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Last Thursday, June 19, 2008, We had an interview with the manager of KICARCO PHILIPPINES at Starbucks near Araneta. The manager was Mr. Jun Lacson (any relation with Senator Ping?) Jun Lacson is the operational and tactical manager of KICARCO PHILIPPINES. Before the interview, i was worried and nervous because i never interviewed anyone until now. I was the one assigned to do the talking and questioning while my other group mates do the back up and writing (THANKS A LOT!) First of all, i introduced myself (Hi! I'm Kenneth) and thanked him for the time. I asked him the simple questions like what does an operational manager do and what are the differences of an operation and tactical manager. He said that an Operational manager plans and organizes the things that the employees would do. And basically, the differences of an Operation and Tactical is that an Operational plans the day to day activity while the Tactical plans the long term management of the enterprise. He also stated that an Operation Manager is like a parent of a family. He is the one who organize the employees and their budget. Just like a father of the family who organizes the family and supports their financial capabilities. Even though a person with a job of his caliber gets payed a huge amount of money, he said that it is hard because of the bigger pressure and responsibility given to him. It really makes sense because the higher you go in the job pyramid, the bigger the pressure given in to you. At the end of the 20 minute interview, we got to learn some new things about being a manager. Maybe someday I'll be one myself. But until then, I'm just a simple manager of this blog.