...AssignMent 2...

What should be the nature of the relationship between the business plan and IS plan? 1000 words

Last time during the reporting of the previous reporters, one of them discussed about the problem regarding information systems strategic planning, one of which is that the business plan must be aligned with the strategic plan. So what is a business plan? There are lots of explanations of what is a business plan means. One of those meaning is that a business plan is a written document that details a proposed or existing venture. It will typically explain the vision, current status, expected needs. From the website wikipedia.com, a business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the organization or team attempting to reach those goals. The business goals being attempted may be for-profit or non-profit. For-profit business plans typically focus on financial goals. Non-profit and government agency business plans tend to focus on service goals, although non-profits may also focus on maximizing profit. Business plans may also target changes in perception and branding by the customer, client, tax-payer, or larger community. A business plan having changes in perception and branding as its primary goals is called a marketing plan. Business plans may be internally or externally focused. Externally focused plans target goals that are important to external stakeholders, particularly financial stakeholders. They typically have detailed information about the organization or team attempting to reach the goals. With for-profit entities, external stakeholders include investors and customers. External stake-holders of non-profits include donors and the clients of the non-profit's services. For government agencies, external stakeholders include tax-payers, higher-level government agencies, and international lending bodies such as the IMF, the World Bank, various economic agencies of the UN, and development banks. Internally focused business plans target intermediate goals required to reach the external goals. They may cover the development of a new product, a new service, a new IT system, a restructuring of finance, the refurbishing of a factory or a restructuring of the organization. An internal business plan is often developed in conjunction with a balanced scorecard or a list of critical success factors. This allows success of the plan to be measured using non-financial measures. Business plans that identify and target internal goals, but provide only general guidance on how they will be met are called strategic plans. Operational plans describe the goals of an internal organization, working group or department. Project plans, sometimes known as project frameworks, describe the goals of a particular project. They may also address the project's place within the organization's larger strategic goals. And if we tend to ask the relationship of the business plan and the strategic plan, let’s now define what a strategic plan is.

Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. Various business analysis techniques can be used in strategic planning, including SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats ) and PEST analysis (Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis) or STEER analysis involving Socio-cultural, Technological, Economic, Ecological, and Regulatory factors. According to other source, strategic plan is a document used by an organization to align its organization and budget structure with organizational priorities, missions, and objectives. It is also a process of comprehensive, integrative program planning that considers, at a minimum, the future of current decisions, overall policy, organizational development, and links to operational plans. And according to the project management club, strategic planning is a basic document for planning of different projects of the programme and their sub-projects. It is based on the content of the Financing Memorandum (FM) and the Monitoring and Evaluation Matrix attached to the Financing Proposal and translates the two documents into detailed operational terms. A satisfactory strategic plan must be realistic and attainable so as to allow managers and entrepreneurs to think strategically and act operationally. During our Management Information Systems 1, we have gone doing business plan on a certain company. The information and other facts of that business plan was been discussed accordingly to the in-charge of the said company. Of course, according to our instructor, we may lift up the company or put it down according to what we have decided to do. As what I have stated above, strategic planning must have the SWOT analysis. In to our preparation and to our research about the company, we have then listed some of the weaknesses and strength of the company. In such way we can decide how to build up a company. Actually, we haven’t give our Information Systems Strategic Plan to the company we have chosen. Not because we might cause those troubles, we are sure that the strategic plan we done are according also to their progress.

From the relative discussion of the difference of the two and the similarity and how helpful one to other, we can now define the relationship of the two. As what Hannah has said to her article, strategic planning is part of the business planning. Strategic planning have three question with connections to the business planning. First is what must be done. Next is from whom can we do it. Followed by the question, how can a business excel. From the third question, it can be defined more likely in a question, "How can we beat or avoid competition?". A business plan also acquire those questions from their first approach to the industrial world. So it simply means that the strategic plan is an alignment of the business plan in which it may be a problem on doing strategic plan of a company as well. Strategic planning requires more understanding because this may result on bringing a company down. But more likely, a strategic planning can be a result from a business plan. So the relationship of the two? Business plan is much with the connection of a strategic plan since they are the helpful tool for the improvement of a business.

