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NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTATION OF

EVENTS MANAGEMENT NC III

ON THE JOB TRAINING AT LA GRANDE

CATERING AND EVENTS PLACE

NAME: MARK SP. CARTONEROS JR

TRAINER: MARY ANN CARAG
SCHOOL CAMPUS: MARANATHA
TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AND
TRAINING CENTER CORPORATION
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) was established through
the enactment of Republic Act No. 7796 otherwise known as the "Technical Education and Skills
Development Act of 1994", which was signed into law by President Fidel V. Ramos on August
25, 1994. This Act aims to encourage the full participation of and mobilize the industry, labor,
local government units and technical-vocational institutions in the skills development of the
country's human resources.

The merging of the National Manpower and Youth Council (NMYC) of the Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE). The Bureau of Technical and Vocational Education (BTVE)
of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), and The Apprenticeship
Program of the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) of the DOLE gave birth to TESDA.

The fusion of the above offices was one of the key recommendations of the 1991 Report of the
Congressional Commission on Education, which undertook a national review of the state of
Philippine education and manpower development. It was meant to reduce overlapping in skills
development activities initiated by various public and private sector agencies, and to provide
national directions for the country's technical-vocational education and training (TVET) system.
Hence, a major thrust of TESDA is the formulation of a comprehensive development plan for
middle-level manpower based on the National Technical Education and Skills Development
Plan. This plan shall provide for a reformed industry-based training program that includes
apprenticeship, dual training system and other similar schemes.

Overall, TESDA formulates manpower and skills plans, sets appropriate skills standards and
tests, coordinates and monitors manpower policies and programs, and provides policy directions
and guidelines for resource allocation for the TVET institutions in both the private and public
sectors.

Today, TESDA has evolved into an organization that is responsive, effective and efficient in
delivering myriad services to its clients. To accomplish its multi-pronged mission, the TESDA
Board has been formulating strategies and programs geared towards yielding the highest impact
on manpower development in various areas, industry sectors and institutions.
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MARANATHA TECHNOLOGICAL
INSTITUTE AND TRAINING CENTER CORPORATION

ESTABLISHED ON FEBRUARY 27, 2022 TARA NA!

MARANATHA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AND TRAINING CENTER
CORPORATION. FORMERLY (MITTC)
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KARUHATAN ROAD, KARUHATAN VALENZUELA CITY. MTITC PROVIDE
GOOD QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR "SKILLS,
KNOWLEDGE & ATTITUDE". SA MARANATHA, MATUTO, MAGSANAY AT
MAKAPAGTRABAHO!

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VISION: THE MARANATHA TECHNOLOGICAL

L INSTITUTE AND TRAINING CENTER CORPORATION AIMS TO BE THE
PREMIER DESTINATION FOR QUALITY TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TRAINING FOR FILIPINOS RELEVANT FOR THE CONTEXT OF
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES. MISSION: WE BELIEVE THAT MARANATHA
TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AND TRAINING CENTER CORPORATION
CAN BE A MAJOR FORCE IN HELPING THE MASSIVE CHALLENGES OF
OUR ECONOMY BY MAKING THEM SELF-RELIANT FOR GAINFUL
EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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It all started in our little apartment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Formerly known as Andrei’s Catering, named after my youngest
son. Our first year wasn’t easy at all, we used all our resources
to make our business prosperous. Me, my husband and my
children would help me pack orders, deliver and prepare the
ingredients. We started accepting two orders per week and
sometimes a week would pass by with no orders at all. But with
God’s grace, our food trays became known to the Filipino
community in Jeddah. Orders started coming in and some of
our beloved clients suggested that we should start to cater
events. It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Our seven years of catering service passed by quickly and we
count ourselves extremely blessed for our clients who whole-
heartedly trusted us. But all good things must come to an end,
my husband and I decided to open in our own country. And as
we bid the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia goodbye, a new chapter
awaits us. By God’s grace and goodness, we are bound for
bigger and greater things. Thus, our new name, “La Grande”
which means “the big one” in French. Tan-aw og Mas Minos
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DAILY TIME RECORD
MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT
EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
SUMMARY OF NARRATIVE REPORT
(MAY 13, 19, 20 & 21, 2023)
As per the course requirement, we have undergone the process of planning an
events management. While the whole process was a simulation, we could still realize
the challenges and excitements that an event manager faces in his/her career.

At the first phase of the project, groups were formed following Belbin’s Theory
(West,2004). Belbin proposed a model that specifies the aspects of an individual’s
personality, i.e. strength and weakness that he/she shows in workplace. According to
the model, there are nine roles an individual can play within a group.

