Department of Management and Organization Full Time Faculty

RVRCOB MBA faculty is a team of business scholars and professionals who pursue research and teaching that are guided by the Lasallian Core Values, the spirit of faith, zeal of service, and communion of mission.

Research is undertaken by the faculty not only in the pursuit of intellectual curiosity but also in its ability to enrich the lives of the communities we serve.

DR. MARIA PAQUITA D. BONNET
Associate Professor

Bio

Dr. Maria Paquita “Kit” D. Bonnet teaches Lasallian Business Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility, and Strategic Human Resource Management at De La Salle University. She also teaches at the Educational Leadership and Management Department of DLSU. She is the Director of the Institute of Student Affairs, Asia-Pacific Student Services Association with administrative office at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She serves as the Chair of the Department of Management and Organization.

Academic Background

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Management, De La Salle University
  • Master of Arts in Education, Philippine Normal University
  • Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of St. La Salle

Expertise

  • Lasallian Business Leadership
  • Business Ethics
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Student Affairs and Services
  • Service Learning
  • Leadership and Management
  • Cultural Education and Creative Industries
  • Strategic Human Resource Management

Courses

BUS560M – Lasallian Business Leadership, Ethics and CSR

ALVIN NIEL A. GUTIERREZ
Assistant Professor

Bio

Alvin Neil Gutierrez earned his Master of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from the University of Sydney Business School in 2013 as an Australian Awards scholar. He has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from De La Salle University and a Most Outstanding Thesis and Student Leadership Award. Before joining the teaching profession, Mr. Gutierrez has had extensive Human Resources, Management, Organizational Development, Sales, and Marketing experience from various industries such as BPO, direct selling, consultancy, telecommunications, superannuation, health & wellness, retail, and food. As a consultant, he has served various local and global companies in team building, cross-functional communication, leadership, entrepreneurship, organizational development, and work & personal values.

His fields of interest are all the different Human Resources practices and the various facets of sales and the sales process, product development, management strategy, call center operations, talent management, and organizational development. He is currently the Assistant Dean for External Affairs and Lasallian Mission (ADEALM) of the Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business (RVRCOB); the Subject Area Coordinator for Strategic Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, and Organizational Development of the Department Management and Organization; and the head of the Faculty Development Committee.

Academic Background

  • Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations, University of Sydney
  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government, De La Salle University

Expertise

  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Development
  • BPO Operations Management

Courses

HRM535M – Human Resource Management with Organizational Behavior

DR. RAYMUND R. HABARADAS
Full Professor

Bio

Dr. Raymund Habaradas teaches Management Research 1, Management Research 2, and Management Action Research at the Department of Management and Organization (DMO) of De La Salle University (DLSU). He received both his Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degrees from the same university. His research outputs are in the areas of corporate social initiatives, social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial resilience, business model innovation, and SME development. Aside from being published in several internationally-refereed and abstracted journals, he has written chapter in books published by Cambridge University Press, Chulalongkorn University Press, DLSU Publishing House, and Routledge. He also writes articles for opinion columns in Business World, Manila Standard, and Manila Times.

Habaradas currently serves as DMO’s Graduate Studies Program Coordinator. He previously served as Director of the DLSU Center for Business Research and Development (CBRD); Director of the DLSU Center for Professional Development in Business and Economics (CPDBE); Deputy Executive Director of the DLSU-Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI); and Director of the DLSU Institutional Communication Office (ICO). He was one of the recipients of the Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Fellowship Program of the Nippon Foundation in 2007.

Academic Background

  • Doctor of Business Administration, De La Salle University
  • Master of Business Administration, De La Salle University
  • Bachelor of Arts and Science in Communication Arts and Business Management, De La Salle University

Expertise

  • Research Methods
  • Innovation
  • SME Development
  • Social Enterprise
  • Corporate Social Initiatives

Courses

BUS530M – Management Action Research

PIA REDEMPTA T. MANALASTAS
Assistant Professor

Bio

Pia Redempta T. Manalastas was an environmental and energy policy analyst at Energetics, Inc. in Washington, DC before joining DLSU. Her experience covers a wide spectrum of energy and management issues, including energy auditing, strategic planning for energy efficiency, and energy forecasting and modeling. She was the vice dean and chair of the International Business Department in the RVRCOB GSB, De La Salle Professional Schools, Inc. Pia teaches Lasallian Business leadership, CSR, Business Ethics.

She is a published writer, having contributed a chapter to the book, Doing Good in Business Matters: CSR in the Philippines, and articles and columns to Business World, Manila Standard Today, Manila Times, and Metro Working Mom.