What are the two most frequently experienced causes of frustration in IS professionals and users while working on an IS plan?(at least 1000 words)

Strategic planning must be align with the business plan. Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. Various business analysis techniques can be used in strategic planning, including SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats ) and PEST analysis (Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis) or STEER analysis involving Socio-cultural, Technological, Economic, Ecological, and Regulatory factors. According to other source, strategic plan is a document used by an organization to align its organization and budget structure with organizational priorities, missions, and objectives. It is also a process of comprehensive, integrative program planning that considers, at a minimum, the future of current decisions, overall policy, organizational development, and links to operational plans. And according to the project management club, strategic planning is a basic document for planning of different projects of the programme and their sub-projects. It is based on the content of the Financing Memorandum (FM) and the Monitoring and Evaluation Matrix attached to the Financing Proposal and translates the two documents into detailed operational terms. A satisfactory strategic plan must be realistic and attainable so as to allow managers and entrepreneurs to think strategically and act operationally. In align with that, strategic plan must be reliable and suitable for the need of the company.

In doing a strategic plan, it is not really known to everyone that there are frustrations that may trigger. Frustrations in a way that it may cause depression and stress to the professionals and users that are doing it. In doing an Information Strategic plan, it is really a must that the user and the professionals doing it must first determine the company’s background and other facts and information that can help and then again be a useful tool for the planning.

Computing systems this era raises high in a short period of time. Though our country is a 5 year behind than those countries abroad, still using internet is a common tool for someone like in communications. And more likely in a business, it is also a trend of using internet and intranet in their operations since it can help progress their company. Now a day, an even small scale business also acquires using internet and computers for their daily routine. That is because it can help them improve their skills and at the same time it can lessen the work load since using computers doesn’t requires much time. Relatively, why I’m discussing those computer trend marketing in such a way, since that industry now a days is a computer based industry, lot of professionals and users must be aware of using computer in such a way that it is one of the basic tools for doing the planning.

As what I have stated in the first question of this slide, during our Management Information Systems 1, we did a strategic planning in one of the pronounce company in the city today. Not only here in Davao is this company well known, also to the other sites of the city. During our discussions with the group, we have decided to have each an individual task. From that then, we can focus on our topic. But that was one of the problems we have encountered. Misunderstanding. That is one of the frustrations we have. We didn’t know what to do and on the other side we don’t know the topics of our other group. At the end of the compilation, the report of one is not related to the report of the other one, and in vice versa. We then realize our mistake after we have compiled the technical paper. So how can we let ourselves give the technical paper to the company we have if there and else we don’t understand what we did, how much more to them. If such case, we are then called to be the professionals who done lousy approach to the planning for the company we are required to have the plan. Then the user also, such a way that there were the people involved in that strategic plan, are then also approach us lousy for the mistake of some persons. Like what I said above, strategic plan must be reliable so that the company must excel in accordance to era.

Another frustration that may trigger in the planning of this IS plan is the time. Time problem is not only for this kind of situation. Even in our other subjects, we do have difficulty in time management. Stress may occur if we hear the word “deadline”. That can cause cramming that can cause also mistakes. Time management may not be a frustration if and when it was been managed accordingly. But also time management requires more budget than of any other. Since this planning is suitable and a provider for the company, there is also a satisfaction that it can really cost big. Like our technical paper before. By committing mistakes, another big cost is at stake.

That frustrations I have stated is only my point of view. Since I have encountered strategic planning before, I have then encountered such frustration things like that. And that frustration I have encountered might then encountered by those professionals.

...An IT ProfessiOnaL...

The greatest dream I want to achieve is to become an IT professional, someday. And I believe that it’s not only me dreaming of becoming one. But then, seeing me of that dream to come true is really a great achievement. More likely, a big satisfaction to myself.

