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MAP: The year in retrospect
MAPping the Future
December 25, 2023
This 2023, we posted significant increase in Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) membership and inducted 161 new members, a 15-percent addition that brought the number to 1,200 by year-end. Stricter guidelines for accepting new members were also implemented as adopted in the revised guidelines...
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Worried about AI? Worry first if your organization is effectively using existing data.
MAP Insights
December 19, 2023
Today’s news, advertising, and daily conversations often discuss AI (artificial intelligence), generative AI, deepfake photos, and videos, and the mad scramble among technology companies jockeying for position with these disruptive developments. Almost every software vendor now proclaims that they embed AI in their offerings. As...
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The road to bridging and building a progressive future
MAPping the Future
December 18, 2023
The Management Association of the Philippines’ (MAP) mission of promoting management excellence for nation-building was captured in our 2023 theme, “Bridging snd building a progressive future.” The core strategy is to harness collective strengths to enhance internal fundamentals and leverage this to help in BUILDING...
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Sec. RENE ALMENDRAS is MAP President for 2024
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December 15, 2023
Sec. RENE D. ALMENDRAS, the President and CEO of AC Logistics Holding Corporation and Public Affairs Group Head of Ayala Corporation (AC), takes on the role of leading the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) for 2024 with his election as its 76th President. Sec....
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Sharing prosperity with stockholders
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December 12, 2023
On Nov. 5, 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), as lead organization, launched the Covenant for Shared Prosperity as the response of the business community to the poverty and inequality which continues to plague Philippine society...
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The Jollibee Story: Lessons on Leadership
MAPping the Future
December 11, 2023
(Last of two parts) Like everyone else, we got hit by our biggest challenge ever in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the restaurant industry the hardest. Yet amid this unexpected challenge, we found huge opportunities. We quickly pivoted from our largely dine-in focused business to...
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Valuable lessons in preparedness
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December 5, 2023
There are management lessons to be taken from America’s mismanagement of its security and defense preparedness that rumbled through three decades of wrong turns that have led to its current precarious situation. Here’s what I gathered from my research. US security officials fear that Beijing...
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The Jollibee Story: Lessons on Leadership
MAPping the Future
December 4, 2023
(First of two parts) A jolly afternoon to you all! Let me begin by expressing how excited and grateful I am to be accepting this award from the Management Association of the Philippines, an organization I have always respected, which, for over 70 years, has...
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