Date of Publication
6-22-2022
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Business Management
Subject Categories
Higher Education | Organizational Behavior and Theory
College
Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business
Department/Unit
Decision Sciences and Innovation Dept
Honor/Award
Best Thesis Award (Gold Medal)
Thesis Advisor
Emilina R. Sarreal
Defense Panel Chair
Cristina Teresa Lim
Defense Panel Member
Edgar Chang
Abstract/Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) were forced to close down and rapidly adopt a fully-online based learning to continue delivery of education. Such disruptions are likely to increase exponentially with the increasing threat of climate change. This study aims to investigate how selected universities in Metro Manila promoted academic continuity to achieve university resilience through technical, organizational, and social measures. The proponents adopted the framework of Donnelly et al. (2020), which classified resourcefulness and redundancy as the means to improve the desired ends of resilience, robustness and rapidity. A quantitative approach using multivariate regression analysis in SPSS was used to determine which indicators significantly influence university resilience and to assess the combined impact of means of resilience on the desired ends. In analyzing the 404 student responses, being resourceful and promoting redundancy were both found to have significant effects on resilience in terms of robustness and rapidity. However, when resourcefulness and redundancy were tested jointly, it was revealed that there were no observed substitutes when professors were absent. Students indicated in the open-ended questions that they have high appreciation for asynchronous classes, which reduced the need for substitutes. This study provides universities with indicators to improve response to unforeseen crises and recommendations to promote resilience.
Abstract Format
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Language
English
Keywords
Organizational resilience; Universities and colleges—Philippines—Metro Manila—Administration; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020—-Influence
Recommended Citation
Chan, L. L., Cortez, M. C., Radomes, A., & Serrano, C. O. (2022). Examining the dimensions of resourcefulness and redundancy in achieving resilience in terms of robustness and rapidity in selected universities in the Philippines. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_dsi/41
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