During my pre-school years, as stated in one of my article in my blog, my ambition in life is becoming a nurse. I really don’t know what comes out from my mind that time. Since I’m still six years old that time, idolizing nurses and doctors are really in demand. I’m fond of watching eat bulaga, a noon time show in GMA-5. One of their segments is the “Little Miss Philippines”. And as the cute little girls would answer the question what would you like to be when you grow up? Mostly would answer of becoming a nurse or a doctor someday. Why? It is because they want to help little kids who are poor and can’t afford to go to the doctor for their check-up when they are sick. Isn’t it touching to hear it from a six year old cute little girl? Well, that maybe was my reason why did I want to become a nurse. Then years after, my ambition became a teacher. My grade 1 teacher taught us very well. In reading comprehensively and writing neatly and correctly. She taught us to spell, to count, to make friends with others, and most of all, to discipline ourselves. Every noon, all of us, me and my teacher, go to sleep together. Then in the afternoon, we play together. I really learned a lot from her. And idolizing her makes up my mind of becoming someone like her in the future. Since then, I learned to love teaching too. I’m fond of teaching my nephews and nieces who are younger than me, mostly, Mathematics and Spelling. Well, during those years, I do have higher grades in math. That was my forte. I don’t know what happened now. My dream of becoming a nurse lives through till my high school years. Though, comparing my grade school teachers and my high school teachers, I’ll prefer the grade school ones. But still, I do have a favorite teacher in high school. She was our 4th year physics teacher. She really does love teaching. And like our professor quoted to us last Monday, she lives to teach. We treated her as our adviser though she was not. It is because, she was the one giving us enthusiasm in teaching and encouraging us to graduate at the end of the year with honors. Unlike our adviser who always feels us down and useless. But unfortunately, she died due to her asthma month before our graduation. She did not witness us receiving our diplomas on which we really do think she will be proud of.


What happened? Why I ended up of becoming an IT student? So easy. Joke. During my 4th year in high school, the technology trend is really in demand. Meaning, becoming one of the future technologist is not one of my ambition. I did not even dream of becoming a scientist, technologist pa? But, studying in USeP is one of my dream on which it did came true. So hearing news and intrigues all around our place, I did try to be one of that lucky enrollee to be enrolled in this course. That was fortunately. When I was still freshmen student, those higher years are always threatening us. They always are telling us that we really do pick a wrong choice. Maybe yes. But now, it’s a big no! Dealing with this course is really a challenge for me. Especially during those years who I thought that quitting is the best way. But for me, quitting makes me a loser. And I don’t want to be called a loser on the path I chose. So what now? 4 years in IC and in USEP was a destiny. Maybe, I was destined to be here. Destined of suffering such sufferings. Joke. Now, as a third year, regular IT student, char, I’m decided to go my way. Pursue this tragic course, at first, is one of the greatest achievement a can have. Since, I suffered a lot from this course, what more can me happy? Of course, to see my parents happy as well. At last, their only daughter would graduate. And can pursue the dreams they want to have after being disappointed on my 2 elder brothers who got married at an early age.

