INBUTRA GT1

Any organization undergoes various kinds of change while addressing the

challenges surrounding those depends largely on the view of the organizational
members. The paper's concept is based on the impact of a Higher Education
Institution's (HEI) learning culture on faculty members' established perceptions
concerning the impending organizational changes as a result of the ASEAN Economic
Integration (AEC). It is anchored on the notions of learning organization and cognition
as expressed through mental models or cognitive frameworks for impending
organizational change or change belief. The newly formed understanding or change
beliefs are critical information for the organization to prepare for change appropriately. A
total of 70 faculty members from De La Salle Lipa participated in the self-administered
survey based on the Dimensions of Learning Organization Questionnaire as well as the
modified 5-dimension construct of Organizational Change Recipients Belief Scale
(OCRBS) using an 11-point Likert type scale. The main findings of the research include
that organizational learning's ability to shape perceptions may be limited by the probable
value of organizational changes as a whole and the potency of an organization's
response to changes is dependent on collective knowledge about the AEC integration.
Hence, a higher success rate is likely if behavior formation and readiness are preceded
by a clear grasp of the organization's changes. Members of the organization along with
the management leaders must communicate what they know about the change and how
it will affect them personally and collectively with active support and practice for
discussion, resulting in a better logical understanding of the external demands for
change.
In effect, students should develop a global mindset through curricular programs
that react to both local and global demands, focusing on basic competencies and
stressing innovation. In connection with the topics presented in Module 2, economic
integration, often known as regional integration, is a pact between countries to lower or
abolish trade barriers and agree on fiscal policies, in this case, the ASEAN economic
integration. The Philippines has seen significant growth in trade and investments with
the economic integration of ASEAN, allowing consumers to choose from a wider range
of goods and allowing local businesses to develop internationally. Indeed, it helps lower
trade costs, improves goods and service availability, and boosts consumer spending
power in member countries. However, economic integration has costs, notwithstanding
the benefits. These include a threat to national sovereignty and diversion of trade. Even
though it is economically damaging to the member state, trade can be shifted from non-
members to members. Economic union members are often forced to follow regulations
on trade, monetary policy, and fiscal policy set by an unelected foreign policymaking
body. But then, the expanding wave of regionalism has been mostly favorable to the
world trading system. Most empirical analyses show that trade creation, rather than
trade diversion, is the norm, both because governments make healthy decisions when
adopting RTAs and because they adapt other trade policies to mitigate the effects of
discrimination.