MEMORANDUM |
TO : ALL PCCI MEMBERS
FROM : CRISANTO S. FRIANEZA
Secretary General
CC : EDWIN R. GLINDRO
Assistant Secretary General, Project Development & Regional Affairs
DATE : 2 February 2010
RE : MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSES OFFERED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR OVERSEAS TECHNICAL SCHOLARSHIPS (May to July 2010)
We are pleased to invite you to nominate candidates to attend the following training programs offered by The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) to be held in Japan:
Course Title | Duration / Venue | Deadline of submission to PCCI | |||
I. The Program for Quality Management (PQM) Objective:
Key Benefits: · Participants will be able to understand the conceptual framework to TQM, basic theory of quality and management, concepts and implementation methods of the major TQM elements, including policy management, daily management, QC circles, quality assurance, quality improvement, the key success factors of companies effectively applying TQM, and gain new insights into the roles and responsibilities of managers in promoting TQM. Participation Requirements: 1) Senior managers who are responsible for quality development and management as well as its improvement in their whole organization. Middle managers who are in key positions to promote TQM or expected to play the role above in the future may also be accepted. 2) Between 25-55 years of age, 3) University graduates and/or have equivalent professional experience, 4) Have a sufficient working knowledge of English, 5) Healthy enough to undergo an intensive training program in Japan, 6) Be residing in the Philippines and not be students or armed forces personnel. | May 12-25, 2010 /Tokyo | March 1 (Mon) | |||
II. The Practical Improvement Program for Factories (PIPF) Objective: · To uplift managers’ abilities on improvement activities in order to enhance productivity in their factories. Key Benefits: · To be acquainted with effective approaches and techniques to produce higher profits in factories. Candidates should: 1) Middle to senior managers, and/or engineers responsible for factory-wide work area management at manufacturing companies, etc., with a basic knowledge of production control. (Those who are not engaged in actual production/factory management are ineligible for participation.) 2) Be between 25 and 60 years of age, 3) Be university graduates and/or have equivalent professional experience. 4) Have a sufficient working knowledge of English. 5) Be healthy enough to undergo an intensive training program in Japan. 6) Be residing in the Philippines and not be students or armed forces personnel. | May 26 – June 8, 2010 /Osaka | March 12 (Fri) | |||
III. The Program for Quality Management Promotion (PQMP) Objective: · To enable participants to deepen their understanding of total quality management (TQM) by observing quality management activities in Japan and learning their historical development, and · To assist participants to discover the importance of quality assurance to corporate management and how they should promote quality management in their organization through discussions and report presentations. Key Benefits: · Increasing awareness of the conceptual framework and historical background to TQM, · Increasing understanding of the key success factors of TQM activities in Japanese companies, · Improving capabilities to solve existing problems by comprehensively using various QC tools, · Increasing understanding of practical ways to promote QC circle activities in the participants’ companies, · Increasing understanding of TQM activities in the product development, planning and design department and service industry, as well as in production departments, · Increasing understanding of the roles and responsibilities of managers in TQM activities, and · Improving capabilities to map out practical action plans to promote quality management activities more effectively at the participants’ own companies. Candidates should: 1) Middle to senior managers who are responsible for quality improvement and/or quality management of their whole organization, with a basic knowledge of the seven QC tools. 2) Be between 25 and 60 years of age with 3 years or more of business experience in the field of quality control/management, 3) Be university graduates and/or have equivalent professional experience. 4) Have a sufficient working knowledge of English. 5) Be healthy enough to undergo an intensive training program in Japan. 6) Be residing in the Philippines and not be students or armed forces personnel. | June 16 – July 6, 2010 /Yokohama | March 12 (Fri) | |||
IV. The Training Course on Solving Human and Organizational Problems (SHOP) Objective: · To enable participants to play major roles in solving human- or organization-related problems in their organizations, through summoning enhanced teamwork and leadership abilities which are highly prized in typical Japanese companies. Key Benefits: · Participants will be able to: activate communication within such a group as their own section of the organization; lead other people while understanding the role of each member to produce the result expected of their own section as a team; understand their roles in attaining their team’s objectives; resolve conflicts among team members; and uplift subordinates’ motivation by changing their own behavior. Candidates should: 1) Managers or supervisors of an organization, 2) Be between 25 and 50 years of age, 3) Be university graduates and/or have equivalent professional experience. 4) Have a sufficient working knowledge of English, 5) Be healthy enough to undergo an intensive training program in Japan. 6) Be residing in the Philippines and not be students or armed forces personnel. | June 2-22, 2010 /Aichi | March 12 (Fri) | |||
