyou can be fastidious about checking for typing, spelling and grammaticalerrors. Spell checkers can only go so far; the rest is up to you. Ask someoneelse to check your document for errors before you submit it, or wait a few daysbefore rereading it. If you have worked on a document intensely, you will"learn" to interpret errors as being correct. It takes a fresh eye tospot the typos.

· VisualElements

Include visual elements sporadically throughout yourdocument. Logos, clip art, graphs, charts, tables and other elements greatlyenhance the visual appeal of your document and make it easier for many peopleto read and comprehend. Pages of pure text are tiring to the eye and achallenge to the attention span. Additionally, many people are visuallyoriented; meaning the preferred method of learning is through imagery and nottext.

· Write for Global Audiences 

Documents nowadays should be written with theunderstanding that they may be evaluated by persons living in other countriesor by persons for whom English is a second language. Even if you are submittingyour proposal to a local business, they may well have joint ventures withinternational companies, and these companies may be asked to peruse yourdocument. Unless your proposal is local to a specific geographic area, avoidreferences that would not be understood by persons living in other areas (orexplain these references if you must use them). Also, avoid the use of slang orexpressions from pop culture. When persons from other cultures study theEnglish language, they are taught to speak formal, correct English. They areoften unfamiliar with the use of slang terms.

· Technology.
What was just said about jargon goes double for technology. If your proposed project involves the use of technologies, be very careful with your explanation. The persons reading the document may have little or no technological background. Therefore, in the body of the proposal, it's usually recommended that you explain your technology in terms of what it will do - i.e. "A data base that members can use to search for information about your products." There is a place for detailed information about the technology that you are proposing - and that spot is the appendix. In many cases, anon-technically oriented business will engage a technology consultant to review your proposed technology. This person can use the detailed explanations that you include in the appendix while other readers will be able understand the proposal itself. -(http://www.nightcats.com/samples/proposal.html)

Those are some guidelines and informationabout on how to make an effective business

Proposal but going back to the main point, what would be my business to be proposes? So now, what is really a business means?

A business can be defined as an organization thatprovides goods and services to others who want or need them. When many peoplethink of business careers, they often think of jobs in large wealthycorporations. Many business-related careers, however, exist in smallbusinesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and educationalsettings. Furthermore, you don't need a degree in business to obtain many ofthese positions. In short, every sector of our economy needs people with strongoverall skills that can be applied to business-type careers. There are a widevariety of career areas that exist in business settings.

 

In business how would you that your business is rightcareer for you?

Many students know they are interested in business,there are so many career possibilities and potential work environments, it canstill be very challenging to find a good fit. You have to consider what typesof daily activities you want to complete, the size of the organization you wantto work for and even the type of organization you want to join. The Career and CommunityLearning Centreis a resource available to CLA students to help them identify a career pathwhich fits well with their unique interests, personality, values, and skills. – ( http://www.class.umn.edu/business_and_cla_degrees/what_is_business.html) 

There is lot of thoughtsthat rushing in into my mind especially when our groups in our electivesdiscussing about what will be our business proposal where going to present inthe class which to be discuss how do we come up to that idea and if that ourbusiness is unique from another Technopreneurship. During to our discussion inour groups, we share what our loves at, best at and even our irritants throughthat we would know what the nature of our business was. By that idea I also identifywhat I really love, my best and my irritants so here they are, I love arts andcrafts and I’m best at drawing, designing and making own crafts while myirritants is I don’t want crowded place. So after that discussion I can thinkan idea that my business would be like something designing business justbecause of what I love, best and irritants of mine. 

So now, I have come up to a proposal that my businesswould be on more designing aspect because I’m basing this to our groupdiscussion on what is I love at, best at and my irritants. I know that thisbusiness is not just as unique as it expected, for the reason that it is notnew to us because this kind of business is already offered over in theinternet. My business proposal of course is an online dress shop where you cancustomize your own dresses like casual, bridal gown, Prom dress, cocktail dressand suit and also you can see some already finish design dress.

