Educational Tour Narrative Report

EDUCATIONAL TOUR Narrative Report Name: GATONG, AIRA MAE C. rd

Year & Section: 3  yr. BAMA301

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Date of Tour:  February 16-18, 2017 Professor: Ms. Catty Lea C. Gamo

Introduction The province of Ilocos has been one of the greatest Philippine heritage places and with that, all of the customs and traditions from the past are still practiced in present. It is very interesting to know how things and products were made during the days when technology hasn’t been discovered unlike now, therefore it can be inferred that the quality of things before were of quality because all of it were manually made which can be observed more, and be controlled immediately if there were defects and damages, and also wastes were much avoided because of the quality of processing of the things or products. The educational tour conducted last week qualified as an activity appropriate for the subject, Total Quality Management (TQM).

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Significance of the Educational Tour As stated above, the educational tour conducted was suitable for the subject TQM for it included several areas of a manufacturing industry in serving their customers a better means and quality product such as from the selection of raw materials that are to be used for the processing of the products, the quality of processing, the quality of tools to be used during the processing, the maintenance and cleanliness of the processing place and the grooming of the workers, up to the correct and balanced serving of each product, and how the products are handed to their customers, and all of it are obviously inside the circle of TQM.

III. Learning Insights Educational Aspects Being a participant in the tour, the benefits of it to my scholastic needs are that of seeing things in real life, applying all the lessons I learned from the four sides of the room to the real side of life. And I realized that the knowledge I may acquire from the subject won’t be complete if it weren’t for the tour which made me see and understand lessons from the subject and experience such things.

Personal Aspects As we all know, life in the provinces is never easy. The moment I saw how people live in Ilocos without much help of technology, I suddenly realized that although technology really helps, there’ s nothing more comparable than doing things manually and in hand. Seeing how Ilokano’s make quality delicacies such as in the Chichacorn Making site, it is a strong proof that quality of products can be achieved in its highest condition with just dedicated and committed workers, well-maintained facilities and clean tools and materials used even without technology such as machineries that could make processed goods.

IV. Problems Encountered Of course, problems in all things cannot be avoided and during the tour, there were some issues experienced. These are the accommodation of all students where we ate such as the Arabella’s where some students weren’t accommodated and some of my classmates weren’t able to eat because the food left too them was not enough for them to keep them full over the night. And one of the serious issues we’ve encountered was the time management and the clarity of the activities for a day. We were not

informed of the time of our check in the hotel were at the first night, so some of us wer en’t able to change clothes or brush teeth because most of our thing were inside our luggage which were placed in the bus’ compartment. And also there were some places that weren’t visited because of lack of time management of some students who spent hours in every destination. Also, the thing that made me unsatisfied is the lack of information, specially the time allotments for each destination, in the itinerary given, and so it affected also the time of arrival in the school.

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Synthesis Although perfection cannot be achieved in most things, I understand the issues and problems encountered during the tour because of some circumstances, but overall, the experience was one-of-akind because all of us needed a great break from school and work matters and I, myself felt safe during the tour. It is not just the experience that matters to us, but also the knowledge and skills we acquired during the tour and most importantly, during the seminar. The tour became a proof that most of the important things in life can be learned not only inside the campus or classroom, but also outside of it, the real side of life.

VI. Attachment (Photos taken in each destination)

LAOAG

Supreme Lutong Ilocos Cornick,

Malacañang ti Amianan

La Paz Sand Dunes

Paoay Church

PAGUDPUD

Cape Bojeador (Burgos) Lighthouse

Bangui Windmills

Safari Gallery, Baluarte

VIGAN

Calle Crisologo

ARABELLA’S, LAOAG

PLAZA DEL NORTE, LAOAG

HANNAH’S BEACH RESORT

Ownership Culture and Quality Ms. Edna Guevarra Plaza del Norte, Convention Hall