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even if it came from their own colleague. Every
decision the government has to make needs a careful
analysis since it will not only affect their own
organization but the public as well.
After capturing the knowledge and learning the
rationality of the proposal of their colleague, it is
only then that the municipal council proceeded to
create a law that will correspond to the proposal of
the municipality’s vice mayor with the knowledge
that he acquired. This was codified in the form of a
municipal ordinance. The municipal ordinance that
created the municipality’s corporate arm reflects the
integrated knowledge of the municipal council about
the corporate nature of the local government unit
and their corresponding actions towards it.
As the policy-creating and decision making
body for pre-operational CIDA, the Municipal
Council also had to generate extensive knowledge
on how to operate a typical corporation to come up
with better internal policies for the municipality’s
corporate arm. In order to do that, the Municipal
Council performed different knowledge alliance
activities like collaborating with multinational
corporations located in the municipality and tapping
partnership with academic and research institutions.
To ensure the stability of CIDA’s operation, the
council decided to include chief executives from
multinational companies in Cabuyao among the
members of CIDA’s board of directors. They also
sought consultations from academic and research
institutions particularly the experts from the Institute
of Development Management and Governance of
the College of Public Affairs in the University of the
Philippines-Los Baños to guide them with policy
creation.
Most importantly, the Municipal Government
tapped a group of researchers to conduct a pre-
operational study about the municipality’s physical,
demographic, and policy environment, the
municipality’s main industry as well as the
appropriate business opportunities in Cabuyao. The
said study about the municipality was able to
determine the strategic directions for CIDA. This
gave the municipal government sufficient
information about the business opportunities of
Cabuyao and serves as a guide for better decisions
in establishing CIDA. The said study also included
extensive recommendations and key strategies for
CIDA start-up. This pre-operational research, along
with the collaboration with the corporate executives
in Cabuyao assisted the Municipal Government to
come up with the master plan of CIDA.
The highlight of the knowledge management
activities of the Municipal Council of Cabuyao in
relation to its corporate plans and agenda depends on
its actual application for the
improvement of the
corporate arm of the municipality particularly the
Cabuyao Investment and Development Authority
(CIDA). In order to properly apply the knowledge
that they have acquired, the municipal council
integrated the practice of strategic management to
come up with better decisions. After making sure
that everything was studied from the demographics
of the municipality to the identification of feasible
opportunities of investment in Cabuyao, the
municipal council then proceeded to rigid evaluation
of the studies’ results which will be the primary
basis of their decision-making.
4.2
Knowledge Sharing
The main room for knowledge sharing among the
members of municipal council of Cabuyao is the
regular session held every week in the municipal
hall. This is where the members of the municipal
council can raise their opinions and introduce their
proposed resolutions or ordinances for legislation.
The municipal council follows a set of rules and
procedures in conducting a session set by the Local
Government Code, making the meeting fall under a
strictly formal setting.
The study also tried to trace
the knowledge sharing relationship of the members
of the Municipal Council of Cabuyao in terms of the
corporate agenda of the municipality through social
network analysis (SNA). As social network
literatures revealed, social relationships affects the
knowledge sharing activities of the individuals
through their tie strength—the quality and frequency
of interaction between individuals (Wang et al.,
2006).
The respondents of SNA are all the members of
the Municipal Council of Cabuyao. This is
comprised of the municipal mayor, the municipal
vice mayor, the eight councilors, the SK Federation
president and the Association of Barangay Captain
president. Social network analysis requires all the
members of the organization since network methods
focus on relations among actors and the network
could not be analyzed if there are missing actors in
the network (Hanneman).
The members of the municipal council were
asked who among their colleagues are the one/s they
approach whenever they have queries about the
municipal agenda and plans to strengthen its
corporate nature.
The Social Network Analysis revealed that the
most prominent nodes in the social network—the
actors who have the most number of in-degrees
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