Before we go to its nature of my business supposedly, Iwill tell you first why I choose this kind of business for the reason that I havealready a background on how to sew and make a dress and design my own gown.Back to my high school days, we have this vocational courses offered to ourschool and my major for that course is Garments trade. Where we should take upthis major starting from our 2^nd year up to 4^th year andevery year we are require to showcase our own made dress but my most amazingshowcase part is on our 4^th year because we organize a small fashionshow which we will showcase our owndesign and made gown. For that I came up to this idea and put this to mybusiness plan. Now, that I’m taking up this course BSIT so I better it merge mypast learning’s from my high school years and now in my college years. Happy toknow that I have come up an idea that Ihave sum up my learning’s from high school and college.

This business is a made to order dress shop. Thebusiness will be like this, if the customers already pick and finalize their design.The design they choose will be deliver to them prior to the period of dayswhich is given to the customer. In customizing part of my business, their willbe given information to the customer afterwards so that they will be guided inchoosing the right cloth for the dress to be made where they customize. Inaddition to ready made women's business suits and separates that we keep onstock and can be purchased online. About to their body measurement, there willbe software that can get and detect the customer body measurement. Offerscustom and made-to-measure tailoring services for plus size women. They willhave to fill up the following information that will be given to them after theywill choose and finalize their chosen dress. In this business we are the onewho will sewed their dress, casual or gown they would like but we can alsooffered them a dress which is a made to order dress in some boutique, in shortwe can also purchased and delivered for them the dress what they want.

My prospective clientsand beneficiaries of my business; this will be benefit to a fashion enthusiastpeople who are loved a tailor dress especially to for they gown and a casualdress, those people who are tired of going to malls and a boutique just to lookfor their dress to wear and to those who are the chubby ones or to those arewomen which is up size.

This business is not justthat futuristic at all. I will put my hopes and dreams here to this business tomake it successful someday because I know that this business idea of mine todayis still lacking however on the later part this idea will be furnish and morehint to the other business that I can get extra knowledge what will be the rights for this business. As what I haver ecognized, business world today is so very competitive to one another. Lots of businessman are so wised enough for them to level up their company or to their business. Just like as today, a business which is using or integrates a technology to their businesses is what we call a Technopreneurship. So going back to our previous knowledge about on how to be a good technopreneur you should have to be a risk-taker on whatever you want to do because by this attitude you could see a possible problems and success for business. As what Steve Jobs said to his commencement exercise love your craft or learn to love what you are doing so that it is easy for you to manage it. Also in business theirs a lot of things that we must to consider just like, who will be our producer or financier to our business? Where do the place will we can put up our own business? How do we start this kind of this business? Is this the right time to start up? And many more aspect to be consider. Being an entrepreneur you should know also how to rise up after you fall. In business theirs a lot trials and consequence you may encounter as we on to our own business but lets us keep in mind that you should know how to handle that situation and that problem. That is only part of the life in a business man.

In business there should have a BusinessEthnics because it is important to a business. Business ethics is the behavior that a businessadheres to in its daily dealings with the world. The ethics of a particularbusiness can be diverse. They apply not only to how the business interacts withthe world at large, but also to their one-on-one dealings with a singlecustomer. 

Many businesses have gained a bad reputation just by being in business. To some people, businesses are interested in making money, and that is the bottom line.It could be called capitalism in its purest form. Making money is not wrong in itself. It is the manner in which some businesses conduct themselves that brings up the question of ethical behavior. 

Good business ethics should be a part ofevery business. There are many factors to consider. When a company doesbusiness with another that is considered unethical, does this make the firstcompany unethical by association? Some people would say yes, the first businesshas a responsibility and it is now a link in the chain of unethical businesses. 

Many global businesses, including most ofthe major brands that the public use, can be seen not to think too highly ofgood business ethics. Many major brands have been fined millions for breakingethical business laws. Money is the major deciding factor. -(http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-business-ethics.htm) 

When we talk businessthis is very broad to explain at and also to plan a business but if you have abusiness mind like you can easily create or plan a business without anyhesitation at all. For this, I find it so quit difficult because it takes forme a two days just to think what would be the right business I could make andcome up even if I know already what are my loves, best at and irritants. Tothis business it is just not so superb because I’m not like a business mindalthough there’s lot idea that comes rushing into my mind but still it isdifficult to plan a business which is futuristic of outcomes.

