Third Journal

After a long vacation, finally, these past few days we were already started our major paper. It was given by our teacher a head of time but we didn’t able to start it immediately because we had no idea on how we would start it. All I can say that it is one of the most complicated projects that I ever encountered. It’s our first time to make a Gantt chart and it’s really hustle. We took long time on making the Gantt chart because we were stuck on deciding how we were going to accomplish this major paper on limited time. Last day we had able to past it and we hope that there will be no problem about it.

The deadline of our major paper is fast approaching and we hope that we able to past it on time. Next week we had our first schedule of visiting our adopted company to ask their permission again to conduct a study about their company. We had listed some possible questions that we would tackle during the interview. Then the following days to come will be the most tiring time because the paper works and exams will come simultaneously. This is it, this is really it. So help me God. To my group mates "AJA!" (Si God na bahala.) Go! Go! We will make it.

My Second Journal

Experience is the Best Teacher

My unforgettable and adventurous experience in this subject begins when we start searching our adopted company. To look for an adopted company was not easy. You must have a high patience and determination to have it. I can’t imagine that we almost stroll the whole downtown area to seek a certain company for our report.

During that time, we’re a pachyderm (makapal ang mukha) for the sake of having a company. We have visited such establishments like; Panasonic, Emcor, Gaisano Mall, Victoria Plaza, Gaisano South Mall, and etc. The first thing that we asked to the company that we visited was if they allowed students to conduct a study and interview about their company. We provide a letter to our suspected company; those companies are Emcor, Six Eleven Global Teleservices and the City Government of Davao. Before we’ve finally found our adopted company we were rejected many times but those rejections give us more determination.

Every time we were disregarded, we felt that we were similar to those applicants that had been rejected to the job they were applying. Even though we’re very tired, spend a lot of money for our fare and our toes start to have callus, we still enjoyed because of some funny moments. One of those was when everyone thought that one of my peers was blind because we were guiding her while walking and people were amazed of what they’ve seen, that a blind person was keep on texting. (Hehehe, we were so stupid that time). There were funny moments that we experienced that until now I really laugh every time I remember those time.

After long search we finally found our first adopted company it was the Six Eleven Global Teleservices. They allowed us to conduct an interview about their company. They we’re so kind and hospitable to us. (Nosebleed nga lang kami doon sobra, speaking dollar sila tanan,hehehe..) Every corner there is a sign saying "Speaking English Zone". They entertained us very well and they answered some of our questions. In fact they invited us to take the free English training to enhance more our English grammar and fluency but we didn’t able to attend the training because of the hectic schedule that we had. The information that we had with them was not enough so we decided to conduct another interview to other company.

Our second adopted company was City Government of Davao. The HR Director of City Gov’t was Mrs. Laperacion Daplin, she is so nice to us. She received our letter right away. Then the following week we conduct an interview with one of their IT specialist it was Sir. Bobet Nacilla. He discussed everything about the flow of the HRIS in their company. He also shared to us his own knowledge about it and gave us some tips. After we interviewed him we had pictorials for our presentation, then we approach Ma’am Daplin and also take some picture with her. When we had already those information that we need we immediately made our reports and presented it during our schedule time.

Those things that happened from the beginning until the time we already presented our report were so memorable to me. Before we end our class I’m one of those who share the experiences and learning’s that I have learned in HRM. I have learned many things from those experiences and I’m so happy and thankful for it.

My Journal

The HRM subject is really unusual to my other subject that I had take up ever. Why I said so? It’s because in this subject you already introduced to the real world. It doesn’t only focus on books and school affair. In fact, in this subject we often met our teacher personally we’d just met and take our assignment on the forum. We made also our own blog to post our assignment and journal like what had you read right now.

In this subject there are some advantages and disadvantages. Well, the advantage is we usually have no class. We had a free time generally but there are assignments that we should accomplish. This is my only subject that we don’t have quizzes and exams. Nice to hear right? But in the end it’s the most tiring subject because in the end of the semester we must accomplish our major paper. Our grades will depend on the major paper that we had pass on our teacher. In other words, we must do it well and give effort and time. God bless us all. I hope sir you will appreciate our efforts. Thanks in advance sir. Hehe..

