Course Project

Course: Language Programs and Policies in Multilingual Societies

Question:
1. Enumerate the language policies and programs set by the government and in the
education system. Do not forget to add the references.
2. What are your suggestions to improve the program system for various institutions.
3. Study the REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7104 or AN ACT CREATING THE
COMMISSION ON THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS,
DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES for the Filipino
people’s language. Conclude the ACT and come up with your analysis.
Answer:
1.
A. The Philippine Bilingual Education Policy (BEP)
B. The Language Policy of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)[1]
2.

 Align projects with organizational strategy

 The paradigm shift which has begun to be embraced is identifying project and
program managers that align to the specific needs dictated by the strategy of the
organizations, rather than a singular project or program at the time. Technical
project management, strategic and business management and leadership skills
should align to the needs of the overall business plan or government policy focus.

 Manage broadly and dive deeply

 Program managers need to bring a combination of drive, management discipline

and critical thinking. They need to gain the tools to deliver and the skills to succeed
— and then be held accountable for results.

 Prioritize to avoid scattered behavior

 Program managers (federal and commercial) are all too often distracted by
changing priorities, which confuses sense of urgency at the expense of sense of
importance. This confusion often breeds a reactionary mindset and scattered
behaviors characterized by the “crises du jour.”
 Program managers must astutely differentiate between circumstances that are
game-changing and those that are simply noise in the system. While the former may
have downstream implications to the program and merit a proactive response, the
latter serves only to detract from program objectives.

 Find human capital using the “Talent Triangle”

 Keeping in mind thee fundamental performance metrics — schedule, scope and

budget — two-thirds of organizations globally experience the greatest difficulty in
finding human capital with adequate technical project management skills.

 However, more than 90 percent of organizations believe that technical project

management skills and strategic and business management skills are teachable;
therefore, they are likely to search for talent with leadership skills. Then, the
remaining two sides of the triangle can be honed to fit the organization as needed
through training.

 Engage with suppliers to ensure their solutions meet agency missions

 Program managers should engage early and openly with the supplier base to
understand the breadth of available innovative ideas. They should also use an
outcomes-based or objectives-based solicitation approach that enables suppliers to
propose innovative solutions.

 Finally, program managers should make sure that the acquisition process brings
together a team of functional and acquisition executives, who can collectively
develop an effective acquisition strategy and assess the potential of those
innovative solutions in meeting agency objectives.

 Employ “best value” acquisitions whenever possible

 The current process for the government’s acquisition of professional and technology
services is not keeping pace with the speed of business or the rate of technology
innovation in the private sector. One area where program managers can truly
impact an agency’s performance is to steer away from “lowest price technically
acceptable” strategies, except for true commodity buys, and otherwise employ “best
value” acquisitions that assess both price and performance. This approach will
enable the private sector to propose more innovative solutions that maximize
business outcomes.

3. The Act or Law talks or discusses about the commission on Filipino Language, with
commissioners having meetings in their respective offices.