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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

St. Francis University was a medium-sized private University, located in a major port city

in Visayas. The University is well known for its engineering and Science degree courses. The

university had a total enrolees of about 26,000 at both the graduate and the undergraduate

levels.However, it has only 3000 student enrollees , compared to the College of Engineering.The

College of Commerce has 55 full time faculty and over 100 lecturers. The faculty members

taught as many as 5 courses per semester while the lecturers taught three courses. The College of

Commerce was distributed among the four major fields, namely: Banking and Finance,

Accounting, Marketing and Business Management.

In June 1988, Mr. Santos assumed the position of Dean of the College of Commerce

following the retirement of the incumbent. Mr. Santos, who previously occupied the position of

Vice Dean for Administration, was eager to improve further the enrollment of the college. The

college of commerce had experience one of the more rapid growth in enrollment in the

University during the past ten years. Dean Santos proposed to the Rector a reorganization of

College which would reduce the existing number of departments from 6 to 3. Dean Santos

considered the cost increase in running the college and difficulty in raising the tuition fee. The

financial benefits would be the basis of the savings of the stated cost. The department heads are

against proposal. Many believe that the merging would create a loss of academic identity in the

departments.

II. Time of Context

June 1988, Port in Visayas. St.Francis University

III.Viewpoint:

The College of Commerce recently promoted mr.Santos as the Dean. One of his proposal is to reorganize the existing college deparrtments but unfortunately the faculty was not pleased with his proposal .

IV. Statement of the Problem:

As the head of the University, what decision will I recommend to the...