NU6 by TTL LPC Reg

 The Ateneo Graduate School of Business Advantage

MY NEW TEAM

By: Teodorico T. Lasin

The Research and Development (R&D) department of Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (GSMI) is responsible for the development and improvement of products, processes and packaging for both alcoholic and non alcoholic products. In order to fulfill the key objective of the department, R&D has the following critical objectives: (a) product development and improvement; (b) process development and improvement; (c) packaging development and improvement and (d) material evaluation. The R&D team plays an important role in the innovation process which is increasingly vital to current and future profits of GSMI. It results in the technology that brings new products and services to the market place, better goods and services and more efficient processes.

The GSMI-R&D team consists of seventeen (17) highly qualified, trained, competent and proficient chemists, chemical engineers and food technologists with me as the team leader/manager. It is my responsibility to ensure that team's key objectives are met while the R&D personnel/staff are fully satisfied, contented and happy with what they are doing.

In my seventeen (17) years with GSMI, working minimum of 8 hours a day and 5 days a week; our lives revolve around the four corners of the R&D laboratory.  We want to add spice by incorporating non-work related activities to our daily work. This new idea led me to facilitate a survey among the R&D personnel what activities we want to do after office hours. Results of the survey as follows:

ACTIVITY	#	%		ACTIVITY	#	%
ROUTINE (to be conducted every Monday)				NON-ROUTINE (to be conducted once-thrice a year)
Play Badminton	16	94		Seminar: How to Become Rich	16	94
Cooking Lesson	15	88		Seminar: How to Start a Business	16	94
Do Physical Workout	14	82		Spiritual & Emotional Enrichment	14	82
Play Bowling	14	82		Learn Photography	13	76
Learn to Sing	10	59		Picnic with Family	13	76
Ballroom Dancing	7	41		Picnic without Family	13	76
Taeboo	7	41		Gimik	12	71
Yoga	4	24		Fun Run	12	71
Formation Dancing	1	6		Retreat	10	59
				Parenting Seminar	9	53
				Join Gameshow	6	35

With the above survey results, starting January 2012, team R&D will incorporate identified non-work related activities in our routine jobs. The team firmly believes that doing these additional activities will not only make us happy, satisfied and manage our stress but build unity and trust in relationships among the members of the R&D team.

Relationship is made stronger by building bridges and avoiding acts that build walls.

Looking forward to a new R&D team in 2012. 4