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Dissemination, Awareness, Acceptability and Relevance of SPAMAST Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives
Dissemination, Awareness, Acceptability and Relevance of SPAMAST Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives
ISSN No:-2456-2165
Abstract:- VMGOs are vital instruments for strategic its existence, its long-term role and stature, and what it does to
planning and management of an organization. This achieve this purpose and how it would like to play its role. On
descriptive study among 159 respondents aimed at the other hand, the program educational objectives are broad
assessing the dissemination, awareness, acceptability and statements that describe the career and professional
relevance of the SPAMAST VMGOs. Data were analyzed accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to
using percentage, mean, one-sample t-test, and Pearson r. achieve within three to five years of graduation. These
Results revealed that there were significant differences in objectives are based on the needs of the program’s
the perceived extent of awareness, acceptability, and constituencies.
relevance among stakeholders on the SPAMAST vision,
mission, goals and objectives. The extent of dissemination The mission of the college embraces the four functions
was significantly related to the extent of awareness on the of an academic institution. SPAMAST wholeheartedly and
SPAMAxzST VMGOs which means that the extent of passionately employs the provision of quality instruction
dissemination have influence or effect to the extent of utilizing updated and appropriate technologies and worked to
awareness of the stakeholders. provide state-of-the -art facilities and laboratory equipment
which would enhance the academic learning and technical
Keywords:- VMGO, dissemination, awareness, acceptability, awareness of students.
relevance.
However, like any other institutions, SPAMAST is also
I. INTRODUCTION facing challenges brought about by the fast-changing
A. Background of the Study technology, increasing demands of varied masses, and surging
competition. SPAMAST have to surpass these challenges. In
In this modern world, colleges and universities do not so doing, SPAMAST should be guided with its Vision,
only serve as a generation of knowledge. It has great roles to Mission, Goals, and Program Objectives in order to provide
play in the society particularly in the political, social, and not only affordable education but likewise quality education
cultural aspects which are inevitable for the school have the that is at par with other state colleges in the region.
responsibility to immerse students to the society. It cannot
seclude students because the learnings, knowledge and In the accreditation of an institution, the VMGO is first
philosophies imparted by the school will be carried out with evaluated as to its dissemination, awareness, acceptance and
them which will then be used in interacting to the society. It is relevance. It is expected that a well-informed stakeholders of
expected that educational institutions align its vision, mission, the institution can be of help in realizing the vision and
goals and objectives to these roles. It will be the guide of the mission of the institution. Hence, it is desirable to conduct
institution in its operation to attain its roles. Apart from these, study on the dissemination, awareness, acceptability, and
it is also important to steer the institution’s stakeholders to act relevance of the SPAMAST VMGO. With these premises,
in one direction and provide a guide in attaining it. It is only this study is proposed.
possible if the vision and mission is well disseminated,
appreciated and observed from the highest official down to the B. Objectives of the Study
community. Because, according to Ezekwe and Egwu (2016), This study looked into concerns regarding the extent of
even how well-crafted the VMGO is, if it is not well observed, dissemination, awareness, acceptability, and relevance of the
it will not have its effect. SPAMAST vision, mission, goals and objectives among
stakeholders. Specifically, this study sought:
The VMGO statements of any institution are the
fundamental guide for the future of the institution and its 1. To determine the extent of dissemination of the SPAMAST
academic programs (Robbins et al., 2003). CMO No. 37 s. vision, mission, goals and objectives as perceived by the
2012 describes the vision and mission as statements on the stakeholders;
long-term view of the institution of itself and of the world 2. To determine the source of information of stakeholders on
within which it operates, including the fundamental purpose of the SPAMAST VMGO;
A. Importance and Roles of Vision, Mission, Goals and Deazeley (2012) said that vision sets out what the
Objectives organization wants to accomplish, and should inspire
Mission and vision both relate to an organization’s members, staff and supporters. Vision statements may
purpose and are typically communicated in some written form. describe: a) how things would be different as a result of the
Mission and vision are statements from the organization that organization’s activities; and b) how the organization wants to
answer questions about “who we are”, “what do we value”, be seen by others. Good visions are aspirational. Some are
and “where we’re going” (Bart et al., 2001). hard‐to‐reach ideals while others are more modest or describe
objectives that are achievable in the near future. In either case,
Vision and mission statements have been considered by the vision helps establish the unique contribution that the
both practitioner and professional alike as a vital instrument organization makes to society. From a practical perspective a
for strategic management process especially public and private vision can be a quick, memorable way to describe the
organizations (Sufi, 2003). It is assumed that a good vision organization’s reason for being. This can be valuable in times
and mission statements drives strategy and reposition of crisis when it helps to remember what is really important.
organization, motivate and infuse greater performance among
employee. Peterson (1995) as cited in the study of Alvior (2014)
posits that schools need to build a clear vision which helps
Mullane (2002) believes that vision and mission motivates students and staff to develop a sense of shared
statements are useful for every day operations, it is not responsibility for student learning.