 My business plan is notso perfect at all. There are a lot of flaws this plan like on the bodymeasurement. How can my customer be assured that their body measurement will beperfectly fit to those customers who want this dress be customized? But I findway to solve this problem.  

As a technopreneur I should have this kind of characteristic being a risk-taker, hard-working, self-consistent, profit-oriented,goal-oriented, persistent, willing to listen and sets-own standards. And by this, I’m sure that I would be a good one. All I have to do is to make use all the resources I have to start such a business. From this I would relate it to what Steve Jobs said to his commencement exercise that you should have to connect the dots and this business plan I have propose now, I can say that I’ve connecting my dots. I am proud to say that this business plan is merge learning from my studies and these I’ve connect the dots and I’m so happy about this. 

These business will all benefit to me and I assure that by doing this my company will be more productive and progressive as I imagine. I will make some plan for the improvement of my own company and made some products or an invention that many people will be benefits of my work and also, I can guarantee to them that it will surely be user-friendly and functional so that they will love and appreciate it.  

And wish that all of those I have stated above on how I see myself as atechnopreneur someday, will be made come true in the near future to come andfor that I can truly say, this is my greatest achievement of my life being anInformation Technology student or as graduate of this course.

Personal Traits

            Talking to this personal trait that was given to us by our instructor as our prelim exam, I’ve only got 42 which are the remarks is somewhat entrepreneur. I am just happy knowing that I have the skill to be an entrepreneur someday. In the test given there some question that is commonly happening to us and most likely it involves our personality of how we will handle on the situation given. The personal trait gives us idea of what is our personality take place to that situation.

When we say personal traits, it talks about the personality of a person. Most of us look for people who have a good personality that will fit to our own personalities too. And when we say good personality it is very different to everyone, besides each of us has a unique personality that may like to everyone or they don’t like your personality. Personality itself is not only when we see a person who wears a good dress already have a good personality but it is the inner beauty we talk about. As we define the word traits it is a distinguishing quality or characteristic, as of personality. As we define the two words differently it sum up to personal traits is a distinguishing characters of a person special to us (you). Also traits define as a readiness to think or act in a similar fashion in response to a variety of different stimuli or situations.

Personality is very important nowadays especially when we are looking for a job. Many of the companies require a good personality on a job because it is one of the factors to be a good employee. Not only in the company requires a good personality but also in our school and to our community as well. Having a good personality it will gives you a confidence to mingle and socialize to other people or shall we say you have the confidence to face the people around you; by this you can find new friends and gaining trust by them.

In connection to this to our subject, it is a lot important to have a personality for the reason that being a technopreneurship someday you can use this or it will help you this to improve your entrepreneurial skills. Because as a technopreneur you may have a good communication skills that will influence to other and it will facilitate you in your business. Without influencing others you can’t be successful in your business career especially nowadays, that the competitions are very rich. The more you influence other the more you will get the attention of the people for your business.

As I have search about personal traits there are five factors that will describe the human personality. The five factors are: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. These five factors will assist us to distinguish our own personality traits and this will be our guidelines on how to develop a good personality.

Personal traits have three types; the adversity quotient, the emotional quotient, and the intelligent quotient. These three were I already answer and taken and the result was quite excellent. And I can say that I can be an entrepreneur someday, as the connection of this to our subject.  This will be an assessment for us to know where we are weak or strong of the three personal traits given for us to answer.

We take first the adversity quotient test as our instructor said and given to us our assignment. In that test the question are more on situational like “if you are criticized for a big project that you just completed”. It will base on how you will handle this situation if you are on that condition. After I finish, answering the entire question given the result is quite satisfying for me because I’ve got only 124 while the average score is 147.5. For me it is enough even though I’ve got below average score. The test have a corresponding response if where you’re CORE score high enough. CORE defines as Control, Ownership, Reach and Endurance. Base on my result that I may have little or no control and often give up and deflect accountability and most often feel victimized and helpless, also tend to catastrophize, allowing a setback in one area to bleed into other, unrelated areas and become destructive and lastly, see adversity as dragging on indefinitely, if not permanently.

