Management Filipino Styles

MANAGEMENT FILIPINO STYLES Management A’la Pinoy Do you manage “by kayod” or “by lusot”? Seeking to comprehend the Filipino manager’s values and inclinations, Ernest A Franco, editor o! the book, "anagement in the #hilippine Setting, identi!ies !ive types o! Filipino managers$ 1. Mana Manage gerr by Swea Sweatt (y (y !ayo !ayo"#$ "#$ Kayod  is   is a Filipino %ord that means to give onesel! to hard %ork &his manager is action'hungry and committed, and his manners are rather serious and those o! an introvert A !ormal and serious %orker, he %on’t give in to bribery or any anomalous deals

%. Mana Manage gerr by Loo& Loo&'o 'olle (y (y L)o L)ot# t#$$ Lusot means availing on a loophole &his manager %ill al%ays !ind loopholes to avoid hard %ork or utili(e an e)cuse !or !ailure *iven to shortcuts and unconventional or illegal means to attain ob+ectives *enerally an introvert, he deals %ith people in!ormally

*. Mana Manage gerr by oo+ oo+ (y (y Lib Libro ro#$ #$ Libro is a Spanish %ord !or “book” &his manager literally goes by the book Scienti!ic, thorough and analytical, he generally has adeuately !ormal training in management

,. Mana Manage gerr by Ear Ear (y (y Oi" Oi"o# o#$$ &his manager acuires his managerial skills by playing it by ear -Oido comes Oido comes !rom Spanish oir , “to listen”. Depends on practical e)perience to compensate !or his lack o! normal management education' the opposite o! the “Libro “Libro”” manager

-. Mana Manage gerr by Integ Integra rati tion on (y gna gnaya yan# n#$$   &he hybrid o! the above mentioned types A gi!ted reconciler o! all philosophies and belie!s held by the various types o! managers #articipatory and coordinative, he integrates various styles depending on the companies’ needs and conditions &he “Oido “Oido”” and “Libro “Libro”” managers, being +ob'oriented, mostly become the p lanners and thinkers o! the organi(ation &he process'oriented “Kayod  “Kayod ” and “Lusot  “Lusot ” managers, on the other hand, being primarily involves %ith ho% to do a +ob best'o!ten are implementers and d oers in the company “Ugnayan “Ugnayan”” managers e)empli!ies highly resilient, highly adaptable men o! the !irst order