Bacton, Noel R.

A Case Study of
BATANGAS POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE: The Morning After
FACTS

Engineer Felicidad Lazaro, a mechanical engineering graduate of Adamson

University, is operating her auto parts supply business while teaching at the Batangas
Polytechnic College. After years of teaching, she earned the chairmanship of the Mechanical
Engineering Department. Time came the dean decided to leave for a job abroad making her
the new dean of the College of Engineering.
Engineer Lazaro’s first concern was to fill up the slots left by five faculty members
who resigned. However, only ten applicants came up, almost all fresh graduates with no any
job experience. Another concern is the rapid increase of the students in the college. To make
the matter worse, two of the senior members of the college resigned for a job offer from other
company. Engineer Lazaro is now contemplating how she will survive the crisis.

ISSUE/PROBLEM

Engineer Lazaro, being the dean of the College of Engineering, is now facing a very
serious problem as the number of engineering faculty becomes insufficient with the growing
number of students. Also, keeping the faculty members satisfied with their job is another
concern.

OBJECTIVES

1. What qualifications would be the basis of hiring the additional faculty members
considering that all applicants have no teaching experience?
2. How can the existing faculty members be motivated in doing their teaching
profession?

SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS:

1. Considering that all applicants have no teaching experience, their school

performance can be one of the bases in hiring additional faculties. Their
willingness and motivation to teach should also be taken into account.
2. Motivating the existing faculty members to stick in the teaching profession is a
hard task in the case of Engineer Lazaro. One way of doing this is by having a
good relationship between the faculty members. Also, providing trainings and
seminars for career enhancement not only in teaching but also in their field can be
a good way of motivating them.

CONCLUSION

Managing an organization is a very hard task especially the case of engineering

school faculty members. Being in demand here and abroad, engineering instructors tend to
leave the teaching profession in place of field work with higher compensation or benefits.
With this, a good manager should be able to motivate the members of the organization into
being devoted to their work. Through this higher retention of faculty members can be
obtained and shortage in their number can be minimized.