I. Background of the organization 1. When was the organization established? - 1985 2. How many members has the organization recruited throughout the years?

a. How many are the current members? Based on recruitment, for 2011 there have been 600 members, 2012 had 800+

members (close to 900) and for 2013 there were 1,200 members. - How many of them are active? 60% - How many are inactive? 40%

3. What is the mission of BMS? - Already answered 4. What is the vision of BMS? What does the organization hope to become in the future? - Focuses on building future leaders - Wants to leave a legacy in education mainly the improvement of educational system in the Philippines. - To maintain social responsibility and high level and standards for work. 5. Does the organization have some sort of formal set rules and regulations that the officers and members have to go by? If so, how are these "mandates" observed and implemented? - BMS does not necessarily have a strict set of rules for its members. - For officers:There is an officership contract that’s good for 1 year. Breach of contract would be ground for expulsion from the organization or discharge from the position. There are also weekly meetings that every EB must attend to to raise issues, solve problems and talk about current plans of BMS for the year. - The organizational culture of BMS is to lead by example. 6. Is there a hierarchy of position in the organization? If so, how is it arranged? And so far, is your form of hierarchy effective in the organization as a whole?

 The hierarchy of BMS is actually very effective for there is, more often than not, a smooth transition of communication. There is a high regard for hierarchy. There is a maintenance of professionalism and effectivity of communication which renders them with little to no problems.  7. What are the short-term plans of BMS? (term-long or year-long) Long-term plans? (2-5 years) Examples of such projects: Mano Amiga: Teaching out of school youth - 10 of the students took the DLSU Entrance Exam. Results are yet to be announced. Jaime Hilario school in Bataan - 2011: Made a donation of 300,000 - 2013: Projected donation of 300,000 more soon to be paid Junior Officers Training Program - Honing the potential of those who want to have a high position in BMS in the future. - Must have at least 2 years (or 6 terms) left in DLSU to qualify.

- Headed by the training and development committee. Members Immersion Program - Honing the skills of members to head and manage projects. - 80 members per term can apply and are selected to go under several committees and have heads to handle to projects. ACAD CORE - Those members who have good academic standing can be tutors for those who are in need of tutoring with different subjects. - Only applicable to BMS members. INKurse - There is the “Idea Program” headed by the Publications Committee - Honing the creative skills of BMS members with the use of different Adobe programs like Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, etc. Under the Big Central Committee: -Annual Bazaar -Annual Year-End Party -Annual Student Conference -What’s new for 2013: A drive-in movie house that is also like a social party/gathering. II. Activities of the organization 1. What are your main kinds of activities in your organization? - In general: Development of Leaders for future activities and to facilitate the learning experience of each and every member of BMS. - In every division, there are actual different goals, missions and visions. For example, under HR, they handle the different training sessions to build their future leaders. Under Communications, there are different projects for sponsorships and external tie-ups to aid in the accomplishment of the general mission-vision of the organization. 2. How many usually attend these activities? (value estimates) a. How many of your members, active or inactive, attend these activities? -In an organization’s event, there is what is known as the Expected Number of Participants or the ENP. The ENP of BMS usually is 90-95% for a certain kind of activity. b. How many are outsiders in the organization? -There are certain projects of BMS that are strictly for BMS only but some activities like the Business Management Student Convention or other activities such as the bazaars and parties do have outsiders. For example in the BMSC: 17 universities were invited. 259 students are non-BMS

members. In general assemblies, the ENP of BMS is usually 200 but 395 or more members actually come. -80% of the activities are for BMS and 20% are involving a mix of BMS and non-BMS members. c. For what reason do they attend? How are they motivated to attend? - As we notice in La Salle, members or non-members, come for incentives. - BMS also tries to make sure that they maximize what attendees of the activity learn and they try to make it inspirational which is something that could motivate the participants to go. For example during the Annual Recruitment Week: - Just by being friendly and approachable and the feeling of becoming a part of a family. - Making the others feel your passion for the organization and the work and responsibility that comes with joining it. - For the Frosh: It is a new college experience and that could possibly change your view and thinking towards something like work ethics or project management. 3. How do you promote your activities? A. Online Publicity - There are different groups per batch and course to disseminate information and sharing of pub posts. - For Frosh blocks: Gathering the contact of block presidents to help spread to the blockmates and making sure that officers are also part of their Frosh block’s group to disseminate and retain information on activities going on. B. Text Blasts - Group messages to the different members and officers of the organization. C. Room to Room Announcements D. Word of Mouth and Booths if necessary E. For academic purposes, talking to professors of certain classes that could mean an incentive or substitute class for the activity of the organization. a. What are the difficulties usually faced by the organization when it comes to communicating plans and ideas within the organization? Outside of the organization to the rest of the Lasallian community? Within the organization: - A common problem is definitely miscommunication and misunderstanding. - “Akala” / Message Reception

Outside the organization: - BMS makes a lot of effort with tie-ups with other organizations so one problem with that is message reception as well. BMS members and project heads really take pride with their activities so there’s sometimes a sense of ownership that can be too strong which in turn makes high independence for the organization despite of it being a tie-up project. As a saying of BMS: “When in doubt, ask.” III. Leadership 1. How are the leaders in the organization elected? For Junior Officers: Application during Recruitment - Online application. After 7 days, there is an initial screening done by the Training and Development Committee. Then there is an interview if you pass the initial screening that goes on for 2 weeks for all those accepted. Then there will be another screening. Once you are accepted, you become a junior officer. - During your Junior Officer Training Program, if your performance is not good, that could be grounds for not going on or not becoming an officer. Example: In 2013, there are 470 applications and 180 were accepted. Now, only 127 Junior Officers remain. - Once the year is finished, there is a graduation process which they can apply as EVP or AVP. You need to submit forms and answer essays which then will be submitted to the CSO under BMS. For the executive board: Selection is done 2 weeks before other officers apply. - There is an interview and presentation of year-long ideas to the old EB and the faculty adviser. - In a conference room, the old EB and faculty adviser will meet to select who will become the new EB. - The turnover ceremony or process means that a member is accepted as an EB and through that process, the members will find out which position they will hold for the year. 2. Considering that there are several heads in the organization, how are decisions made in case of conflict and non-agreement? - BMS has pre-planned activities for the year done during summer. - The EB has makes the mission, vision and ideas for the year and it is up to the VPs and AVPs to execute those ideas. The VPs and AVPs ask may be in conflict with the ideas. So the EVPs will be in contact with the other EBs to re-evaluate the ideas but ultimately, the decision lies with the EVP of a certain division. - The ideas that are thought of by the EB also follow the mission and vision of BMS so the mission and vision of every division is also in line with BMS’s mission and vision.

- There are weekly meetings to resolve issues, conflicts and edit ideas to satisfy certain conditions that have not gone as planned. - Each committee defends the activities to the EB and it is up to them to say if the activity will be done or not. - BMS solves the problem as an organization that’s why in general assemblies, concerns and issues are also raised to be resolved. a. Does the organization rely on contingency plans in case of emergency? If not, then how are ideas generated in case of emergency?

 ­ Project heads are there for crisis management but then they can also consult with their officer­in­charge. ­ If the project head does not know what to do, he may consult with the AVP, if the AVP does not know as well, it will be passed on to the VP, then the EVP and eventually all reports are submitted to the President. But ultimately, the decision still lies with the project head. ­ BMS officers would like to teach the project heads by experience so the mistake of a project head can also be a learning experience for them although of course, BMS officers would not like the project heads to commit mistakes all the time for the mistake of one is considered the mistake of all.