Admission Criteria for the Master of Management The MM Program has attracted students from various

Program Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Ne-

1. At least two years of management-related work pal, India, East Timor, Liberia, Cambodia, Indonesia,
experience; and China. The students were middle to top managers
of government institutions, corporations, NGOs, and
Developing
2. Two recommendations with at least a
“Satisfactory” rating;
bankers among others. entrepreneurs and
3. Proof of English language proficiency (for managerial manpower for
foreign students);
4. A satisfactory performance in the MM Summer
the Asia-Pacific Region
Program; and
5. Compliance with the other requirements of the
UPLB Graduate School.
MASTER OF
All documents must be received by the Graduate
School not later than February 15 for First Semester
(June) admission.
MANAGEMENT
Major in Business
For further inquiries, please contact:
Management
Office of the Chairman
Department of Agribusiness Management and
Entrepreneurship
or
Office of the College Secretary
UPLB Graduate School
UPLB, College, Laguna
Philippines 4031
Telephone Numbers: (63-49) 536– 3414
+63928-628-8876
Website: http://gs.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/admission

LOCATION
The department sits on a sprawling 15,210–hectare
campus at the foot of a legendary dormant volcano
called Mount Makiling which rises at 1,090 meters
above sea level. The campus is located in the Nature
and Science City of Los Baños, 65 kms. south of
Manila. The land area includes a 4,244–hectare
forest reserve which hosts over 2,000 species of
flowering plants and ferns, 120 bird species, 19 types
of reptiles, around 7,000 insect species and at least
50 species of mammals.
Graduates of the MM Program are well-placed in
national and international organizations. Among them
are heads of banks, country managers of multinational
companies, development advisors, human resource,
marketing, operations and service industry managers,
university administrators, academicians, entrepreneurs,
and management consultants.

Department of Agribusiness Management

and Entrepreneurship
College of Economics and Management
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Telefax: (63-49) 536-2846
Email: dame.uplb@up.edu.ph
 Major in Business
Management
The Master of Management major in Business Management
(MM-BM) degree program was instituted to respond to the
rapid growth of industrial and non-agri-based enterprises in
the Philippines, particularly in CALABARZON and the Asia-
Pacific region.
The program is aimed at developing success-oriented and
socially-responsible managers and entrepreneurs who shall
establish and manage non-agri-based enterprises into
economically-viable entities.
The curriculum has a total of 39 units which can be
completed in two years.
Core Courses (9 units)
MGT 201 Organization and Management (3 units)
MGT 213 Management Accounting and Control (3 units)
MGT 231 Human Behavior in Organization (3 units)
Major Courses (27 units)
MGT 203 Environment of Management (3 units)
MGT 209 Economic Analysis (3 units)
MGT 215 Financial Management (3 units)
MGT 221 Quantitative Methods in Administration (3 units)
MGT 251 Marketing Management (3 units)
MGT 281 Business Policy (3 units)
BM 240 Production and Operations Management (3 units)
BM 255 International Marketing (3 units)
BM 280 Research Methods in Business Management (3
units)
Elective (3 units) a choice of any of the following:
BM 261 Law in Business Transaction (3 units)
MGT 117 Investment Management (3 units)
MGT 207 Managerial Problem Solving and Decision
Making (3 units)
MGT 271 New Enterprise Planning and Management (3
units)
MGT 273 Management of Small Business (3 units)
MM Summer Program
Applicants to the MM program must have at least two
years of management-related work experience. Those
who passed the preliminary screening conducted any
DAME will be provisionally admitted to the MM program
and are required to attend and pass the MM Midyear
Program. The MM Midyear Program is a 5-weekend
course offering (held during Fridays afternoons, Saturdays
and Sundays) which is regularly conducted from the
second week of June to the second week of July every
year. It consists of the following modules:
Module 1 Key Management Tools and Concepts
(Weekends 1 & 2)
 Introduction to Management
 The Basics of Marketing Management
 The Basics of Production/Operations Management
 The Basics of Human Resource Management
 The Basics of Financial Management
 The Case Method of Solving Business Management
Problems
 Case Analysis/Discussion of the Case Assignment
Module II Accounting (Weekend 3)
 Introduction to Financial Accounting
 Accounting Process for a Service Business
 Accounting Process for a Merchandising Concern
 Accounting for Partnership and Corporation
Module III Quantitative Business Tools (Weekend 4)
 Statistics for Business Management
 Mathematics for Business Management
Module IV Agribusiness and Managerial Economics
(Weekend 5) - for MM ABME only
 Introduction to Agribusiness Management
 Managerial Economics
Participants who satisfactorily completed the Summer
Program are recommended as regular graduate students
to the Graduate School.
The MM Summer Program also serves as a refresher
course to participants who do not intend to enter the
graduate programs. These participants may opt to attend
any or all of the four modules.