Office politics is a fact of institutional or corporate life. As long as organizations exist, office politics will always be there. On a neutral note, office politics is simply the relationship and interaction between and among co-workers (and, to a certain extent, with the bosses). The relationship should ideally be of mutual respect, and the interaction should be one of healthy competition. Unfortunately, office politics - just like general politics in our country - is viewed as something extremely negative. It’s present in any corporate structure and gets worse in bigger corporations.In other words, you can’t run away from office politics. Here are some points to remember in order to survive the office jungle:

After deciding to start a business (and the particular business to pursue), one of the important issues is the form of business entity that will serve as the vehicle in pursuing the business. You may say that the next important issue is the source of funding, which is correct, but that issue will be discussed much later. Right now, let's focus on the forms of business.

If the concept of "Pay Yourself First" is foreign to you, don't worry, the concept was also greek to me during my YUPpy (young urban professional) days. Working as an associate in a Makati law firm, I had the means to spend, nay, splurge. I had my own condo unit, go out whenever I want and splurge on anything I fancy. I spend so long as there's cash in my wallet, or, more appropriately, ATM. Whatever money is left, I told myself, will be my savings. This strategy appeared to be sound. I realized later on that I had no savings, primarily because by the end of the salary/pay cycle, I had spent all I had and nothing is left for savings.

 

We have gone through a number of features in contracts, including the basic elements of contracts, the Title, the Parties, and the Preamble or Whereas Clause. Of course, the form of a contract and the arrangement of its provisions greatly vary. In fact, a feature or provision discussed here may be merged with other provisions in actual contracts. You may not follow the arrangement used in this Contract Series, but let's just agree for convenience that the next feature or provision is the Term or Period.

The more recent searches here at the Pinoy Entrepreneurs relate to the guide on how to register a corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines (we just have to mention the Philippines because there's also a SEC in the United States). These search hits are suprising, although certainly welcome, considering that there's still no registration guide, except on the registration of business names, posted in this site. So, in order not to disappoint whoever made that search, here's the guide on registering a corporation with the SEC.

 

Back in December 2006, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo awarded five overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who became successful entrepreneurs. These inspiring OFW entrepreneurs are:

After discussing the basic elements of contracts, the title and the parties, let's proceed to the next portion you usually see in contracts - the preamble, better known as the"Whereas Clauses." Some contracts contain "Whereas Clauses," which are found between the designation of the parties and the terms/conditions. These three components (Title, Parties and "Whereas Clauses") usually look like this:

The next logical step for a successful Filipino entrepreneur is to expand the operations of an existing business or venture into related or new businesses. This expansion, of course, needs additional manpower. More manpower means an increased exposure to human resources (HR) or labor concerns. There are previous articles on HR or labor matters, but, just like the Contract Series, let's have a fixed series on HR and labor concerns.