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5.
Students not in the Fellowship program may attend the lectures for free on a first-come-
first-served basis to entice them to e-business.
6.
The institute will also offer a certificate program for nonstudents (professionals,
educators, out-of-school youth) for a fee to widen the patronage of e-business.
Feasibility of Adopting the System of Breakthrough
Practices
The feasibility of adopting, in the Philippines, the system of breakthrough practices was
initially tested through a second survey of graduating students in the top four Philippine
universities (sample size of 360).
Graduating students were asked which option and number they would choose if they
were given the chance to go back to the sophomore level and take for a half-term period each
of the subjects listed in Table 4.
The numbers and corresponding options were as follows:
1.
Do not enroll in that particular e-business subject.
2.
Pay half the tuition fee but do not receive a certificate or earn credits.
3.
Pay the tuition fee equivalent and earn equivalent units.
4.
Pay the tuition fee and earn a certificate.
Note: The option “Take for free” was not offered, because it was financially draining
to any university.
As shown in Tables 4 and 5:
1.
The overall desire to take e-business subjects was 2.6 on a scale of 4. This meant that
students liked the idea of taking e-business as a course but were not willing to pay fees
just to earn a certificate. The responses were relatively kurtotic, with deviation of 1.2.
2.
Introduction to e-business and Web site development were the most desired, with a
significantly higher rating than the rest, while E-Legal/E-Personnel/E-Financial Man-
agement was the least desired. (Descriptions of these subjects were provided in the
questionnaire but are omitted in this paper for brevity.)
3.
By course, the overall ratings were highest for Comp and lowest for Art/Edu.
Introduction to E-business was the only subject rated significantly well by the students
from Eng/Sci and Art/Edu.
Table 4. E-subjects to be taken in the university if given the chance
E-subjects to be Taken in the University if Given the Chance
Desire to Take Subject
Universities
E-Subjects
A
B
C
D
Ave
Introduction to ECom m erce
2.77
EMarketing
2.63
EOperations Management
2.58
Webs ite Developm ent
2.82
EHardware & Security
2.54
ELegal & Epersonnel & Efinancial Management
2.43
ECom m erce Strategy
2.53
Overall
2.59
2.67
2.59
2.57
2.61
