Monthly Archives: April 2016

Global firms’ business optimism in the Philippines for the first quarter of the year is higher than the average Asean rate, a global business survey show.

by Richard Easterlin, University Professor and Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, 13 April 2016, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/the-science-of-happiness-can-trump-gdp-as-a-guide-for-policy?utm_content=buffer3f98c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer For centuries, happiness was exclusively a concern of the humanities; a matter for philosophers, novelists and artists. In the past five decades, however, it has moved into the domain of science and given us a substantial body of…

by Maurice Obstfeld, 13 April 2016, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/the-imf-these-are-the-biggests-risks-to-growth/?utm_content=buffer20944&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Global growth continues, but at an increasingly disappointing pace that leaves the world economy more exposed to negative risks. Growth has been too slow for too long.

By JEFFREY PFEFFER April 12, 2016 Dan Lyons’ account of his time at the software company HubSpot describes a workplace in which employees are disposable, “treated as if they are widgets to be used up and discarded.” And HubSpot is scarcely unique: The description of Amazon’s work environment is just one of many similar cases.…

SWS-BUSINESSWORLD SURVEY | Gabriela leads 17 groups on pace for party-list seats Gabriela members mount a rally for jobs at the House of Representatives. MANILA – GABRIELA party-list is leading a list of 17 groups with guaranteed party list seats in the May 2016 elections, according to the First Quarter 2016 Social Weather Survey.

The Philippines will remain one of the fastest-growing countries in East Asia and the Pacific despite a “modest” easing in economic expansion in the region in the next three years, a new World Bank report showed.

They think analytically and distinguish themselves by having a can-do attitude. The Fortune 500 Insider Network is an online community where top executives from the Fortune 500 share ideas and offer leadership advice with Fortune’s global audience. Scott Trezise, executive vice president of human resources at CenturyLink, has answered the question: Looking back, what advice…

Sun Tzu was a legendary military strategist in ancient China and he is the author of the famous book, The Art of War. He was a master of “soft power” and the father of “agile warfare.” Whenever possible, he preferred to win without fighting or, at the very least, to win the easiest battles first.

Turning 30 can be a turning point in a person’s life, and career. It’s the point where career goals start setting in and the hunger to land a spot in the corner office increases.

My first day at Google in 2011 felt a bit like joining Hogwarts: you’re excited and not entirely sure what you’ll be doing! I was happy to do anything and learn in the process! For the next two years, I was lucky enough to train Google employees on Gmail and to pitch Gmail to companies…

Every traveler has baggage. No matter the length of the trip—be it a weekend beach getaway or a three-week Himalayan trek—you’ll need to pack a bag, and you’ll want to pack it right. Enter: the editors at Travel + Leisure, here to share their genius ways to keep your cosmetics spill-proof, your souvenirs safe, and…

In order to meet APEC’s Bogor Goals for free and open trade and investment in Asia-Pacific, APEC member economies follow the strategic roadmap as agreed by APEC Economic Leaders in Osaka, Japan in 1995. This roadmap is known as the Osaka Action Agenda.

It is, without question, my favorite day of the semester—the day when I teach my MBA students a negotiation exercise called “Honoring the Contract.”

by Bruce N. Pfau, APRIL 07, 2016, https://hbr.org/2016/04/what-do-millennials-really-want-at-work?utm_campaign=harvardbiz&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social Saturday Night Live recently featured a sketch poking fun at Millennials. It opens with a young woman frantically texting on her iPhone, approaching her boss and asking for a promotion. The boss asks how long she’s been with the company. She replies, “Three days.”

The recent second round of household assessment for Listahanan or the National Household Targeitng System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) showed that a total 1,511,320 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program have improved their status to “non-poor”.

The world economy is continuing to recover but it’s still at a delicate stage, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has warned.

Imagine this: you publish a blog post that you’ve worked for a full week on. You wrote it, re-wrote it, edited it, and fine-tuned it and now you’re ready to share it with the world. Naturally, you send a proud announcement to your email list. Only to find that just a few of them even…

Many of my clients assume they should be eating fresh, raw produce to reap the most health perks possible. But the reality is, several studies have debunked conventional wisdom about the best ways to store, prep and cook fruits and veggies. Check out these science-backed tips for getting the most nutritional bang per bite from…

The road to the establishment of the ASEAN Community began in 2003 through the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II in Bali, Indonesia, otherwise known as the Bali Concord II. In 2003, with the increasing interdependence between and among ASEAN countries and as a response to the ASEAN Financial Crisis, the ASEAN members declared the establishment…

In my new book Negotiating the Impossible, I offer numerous principles and tactics for negotiating effectively when things get ugly — especially when you don’t have sufficient “money or muscle” to use as leverage. This could be a deadlocked deal, an escalating conflict, or any situation where there is mistrust, antagonism, or a seeming unwillingness…

THE LEADERSHIP DISPUTE hounding the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) seems far from over, as the faction of Ruben D. Torres rejected the elections held recently by the country’s largest labor organization.

The new wave Surprisingly little is known about the causes of inequality. A Serbian-American economist proposes an interesting theory IT’S a golden age for studying inequality. Thomas Piketty, a French economist, set the benchmark in 2014 when his book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, was published in English and became a bestseller. The book mapped…

By Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), April 24, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The government should reassess the structure of the employment facilitation component of its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to address the low take-up and meager contribution to the manpower needs of the country, state think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) said…

FILIPINO firms are having difficulties hiring competent and skilled technical and professional personnel and call-center agents, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

The population in the Philippines has grown five times to 100 million since 1950, while GDP has grown only 1.7 times. In this staunchly Catholic country, 12-year-olds can have consensual sex, but older teens need parental permission to get contraceptives.

The Philippines is among the top 10 countries in the world that have the largest number of underweight men and women, according to a recent report published in the peer-reviewed medical magazine The Lancet.