V. The Executive Program on Corporate Management (EPCM) Objective: · To enhance participants’ capabilities of corporate management, with utilizing managerial functions, pursuing to upgrade corporate management of their companies as executives. Key Benefits: · Participants will be able to gain the insights necessary for corporate executives to change and enhance the corporate quality of their companies using cases and examples of Japanese companies, and enhance their capabilities as executives through discussions on corporate philosophy and strategy. Candidates should: 1) Director-level senior executives who have overall responsibility for their organizational management, 2) Be between 25 and 60 years of age with 3 years or more of business experience, 3) Be university graduates and/or have equivalent professional experience. 4) Have a sufficient working knowledge of English. 5) Be healthy enough to undergo an intensive training program in Japan. 6) Be residing in the Philippines and not be students or armed forces personnel. | July 5-16, 2010 /Tokyo | March 26 (Fri) | |||
VI. The Production Management Training Course (PMTC) Objective: · To improve the participants’ production management abilities in order to realize efficient production activities. Key Benefits: · Participants will be able to acquaint themselves production management thinking and techniques in order that they can realize efficient production activities; deepen their understanding of the roles of managers; and enable them to make action plans for solving problems related to production management and enhance their communication abilities to implement their action plans. Candidates should: 1) Managers, supervisors and/or engineers/staff who are engaged in the production control, productivity enhancement and day-to-day operation of factory management at manufacturing companies, etc. (Those who are not engaged in actual production management, productivity enhancement activities and factory operation are ineligible for participation.) 2) Be between 25 and 60 years of age with 3 years or more of professional experience, 3) Be university graduates and/or have equivalent professional experience. 4) Have a sufficient working knowledge of English, 5) Be healthy enough to undergo an intensive training program in Japan. 6) Be residing in the Philippines and not be students or armed forces personnel. | July 5-30, 2010 /Aichi | March 26 (Fri) |
Please note that AOTS will bear the accommodation, meal and international travel expenses and will provide allowance of the successful candidates. However, participants will shoulder the cost of participation fee to be paid in cash upon his/her arrival in Japan:
Contributions from participant | In Japanese Yen | Estimated In Philippine Peso (at Php1 = | ||||||
Participation fee (subject to change slightly) | PQM | 213,775 | 110,478.92 | |||||
PIPF | 213,775 | 110,478.92 | ||||||
PQMP | 273,600 | |||||||
SHOP | 273,600 | 141,396.48 | ||||||
EPCM | 206,475 | 106,706.28 | ||||||
PMTC | 334,225 | 172,727.48 | ||||||
Interested parties are requested to submit the following documentary requirements in two (2) copies to the PCCI Secretariat (3/F, ECC Bldg., 355 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City 1227) not later than 5:00 pm of the indicated deadline of submission above:
1. Nomination letter addressed to MR. CRISANTO S. FRIANEZA, Secretary General, PCCI
2. Fully accomplished AOTS official application forms:
- Training Application Form
- Applicant’s Personal Record & Medical Check Sheet
- Pre-Training Report
- Consent Form of Overseas Travel Insurance
- About the handling of Personal Information Concerning Trainees
3. Two 2 copies of a 4 x 3 cm photo
4. Brochure of the applicant’s company/organization
5. Photocopy of a passport, an election card, a driver’s license or any other identification document issued by a public organization of the applicant’s country containing, in Roman letters, the applicant’s full name, photo and his/her home address.
Those who have recently been awarded an AOTS Scholarship and participated in an AOTS training program in Japan are not allowed to apply for any program which starts within six 6 months after they have returned home from Japan.
[Please be informed that PCCI will only process nominations of private sector members in good standing, and with complete supporting documents. Nominations/requirements sent thru fax/email will not be considered.]
For further inquiries and/or for a copy of the AOTS Official Application Form, please call Ms. Juliet Espino at telephone number 896-4549 local 102.
Thank you.
ANGIE BASILAN
Specialist, Regional Affairs
PHILIPPINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
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