These roles are: Plant, Resource investigator, Coordinator, Shaper, Monitor

evaluator, Team worker, Implementer, Completer finisher, and Specialist. I was chosen
to play the role of Team worker within my group. My core responsibilities were to carry
out the instructions given by the team leader and cooperate with others on every stage
of the event simulation planning. As we have experienced, the planning of an event,
especially an events management is a complex process. There are a number of factors
that need to be considered along the way and the event itself has multifaceted impact
on the society, environment, and culture. However, this experience was immensely
valuable considering my event management as my future career choice as it has given
me a better understanding about the procedure and the real life drill of an event really
helped me to realize how to work in a team and synergize all the tasks with others that
are needed to execute a event successfully. However, as the course instructor
promised us at the beginning of the course, I also came to realize that event
management is pure fun. Planning an international musical event involves different
aspects of the even including the financial planning, rules and regulations, possible
impact on the local community, staff management, branding of the performers,
sponsorship and so on. Different scholars attempted to define Event in different ways.
Getz (1993) gave the minimalist definition of ‘themed public celebration’, which was
further elaborated by Douglas et al. (2001) as events are ‘for people to come together
to celebrate, to demonstrate, to worship, to honour, to remember, to socialise’. From
this list of public purposes, events look like modern day rituals which were reflected
by the definition given by McDonnell et al. (1999) where they argued that events are
specific rituals or celebrations that are planned and created to mark any special
occasion. Goldblatt (1997) gave a much simpler definition as he said that an event is a
‘unique moment in time celebrated with ceremony and ritual to satisfy specific needs’
 In my experience of working with this group, the first thing I realized about what an
‘event’ is that an event is not just an occasion where people come together, get
entertained and go back to home. An event is much more than that. An international
music festival has the power to change a small, relatively unknown town in the corner of
the country into one of the most celebrated destination. If planned and executed
properly, a big event has the capabilities to transform a place and the lives of the people
in the community. It is, unfortunately, equally true that same applies on the negative side
if an event is poorly managed and executed. The planning and organization of an event
requires the formation of a working team, as we were formed into teams. This team acted
as a temporary organization where the role and responsibilities of each member were
specified. According to Slack and Parent (2006), organizational framework or structure
may have three dimensions: 1. Formalisation- refers to the degree to which the rules and
regulations, strategies, and individual and team roles guide the activities of the team. 2.
Complexity: the inner structure of the event management team with the hierarchy and
authoritative system.
3. Centralisation: the degree to which an individual exercises his/her role as the decision
maker of the even management team. Since our project was a drill, while the two aspects
of an event management organization were noticeable (Formalisation and
Centralisation), the third element, Complexity was not strongly present since the team
was not very hierarchical. However, we followed the formal procedure and showed
respect to the laws and regulations while we planned the event. In addition to that, we
followed the policies mentioned during the course lectures to determine different aspects
of the event such as financial planning, impact management, staff and volunteer
management, environmental and political effect and so on. Event planning and
management always requires team effort, regardless of the size or range of the event.
Hence, there has to be a member of the team who plays the role of facilitator to guide
the knowledge and resource sharing process. The facilitator is not exactly the team leader.
Bens (2000, p.7) asserted that facilitation is ‘a way of providing leadership without taking
the reigns’. In our group, different members played the role of facilitator at different
stages. I observed the roles they played and learned how to disperse organizational
knowledge for a better performing team. According to facilitation theory, learning within
a team occurs with the help of the facilitator, not simply by someone who provides
knowledge to the group (Lambert and Glacken, 2005).
My personal experience confirmed this theory since I have experienced that personal knowledge
can add little value to a group unless it is fairly disseminated and discussed by the other members
within the group. If I look back at my experience of the group work; this will be my primary takeaway
that I have learned the importance of facilitating ideas and knowledge among the group members
and in future I will be aware of applying this knowledge in my career as an Event manager. Even if I
don’t end up to be an event manager, this learning will help me to become better as a social being
and as an individual. As an event manager, I will focus on the decentralisation of power and letting
other assume responsibility and take the lead when necessary. It is sometimes better to play the
labour and sometimes play the leader. Performance of a team is determined by the participation
and effort given by each member. The team leader or the event manager plays the role of the
‘director of performance’ (Vidal, 2004). He synchronizes individual performances and creates
synergy among the group members and specific functional departments while he enjoys working
creatively and collectively with the aim of achieving certain objectives (Vidal, 2004, p. 394). Hence,
I realized the nature of the work of an event manager and I am now more attracted to pursue a
career in event management than before. The event management industry is embodied with a
number of challenges that every event management effort has to endure. The biggest challenge is
to ensure financial viability. The economy is yet to recover from the recession completely and it is
still very difficult to organize a profitable event. As Smith et al. (2010) addressed, allocating the
limited resources of an event effectively has become more critical than ever. For our group as well,
financial consideration posed tremendous challenges and I realized that the skills I have acquired
regarding event budgeting will be particularly helpful in future. Another area of difficulty was the
impact analysis and contingency planning. Every event has several possible positive and negative
impacts on the local society, environment, governance, and politics to some extent. Maximizing
positive impact and reducing negative impact requires intelligent strategic decisions and planning.
This was another learning outcome for me from the experience. However, there were a few places
where I identified shortcomings in terms of group performance or my individual performance. First
of all, effective communication among the group members was an issue. Every individual is different
and we were formed into a group with people with different personalities. Also, there was no
elected leader or director of the group. Hence, in the beginning it was a bit difficult to ensure
effective communication which led to some confusion and inefficiency. As Greenberg (2002, p.217)
explained that communication is the process of sending and receiving information, it requires the
meaningful coding and decoding from the both end Another shortcoming of the exercise was that
we could not specifically measure the impact of the event on the community. Actually, unless the
event takes place in real life, it is difficult to say whether it would be received well by host
communities or not. Though I had the experience of planning an event with a team, without the
experience of executing the plan, it is always incomplete. However, this was a very enjoyable and
valuable journey. The experience will add values to my character as an individual and will help me
to become a better event manager in future, if I pursue this career for myself. However, even if I
don’t end up to be an event manager, this experience will remind me about the values of working
in synergy to produce positive results. For me, that was the significance of the whole experience.
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