So what’s next? After graduation, work. And what work that can be? Since this is still a dream, and there’s no bad thing about that, why not dream big. And that would be seeing me as an IT professional, who works in a prestigious company. The name would not matter as long as it is well known company. Maybe google or Microsoft. That would do. Hahahahaha. Dream big. Isn’t it? 10 years from now, maybe. And how do I see myself 10 years from now? Since my dream is to become an IT professional, maybe I’m working in my dream company. Since I defined myself worthy of it. Maybe, I have eyeglasses, working on a company with working fee enough or big enough for me and my family. Maybe at this moment, I’m doing my other sidelines, doing programs and research for big companies too. Or maybe, I’m at my house, doing those jobs I haven’t finished in work. Or maybe, I’m at overtime right now doing researches, design, presentation for the report the next day, or doing paper works. In other words, I’ll be working the whole through out. And what are my strategies on achieving those big plans on mine? First, I will strive even more on my studies. In my observation about myself for the past years, I really like planning and dreaming big. Actually, that’s not bad, isn’t it? The only bad thing about that is that I’m not doing anything. Like in my programming subjects, I always admire my regular classmate and my other classmates since they are good in programming. And I keep on telling them that programming is hard. Hard, hard, hard, and nothing to do because it’s hard. And I keep on depending on the teacher’s points of view and hand-outs. That’s what I observed to myself, until now. Then I told myself that they are good because they keep on practicing. I always keep depending on our laboratory class, not even practice it before the lab. Or even after lecture class for that case I will know how the programs run that way. And every time we do have machine problems, more likely, I practice and do it on my own, but if I can’t finished it on my first time, what pops out from my mind is that my other classmates already finished it. I’ll just copy it and change the variable names. Even in written quiz. If I’m not on the mood to study, I just tell myself that I’ll just sit beside to those who study the topic. Just finding it out that I’m not learning. Though, at first I am, but at the end, I’ll end up not even remembering what our lesson before. Like last semester, in our database 3. Though I did something, honestly, I still don’t know the other codes for it. Since that time, I promised to myself that I will study hard, even harder, as long as when my brain can function and how long as it can takes. Then I’ll practice more. I will not depend only on my teacher’s points of view. What I also observed is that I can stay longer in internet doing nothing rather than practicing what I have learned during the lesson. Other thing is that I will have time management. Every year, every semester, I always pass assignments on time. But then, before that, there was no enough sleep then cramming takes place. We always are doing that in our programming subjects. We always are doing that every last minute. And finding ourselves haggard the next day. Though, some of those programming subjects really need to be “puyatan” in tagalog. Then, as what I mentioned above, self reliance. We can’t always trust anybody, or somebody. We can always trust ourselves. And I believe in the saying, let man do his job, and God will do the rest. So if I just trust myself, do my best out of everything and in God’s will, I know I can survive anything. Then, do have confident. I do have self esteem at many times, but when pressure and fear comes my way, I’m becoming a negative thinker. I do have fighting spirit as well, but as what I said, fear really does over takes. Next, have focus. I always have hard time on self focus. Since there are lots of other things that enters our mind. That’s one of my main objective in life right now, “first things first!”.

At what I have written her, one thing is for sure, I’ll better change myself. Change for the best or worst. It depends on if I followed what I have written and planned or I just taken it for granted. I remember the homily of our professor last Monday, we planned to fail. Hope not. It’s just a threat to us that if we just keep on planning and not doing those we planned, maybe our professor was right, we just planned to fail. And remembering what he told us that it is not only me who failed, it is also our parents. And I really don’t want to fail my parents. After failing from my elder brothers, I don’t want to fail them for the last hope they have. Though I know that it would not happen just happen that easily, but at least, I didn’t failed them. And I will keep my promise of not failing them.

Dreaming big is like reaching for a distant star. But who knows, nothing is impossible in this world. Even Apollo 11 reaches the moon, who knows, I can also reach that distant star. Not only for me, but also for my family.

...CryinG mOmentz, Agen...

Hmmmmmm.. Lots of my friends know about all the guys I loved. Charmus.. Well actualy, they also know about a guy who I fell inlove with even if we only lasted for 10 days?? Hmmmm.. Yah.. I know that you will tell me that I'm a not so born stupid or what. Well, that's me. Simply an emotional girl who tends to love easily and will cry for a guy until someone replaces that guy. Joke. Ewan ko. This is the second guy who I cried for months. And to think, 10 days lang kami. Well, ganyan talaga ang life. Hmmm. The first guy I cried like this was my first love. And he died last year. From that day I never believed in first love never dies. Joke again. Well, what made up my mind writing some corny stuffs here bout that guy?? Hmmmmm. Let me think. Its just I saw his picture from the net. Toinks. Picture lang yan ha.. Actually, we have seen each other about 6 months after we broke up. We broke up March 18 of this year. That was the birthday of one of my closest friend. Were in the church at Obrero that time. We are about to witnessed the presentation of our friends also. Hmmmm. During the time he texted goodbye to me, lumabas ako ng simbahan and keep searching for him. Napagkamalan ko pang siya yung guy na malapit lang sa akin. I went back to the church disappointed and without any sounds, I cried. I want to cry everything inside me that time. Char. But really, ang sakit ng heart ko that time. And untiol now feel ko pa talaga. Toinks. Hahahaha. Just joking because really, my tears. Lalabas na talaga luha ko. To think na talagang picture lang yun ha. Nakita ko na. I remember following the statement I have stated above. That was October. We were doing our final project in one of our subjects. Then I decided that I must go home. I went home at 1 am. Then my fellow friends offered na ihatid ako sa may kanto. Then unexpectedly, he was there. With his friends as well. Hmmm. My heart really pumps hard. And feel ko talaga na lalabas na puso ko. Walang biro. Joke. Aw. Then, as I went home, I keep thinking for his face. It changed really. Though unexpected ang pagkikita naming yun, ewan. Parang ang tagal ng oras na andun xa, waiting for a ride home. Wish ko nga that time na hindi na lang siya umuwi. And I really wished that time na mag-usap kami. But that never happened. During the time ng papauwi nako. With a friend na inihatid ako sa bahay, hindi ko napigilan ang umiyak. And that cry was really painful. I guess. Shock talaga friend ko that time. Char. After that, I told myself na baka yun na ang last. Pero bakit until now?? Hahai.. Miss him guro. And I admit to myself na until now I'm still inlove with him. Though, tagal na nun, pero wala pa ring pumapalit. Char uie.

