Mission and Learning Goals

The Holy Angel University Graduate School of Business is committed to the continuous pursuit of excellence that will earn the institution the recognition as a premiere graduate business and management education center in the Asia-Pacific region. Through its advanced education and innovative programs, GSB is dedicated to help working professional and entrepreneurs to become competent and socially responsible leaders in the global workplace.

Objectives

To realize the vision of the Graduate School of Business-MBM Program, the following objectives must be achieved:

• Attract and develop a pool of accomplished and principled faculty members who are experts in their corresponding fields and proficient in interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary approaches in teaching;
• Offer programs that emphasize critical management attributes and are more relevant and responsive to the shifting needs of the real world;
• Promote practitioner-research orientation that will allow faculty members and students to participate in the furtherance of knowledge and elevate the management programs to higher level of excellence;
• Forge and maintain strategic functional linkages and/or partnerships with academic societies, relevant organizations, foundations, agencies as well as other graduate schools to allow for cooperative efforts and to expedite technology transfer;
• Create an environment conducive to learning with state-of-the-art facilities, progressive instruction technologies, ample up-to-date reference materials, and world class services by a complement of highly skilled and trained staff; and
• Nurture a culture that promotes excellence, creativity, innovation, and the highest ethical standards in the Christian context.

Learning goals in the Master of Business Management MBM) Program were achieved by means of the following:

• Offering a curriculum with an optimum blend of basic or core courses (Statistics, Methods of Research, Management Principles and Dynamics), professional courses (Managerial Accounting, Financial Management, Applied Management Science, Logistics and Operations Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing Management), integrating courses (Strategic Management, Business Research), cognates (Organization Theory, Total Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Knowledge Management, Portfolio Management, Corporate Legal Management, International Corporate Finance, Business and Government Relations, Managerial Economics) and thesis writing. This is a new curriculum which took effect in school year 2009-2010, replacing the old curriculum implemented in school year 2006-2007.
• Maintaing a lineup of highly qualified faculty members consisting of nationally and internationally known academicians/researchers and practicioners.
• Using instructional methods that are interactive/participative, facilitative, integrative and which enhance the higher-order thinking skills of applying, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and creating.
• Operating under the principle of academic freedom, both for faculty and students but within the context of the Christian faith and the mission and vision of the entire University.
• Maintaining small class sizes to maximize class interaction.
• Maintaining a state-of the-art library with a rich collection of print and non-print resources, particularly e-books and e-journals.
• Forging and maintaining linkages with external parties, such as government and non-government organizations, business and professional associations, business firms, and other universities, both in the Philippines and abroad.
• Maintaining a school physical and social environment that is conducive to learning.

Among the measuring instruments or metrics used by the MBM Program in the pursuit of its mission and objectives are as follows:

• a minimum passing grade of 2.0 (85-87%) in all courses
• a maximum allowable absence of 2 meetings under a modular contact schedule of 6 Saturdays
• Average class size of 15 students
• 24 hours a day/7 days a week online access to faculty members for consultation purposes.
• a rubric for Thesis Defense consisting of Content (30%), Presentation (30%) and Defense Proper (40%).
• a residency requirement for graduation of 2 consecutive semesters or the equivalent of 6 courses (18 units)

All these metrics resulted to an elevation of academic standards and maximization of student learning. Students are driven by the goal to excel academically. They attend their classes religiously. Small class sizes and unlimited online access provide ample opportunities for in-depth intellectual discourse with the professor and the other members of the class. The well-designed rubric for Thesis Defense provides greater objectivity in the assessment of learning outcomes from this terminal requirement for graduation.

Taking all or most of the required courses in the University, students derive the maximum benefit afforded by a truly world-class HAU graduate business education.