Reaction about the SONA of PGMA

State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the 2nd Regular Session of the 14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines

Three areas from the SONA of our President related to Human Resource Management:

” Noong SONA ng 2001, naglunsad tayo sa NCR ng patrabaho para sa 20,000 na out of school youth, na tinawag OYSTER. Ngayon, mahigit 20,000 ang ineempleyo ng OYSTER sa buong bansa. In disaster-stricken areas, we have a cash-for-work program”.

"Mula sa buwang ito, wala nang income tax ang sumusweldo ng P200,000 o mas mababa sa isang taon – P12 billion na bawas-buwis para sa maralita at middle class."


"Bukod sa libreng edukasyon sa elementarya at high school, nadoble ang pondo para sa mga college scholarships, while private high school scholarship funds from the government have quadrupled.
I have started reforming and clustering the programs of the DepEd, CHED and TESDA."

These areas related to Human Resource Management mentioned by our President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during her SONA would truly help us if she accomplished all of this. On the first area that stated above it is nice to hear that many of the out of school youth have given a chance to have a work. While the next area I hope that it would really happen because it is gigantic assist to those that belong to the middle class and maralita. The last area was all about the education, I expect that PGMA will continue to what she was started, and I hope she will give more attention, benefits and funds to the DepEd and so forth.

Assign #6: Human Being

"Human beings are the most important, potent and critical, resource of any organization, and yet the least understood and the worst managed of its resources"

I agree on the statement above that human being is the most important potent and critical resource of any organization because human is the greatest creation of God. He gives us knowledge to create any kind of things that we want. Above all of the creations human beings are chosen by our Almighty to take care of the resources and to manage it.

Relating to the company, we human is the most important resources because we can handle, build up, improve and yet can destroy the company. Human can make the organization or company became successful. Without human there will be no company that will exist nor no company will stand out without. The success of a certain company will depend on the workers around it.

However, we human are the least understood and the worst managed of its resource. They are several companies that their employees are taken for granted nor they don’t give value with their employees. Many cases that employees are being abuse and degrade their rights us individual. There are also other companies that are more interested and concerned with their machineries rather than their employees.

Human being plays as the most important resources among others resources. It should be the first and main priority of any organization. I hope that all the leaders of any organization or company will recognized the importance of their employees before it’s too late.

Assign: #5.. HRM included in BSIT curriculum

Why do you think Human Resource Management is included in BSCS/BSIT curriculum

According to the web, Human Resource Management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business. The terms "human resource management" and "human resources" (HR) have largely replaced the term "personnel management" as a description of the processes involved in managing people in organizations.
For me, Human Resource Management is included in BSCS/BSIT curriculum because through this subject we will be able to recognize the importance of human resource in every company. As we all know human resource is dealing with other people and as mention above it is the most valued assets of company. Moreover, it helps us to gain more knowledge on what are the functions or roles of human resource on a particular company and what will be our role. benefits and responsibilities as employee to such company someday.
Probably, few years from now if we are in the working environment it will not be very difficult for us to face the problems that we will encountering and how are we going to solve it.

Assign #4.. 21st Century Corporation

The 21st Century Corporation

The 21st century Corporation is said to be the great transformation and management by web. It is a great transformation because we cannot deny that now a day each one of us is using the technology such as cell phones and internet. Because of the technology specifically Internet the corporation is undergoing a major transformation.

Many will be involved of the great transformation like the employees, they will increasingly feel the pressure to get breakthrough ideas to market first. The company will call on talent and resources--especially intellectual capital just as to sell its goods and services around the globe. The great 21st century leaders, however, isn't just about intellectual application of the latest software it’s about culture and mind set. The 21st century companies will recognize that the real power of technology is not just the ability to make a business more efficient but also its potential to spark transformative change. Much of that change will involve the company's relationship with its customers.

To sum up, I believe that few years from now we are all the beneficiaries of the technology and probably some of the companies will not survive without technology. To other people will they like it or not they must accept that in the near future technology will be rule.