I'm okei na.. Hindi na ako naiiyak. Nakz naman..

...Get DisTracted...

I didn't come to school today. Since we only had one class this afternoon and it will only take 1 hour for it, and I'm not sure if our professor would really meet us. So I decided that I will not go to school and just work with my assignments for tomorrow. But unfortunately, I was been distracted by my colds. I was sneezing all time. And it was kinda of boring day today that's why I dont like surfing the net as well.

By the way, I would like to tell you about my dream last night. Since I didn't come to school, I haven't had time to talk to my friends about the scary dream I had. Yesterday, there was one news about a showbiz personality who died because of "bangungot". Then in my dream, it wasn't me who died. It was my friend. I saw her lying on the coffin. And everyone was crying except me. Then I found out that I was wearing red that night. According to my mom, if you will wear any red dress in a "lamay", it means that you are happy since that someone died. But in reality, if that someone will die, I will definitely cry. Since that someone was been part of my life and she became a bestfriend to me even for a short period of time. And I really dont want to lose her. Who is she?? Well, nevermind. It was just a dream either. And according to old sayings, until now, many of us believe in this that dreams are opposite to reality. And I hope that dream would only be a dream.

Hmmmm. I'd better go back surfing the net. Whether I like it or not.

..."I Live to teAch, I didn't teach tO Live"

A very touching quote given to us by our Professor from his mother who is a teacher. Really didn't know if until now she is. Discussing some facts about the dinosaur’s attitudes of some teachers, he told us that his "paninindigan" in teaching is different. I then admired Sir more. (Sir, wala jud ko nanagtik!). But the verse was not the only thing he preached on us. He also tells us about our planning in the years ahead. Dealing with our future is a basis now. Its not really about strategic planning since it is only a short term goal. We also must deal with our long term goal. During his discussions about vision, I then realized that I do have vision in life. De nga lang kalakihan. Dreaming is believing, sabi nga ng iba. I dream big, I believe big of that dream to come true. Though too much expectation can cause pain. Pero what's the use of the goals diba? Achieving one's dream is by doing his goal or process. Step by step process will do. Yun nga sabi ko sa article ko about my dream diba? Pero sabi nga ni Sir, planning is great deal. What I fear most is when he said that "we plan to fail". Kakatakot diba? Ayoko naman ding i-down parents ko. Ofcourse, kaya nga ako nag-aaral ng todo(char), but honestly, I do study hard because of my dream also to help my family. I won’t plan to fail, instead I will plan to succeed. And I will do everything for it.

Back to the main title. Marami nga naman din akong nakilalang mga teacher’s who teaches to live. Though, some of them believe that it will help them. But to those teachers who believe that teaching is being admired not only a profession is really an admirable one. Mahirap na din kayang makakita ng teachers who loved their profession because they were born to admire it. Many do become, but few are the chosen one. So for Sir's mother, ma'am I really do admire you.