antiquated documents that exhibited and placed at the strategic
position of an institution and also has the power to motivate A mission statement communicates the organization’s
employee when the future and present of the institution is reason for being, and how it aims to serve its key stakeholders.
known and effort geared towards sustaining the dream. Customers, employees, and investors are the stakeholders most
often emphasized, but other stakeholders like government or
Bart et al., (2001) stated that firms with clearly communities (i.e., in the form of social or environmental
communicated, widely understood, and collectively shared impact) can also be discussed. Mission statements are often
mission and vision have been shown to perform better than longer than vision statements. Sometimes mission statements
those without them, with the caveat that they related to also include a summation of the firm’s values. Values are the
effectiveness only when strategy and goals and objectives beliefs of an individual or group, and in this case the
were aligned with them as well. organization, in which they are emotionally invested. A vision
statement, in contrast, is a future-oriented declaration of the
In an ideal situation vision and mission statements intend organization’s purpose and aspirations. In many ways, you can
to project direction of management, employee, customers or say that the mission statement lays out the organization’s
clients, shareholders and communities where it operate “purpose for being,” and the vision statement then says,
(William, 2012). To a reasonable extent the configuration of “based on that purpose, this is what we want to become.” The
VMGOs serve as anchors/frameworks for the University’s The SPAMAST vision, mission, goals and objectives
strategic and operational planning and actions (Salom, 2013). had to be disseminated to stakeholders through various
The VMGOs provide the University’s constituents and methods to make them informed. The manner of its
stakeholders the necessary direction and motivation on how dissemination affected or influenced the extent of awareness of
they are expected to perform their respective functions and to the stakeholders. Moreover, the extent of awareness,
generate, allocate, and use resources (Dungan et al., 2016). acceptability, and relevance of the SPAMAST vision, mission,
goals and objectives of the Graduate School could also vary
Mission and vision statements play three critical roles: (1) among stakeholders.
communicate the purpose of the organization to stakeholders,
(2) inform strategy development, and (3) develop the III. METHODOLOGY
measurable goals and objectives by which to gauge the success
of the organization’s strategy (Bart et al., 2001). A. Research Design
Descriptive research was used to obtain information
B. VMGO Studies concerning the current status of the phenomena to describe
Dungan et al., (2013) revealed in their findings that the what exists with respect to variables or conditions in the
stakeholders are very highly aware and have a high level of situation. The methods involved range from the survey which
acceptance on the vision, mission, goals, and objectives of the describes the status quo, the correlation study which
college. Likewise, they perceive the VMGOs are very highly investigates the relationship between variables to determine
congruent and are fully implemented as far as instruction, changes over time (Noor, 2012) and the difference in
research, extension and production. In Batangas State perceptions among group of respondents. Basing from the
University in the Philippines, the stakeholders are generally abovementioned definition, the study employed descriptive
aware, understand and accept the institution’s VMGO research in order to determine the dissemination, awareness,
(Castillo, 2014). Gallinero (2013) found that the faculty acceptability, and relevance of the SPAMAST mission, vision,
exhibited very high acceptability of the LDCU’s revised vision goals, and objectives.
and mission, as well as the CAS objectives while students
revealed acceptability of the same. However, both faculty and The correlation method was employed to help evaluate
student-respondents’ profile reveals no significant difference the relationship between the extent of dissemination of the
on their awareness and acceptability of the revised LDCU SPAMAST vision, mission, goals and objectives and the
vision, mission and CAS objectives. Furthermore, when extent of awareness of the stakeholders.
faculty and student-respondents’ extent of dissemination and
awareness was tested with degree of acceptability, it was Further, differential method was used to determine
found to have a significant difference. However, Compelio et significant difference in the extent of awareness, acceptability
al., (2015) concluded in their study that students have and relevance of the SPAMAST vision, mission, goals, and
moderate awareness and acceptance of the vision, mission and objectives among stakeholders.
objectives of the institution. The higher the extent of
dissemination, the more accepting they are.
Table 1. Extent of dissemination of SPAMAST vision, mission, goals, and GS objectives. SY 2017-2018
Further, Table 5 revealed that there were significant GS faculty 4.63 4.63 4.00 4.11 4.31 4.19
differences in the extent of awareness among stakeholders on HA HA VA VA VA VA
the SPAMAST vision, mission, goals and objectives. The
GS students 4.48 4.44 3.62 4.32 4.44 3.88
results imply that the extent of awareness differ from among
VA VA VA VA VA VA
various stakeholders. This could be attributed to the varying
perceptions of the stakeholders and to the extent of GS alumni 4.80 5.00 3.47 4.31 - 4.25
dissemination done by the school. HA HA VA VA V
Objectives 4.40 VA
MAED Program 4.48 VA
MSMBD Program 4.34 VA
MSF/MSA Program 4.38 VA