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RULE XI
BUSINESS OPERATIONS

INTRODUCTION

• The Office of Business Affairs (OBA) is a major unit under the
Office of the Vice President for External and Business Affairs
(OVPEBA) of Cavite State University. It is mandated to generate
income. The idea is for the University to augment whatever
subsidy is cut by the government from their regular
appropriations, particularly on Maintenance and Other
Operating Expenses (MOOE), a cost cutting measure adopted by
the government at the onset of the economic crisis in 1999.

• While OBA has been into business from the time it was put up
as Office of Farm Business Operation (OFBO) in the 80’s and
subsequently Office of Business Operation (OBO) in 1992, it
has not yet reached the point where it had helped the University
in augmenting its funds for the MOOE. Nevertheless knowing
that not much financial support from the government is
forthcoming, OBA continues to expand its business operations
under the umbrella of E & BA.

• The Office, however, has so far demonstrated its ability to
provide employment to 45 workers who are paid a lot higher
than those in similar private businesses like piggeries and
poultry farms. It also partially supports the two other units of E
& BA, namely: the Office of Alumni Affairs (AA) and the
Public Information and Community Relations Office (PICRO).
Likewise, the workers in the Crop Production Project are highly
subsidized by the Office because their main assignment is to
maintain the marginal areas of the University, and to raise
income is only secondary.

• Given this scenario, the Office of Business Affairs is
continuously reinventing itself in order to respond to its
mandate.

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