Academic Background

  • Master of Arts in Public Policy, George Washington University
  • Master of Business Administration, George Washington University
  • Bachelor of Science in Management, Ateneo De Manila University

Expertise

  • Lasallian Business Leadership
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Business Ethics
  • Work-Life Harmony
  • Environmental Management

Courses

BUS520M – Business Communication; BUS560M – Lasallian Business Leadership, Ethics and CSR; HRM640M – Integral Human Development; BUS650M – Sustainable Management; BUS699M – Trends and Issues in Business and Management: CEO Series

MA. C. P. ASSUMPTA C. MARASIGAN
Assistant Professor

Bio

Ma. C. P. Assumpta C. Marasigan is an assistant professor in the Department of Management and Organization. She was the Vice Chair of the department for more than five years. Prior to that, she held several administrative positions in the De La Salle Professional Schools, specifically Vice Dean of the Taft Campus and Registrar of De La Salle Professional Schools. She teaches business communication, corporate social responsibility and ethics, and management principles in the undergraduate and MBA programs. Her research interests are management, workplace spirituality, action research, and sustainability reporting.

Prior to joining the academe, she was a consultant at the Manila Solutions Center of Andersen Consulting (now Accenture Phils.) She has experience in preliminary systems design, detailed design, and implementation of custom systems in the UNIX, IBM, and CSP/F5 environments. Her clients included Fujitsu Philippines, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Banc One (Columbus, OH), and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (San Francisco, CA). She also worked as a technical staff at the strategic services division of Andersen Consulting. Her clients included the Board of Investments, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., and Pepsi Co.

Ms. Marasigan has also contributed to columns in BusinessWorld, Manila Standard Today, and The Manila Times.

Academic Background

  • Master of Business Administration, De La Salle University
  • Bachelor of Arts and Science in Communication Arts and Commerce major in Accounting, De La Salle University

Expertise

  • Lasallian Business Leadership
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Business Ethics
  • Sustainability Reporting

Courses

BUS520M – Business Communication; BUS560M – Lasallian Business Leadership, Ethics and CSR

DR. MARIA VICTORIA P. TIBON
Associate Professor

Bio

Dr. Maria Victoria “Vixie” P. Tibon is an Associate Professor of the Management and Organization Department of the Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business of De La Salle University.  She has been teaching for more than 10 years including courses in statistics, research methods, economics, management, entrepreneurship, business ethics and computer applications for business. Aside from DLSU, she has taught in St. Scholastica’s College as well. Prior to teaching, she worked in various sales, business development and marketing posts in telecom, travel and real estate companies.

Her research interests are in tourism. entrepreneurship, sustainable business, governance, ethics, quality and innovation.  Her works have been published in peer-reviewed journals:  American International Journal of Contemporary Research, Journal of Asia Pacific Business Innovation and Technology Management, Journal of International Business Research, International Journal of Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Business and Management, Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research and the DLSU Business and Economics Review.

Academic Background

  • Doctor of Business Administration (distinction), De La Salle University
  • Master of Business Administration, University of the Philippines
  • Bachelor of Arts in Quantitative Economics (cum laude), University of Asia and the Pacific

Expertise

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Business Ethics
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • International and Higher Education
  • Sustainable Business

Courses

BUS500M – Management Principles and Dynamics; BUS530M – Management Action Research

DR. BENITO L. TEEHANKEE
Full Professor

Bio

Dr. Benito “Ben” L. Teehankee is the Jose E. Cuisia Professor of Business Ethics at the Management and Organization Department (where he served as founding Department Chairman in 2011-14) of the Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business, De La Salle University. He is Head of the Business for Human Development Network (BHDN) under the Center for Business Research and Development of the university. He has taught the following courses at some point in his over 38 years of teaching: sociology, statistics, research methods, total quality management, business ethics, organizational behavior, managing change, strategic management, corporate governance, management theory, business intelligence & analytics, humanistic management, service management, action research and faith-based management.

Ben has served as a board trustee of the University of San Carlos (Cebu) and De La Salle-College of St. Benilde. He has served or is currently serving in various organizations: past and founding president and current board member of the Philippine Academy of Management (PAoM); past and founding president of the Philippine eLearning Society (PeLS); past president of the Philippine Society for IT Educators (PSITE); past president of the Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino (PSSP, Philippine National Association for Sikolohiyang Pilipino); current member of the Ethics Committee of the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP); past Vice-Chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and current trustee of the Shareholders Association of the Philippines (SharePhil). He was a member of the United Nations Global Compact Academic Institutions Working Group which developed the Practical Guide to the United Nations Global Compact for Higher Education Institutions.

Academic Background

  • Doctor of Business Administration, De La Salle University
  • Master of Statistics, University of the Philippines
  • Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science, De La Salle University

Expertise

  • Corporate Governance
  • Business Ethics
  • Management and Organization Theory
  • Action Research
  • Catholic Social Thought and Management

Courses

BUS530M – Management Action Research; HRM621M – Humanistic Management; BUS835M – Strategic Management; BUS618M – Special Topics in Business Management