After I have take the test of adversity quotient next in line to that is the Intelligence quotient. The test given on the intelligent quotient, at first there are some questions that will puzzle you and made you think deeply and some are need of analyzing and some are logic type. To be honest, it’s quite hard for me to answer some of the math problem because honestly speaking again I’m not that good enough in terms of math problems (hehe). But I as soon see the result of my IQ test I’m really happy that I’ve got an average score. Is not that I’m not trusting myself in terms of intelligent because I myself know what are my capacity.

What is intelligence?  The definition I like is that intelligence is "the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations ... also: the skilled use of reason".  I have heard some people misuse the word smart to mean knowledgeable.  That is like confusing velocity with distance.  That one can lead to the other does not mean that they are the same thing.

When talking about intelligence, first thing comes on our mind is that I you are intelligent enough you are some kind genius, clever, brainy and other expressions that are related to the word intelligent. The Intelligent quotient or IQ test it is a test where to assess how intelligent you are at your age because there some people that are intelligent enough at their young age and some are not intellect enough at their age. We can say that a child that have a high IQ he/she is gifted because it is rare for the very young age he/she got a high IQ. Therefore, I’m not that genius enough but not that dull enough for I have got a score of 105 on my Intelligence quotient test, in short have the average score.

Intelligent can be developed in many ways; one of these is our environment. Just like proper childhood nutrition appears critical for cognitive development; malnutrition can lower IQ. For example, iodine deficiency causes a fall, in average, of 12 IQ points. It is a great factor that a child have a proper nutrition because how can a child developed his/her skill or knowledge when he/she cannot go to school for him to study.

Next, is the emotional quotient test this where you can determine if you are emotionally active on a situation given? The question given in the test will check your emotion on how will you put feeling or how you will control you’re feeling to that situation. After I take the test, I will improve some areas that I think it’s lacking and not so good enough for others.

Emotion is important in everything we do. Why emotion is important to lives because it helps us to our decision-making, communication, unity, and survival. Our emotions are a valuable source of information that’s why it help us to make certain decision, it also alert us when natural human need is not being met, in terms of communication it help us communicate with others and our facial expressions can convey a wide range of emotions and our emotions are also perhaps the greatest potential source of uniting all members of the human species.

 There’s no such thing that a person have no emotion at all unless he act like a numb for him/her not to feel any emotions at all.  A person can control his/her emotions depending on the circumstances that may occur or happen to him/her. Imagine a world that have no emotions, you may find it weird, boring and a quit one and probably our life would be dull and monotonous so our world live on emotions. A person who is full of emotions is interesting to be with. As I scan the book of “General Psychology” it was stated there that the “Emotion is defined by psychologist as a stimulus situation that provokes the reaction; an experience characterized by a strong degree of feeling and marked by motor expression and a bodily state of physiological arousal produced by the autonomic nervous system and endocrine glands. We people have common emotions that we release everyday like love, anger and fear. These emotions are the usual feeling that we release every day. There are various types of emotions such as: personal, social and intellectual-aesthetic. In personal, these are emotions that relate to one’s self includes anger, fear, anxiety, pride, shame, self-pity, egotism, self-esteem and guilt while in the social, these are emotions that are relate to other people and it is characterized by friendly relations including sympathy, pity, and politeness while negative feeling are jealousy, hate and envy and in intellectual-aesthetic, these are emotions that are related to higher faculties, characterized by appreciation, admiration, awe, esteem, wonder and astonishment.

All of the examination that we have been taken, the entire result of the test is quite good enough for me. Maybe next time I would get a high score for the three personal traits: the adversity quotient, emotional quotient and the intelligent quotient and by that time I already improve all my weak points in the different areas on my personal traits. It really helps me out to know and determine my weak points and my strong points.