And for my future, our future, planning must takes place. And never plan to fail, plan to succeed!

...pRobLEms in Strategic pLanning...

Problems do really occurs. In strategic planning, as the sharer introduced this morning, he tackles about the that the strategic planning must be aligned with the organizational plan. But there was one question appeared after the sharing. What if the organizational plan was not been prepared? Or the organization plan failed? That would happen at any moment. Next is designing the plan. During our MIS1, it was really difficult to design a plan without knowledge or something information about the plan. This problems really might occur on any organizations. More likely, strategic plan must be on time, well budgeted and time prepared.

For some likely, strategy is definitely a great deal for the improvement of the organization.

...The evOLutiOn of ISSP...

As what I have heard about the sharing just this morning, I have found out that the ISSP started in military during wars. Strategic plan was first introduced to have competitiveness in other military camp. In the midst of 1960's, the era of data processing was introduced. But during that time, standalone computers are the only one can satisfy the era. In the midst of 1970's and 80's management of information systems was introduced. Since information systems is the the combination of hardware, software, and peopleware, the characteristics of this era was then networked. Then during 1990's, the strategic plan was then introduced. Networking uprise during this time.

Strategic planning was first be planned. Strategic planning must be reliable. It must be used to help cater the needs of the business and industry today.

...my drEam...

When I first got into school, that was 14 years ago., my teacher asked me about what do I want to be when I grow up. I don't know what I answered that time but when I scanned my preschool yearbook, I found out that my first dream is to become a nurse someday. But right now, becoming a nurse is not one of my options. I hate blood! In my elementary years, I remembered of becoming a teacher. I like teaching. That is my fortes. I remembered before that I was teaching my grade 1 nephews and nieces when I was still in grade 5. But during my high school time, I changed my mind again.

Studying in USEP is not actually an option, it was already been planned. My mother told me that if I will go to college, USEP would fit in. But ending up as an IT student is big question to me. That was actually during my 1^st and 2^nd year in college. From teaching students their lesson turned out of becoming a programmer, someday. Actually, programming is not my cup of tea, but as time goes by, still its not my cup of tea. Joke. Andito na lang man din ako, why not trying to embrace the course I'm in.

For the past years in USEP and in IC, my future looks dim, but, theres but, now I can see some thin light on some point of the end of the road. Naks. Looking at my self 5 years from now is really a big challenge to me. But that would definitely ending up my vision in Life. And what is it? To become an IT professional, and to become one of the pride of my school. I know that vision is like reaching for the distant star. And whats the use of my goals? I can reach it by step by step process. Being an IT student, for now, I will do my very best to achieve my vision by studying harder, practice programming more, managing time accordingly, having enough rest for the next day's challenge, make sure that there will be less cramming moments, not to depend on someone(if others can do, why can't I), not to depend on teachers lectures only, and most specially, have faith with God's blessings and mercy. I believe that reaching my dream is not that hard to do. According nga sa kasabihan na “nasa tao ang gawa, nasa Diyos ang awa!”. For now, my vision would definitely to graduate this course not more that 5 years. Hope so!

...iTs sKuL tYm...

Yesterday was the first day of our class, but I didn't go to school. It was kind of boring day and feeling ko ala talaga class. And as my instinct says, tama ako. I don't know if I really must write something here because of some cases there's nothing happened to me yesterday. Just dropping by at my blog to say that its school time already.. Jejejeje..

Well, till next dropping by..

...sembReak Or no sEmBreak??...

It was Last Friday when we received our grades from our last subject.. Database Analysis and Design II. Terrifying feelings popped from our minds. I cried the whole evening of Saturday if anything goes wrong the next day. Luckily, I passed our subjects. Though, actually I must fell happy because of the good news, I really feel sad for my classmate. We are just hoping that he will enroll this semester..

Yesterday and today is our enrollment. And it doesn't seem quite shocking that few students enrolled this semester. Always, second semester really freaks out..

So, till next blogging..

