The study investigated if faculty absenteeism is influenced by the extent of policy implementation on attendance monitoring, reporting, and usage of records. Through the use of Focus Group Discussion, it also determined the issues and prospects surrounding the policy and its implementation, in an attempt to generate inputs for upgrading the attendance policies and procedures in a technological university operating in Quezon City and Manila City in the Philippines. Respondents of the study were comprised of faculty members, attendance checkers, academic heads, and Human Resource Department staff of the said institution. The results revealed that faculty absenteeism is not influenced by the extent of implementing the policy on attendance monitoring, reporting and usage of record. The study also discovered some policy issues such as uncommitted attendance checkers, improper and inconsistent attendance remarks, lenient implementation of the attendance monitoring policy, and lack of coordination among concerned departments.

Abstract:The research delved on determining the relationship between internal control system efficiency and operational sustainability of selected savings and credit cooperatives in CAMANAVA Area, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. The descriptive research method was utilized employing both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Survey questionnaires, in-depth personal interview, and focused group discussions (FGDs) were used to gather relevant data from selected employees/staff, committee members and executive officers of the subject savings and credit cooperatives. Quantitative data were statistically processed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Pearson Correlation Coefficient (Pearson's r). Qualitative data were coded, patterns and relationships analyzed, and findings summarized into themes. The result of the study revealed that the internal control system of savings and credit cooperatives specifically in terms of the control environment, risk assessment, information and communication, control activities, and monitoring have a strong relationship with the cooperatives' operational sustainability, particularly in political, economic, social, technological, and legal aspects. The study further revealed that the cooperatives face certain problems in the areas of employee recruitment and selection, innovation, credit investigation, and complaints handling.