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Various Definitions

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

> Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. Human Resource Management can also be performed by line managers.
Human Resource Management is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training.

By: Susan M. Heathfield
http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/f/hr_management.htm

>Administrative activities associated with human resources planning, recruitment, selection, orientation, training, appraisal, motivation, remuneration, etc. HRM aims at developing people through work.

-http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/human-resource-management-HRM.html

>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. Human Resource management is evolving rapidly. Human resource management is both an academic theory and a business practice that addresses the theoretical and practical techniques of managing a workforce.

-http//www.wikipedia.com

>Human resource management is responsible for how people are treated in organizations. It is responsible for bringing people into the organization, helping them perform their work, compensating them for their labors, and solving problems that arise

-Business Encyclopedia- by Cherrington

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

> Administrative discipline of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization. It includes (1) conducting job analyses, (2) planning personnel needs, and recruitment, (3) selecting the right people for the job, (4) orienting and training, (5) determining and managing wages and salaries, (6) providing benefits and incentives, (7) appraising performance, (8) resolving disputes, (9) communicating with all employees at all levels.

-http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/personnel-management.html

> planning, organizing, and administering all activities related to personnel.

-http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Personnel_management

> Within organizations that employ people, this is the function with policy responsibility for the selection and recruitment of staff, training, performance assessment, career development, disciplinary proceedings, pre-retirement advisory work, equal opportunities policies, pay bargaining, and industrial relations. In small organizations these functions may be combined with other management responsibilities; in large organizations a substantial separate department may be involved in setting policy, its implementation, and in keeping up to date with developments in labour law. In recent years the newer alternative term 'human resource management' has come into use, reflecting the increased importance of this function in labour-intensive service-sector industries.

-http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Definition_of_personnel_management

Criticism

As what the definitions defined about the Human Resource Management and Personnel Management, they do have the same thought and common about the two. HRM is more in planning and managing Human resource while the personnel management is about planning and managing personnel. For the definitions, for me there is no big deal or big difference about their definitions.

...infORmatiOn enviROnmEnt...

At first, I thought that we are supposed to identify a information environment team for this assignment. But after asking Sir about the assignment, it made me realize that it was just all about the information systems of a given institution. But actually, reminding about that topic makes takes me long enough to understand.

So remembering the lessons we had in MIS, specifically about IS. Information Systems sometimes refers to a systems of person, data records and activities that process the data and information in an organization, and it includes the organization's manual and automated processes. About MIS, it's merely managing a systems of people. But more likely, it is not natural to manage people, but it is more nice to hear about leadership. The difference between the two is managing, means controlling, handling and directing. If people are being manage, it means that the manager is only controlling them and it's up to the people below level to do the task. Unlike, leadership. It only means that he or she is just the leader for the task being thrown to the group. For this topic, it is better to lead than to manage because we are talking about an information environment which deals to the surrounding.

Information environment might be a company or organization. Now a days, big companies such as DLPC or the Davao Light and Power Corporation involves with information systems. Thus it is a big help for their daily routine which brings the company in great ease. In that case, DLPC or the Davao Light and Power Corporation is one of the member of the information environment. Information as a concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control data, form, instruction, knowledge, meaning, mental stimulus, pattern, perception, and representation. Information is also an any type of pattern that influences the formation or transformation of other patterns. Environment means about a surroundings. It may either be a group of people surrounding you, or a surroundings of a thing. Or in other words, information environment is a surrounding of communication, control data, form, instruction, knowledge, meaning, patterns around a specified company which influences the transformation of the said company. And an information environment simply means that it is an environment for which the people inside the environment can interact with the environment outside their environment.

If I were to choose an Information Environment, I'd rather choose my adopted company in this subject Management Information Systems or MIS. And as I mentioned above, it is the Davao Light and Power Company. Davao Light and Power Company is the third largest privately-owned electric utility in the Philippines. It holds the franchise for distributing electric power to Davao City, the largest city in the world in terms of land area, as well as Panabo City and the municipalities of Carmen, Dujali, and Sto. Tomas in Davao del Norte. Davao Light & Power Company, Inc. (DLPC) was incorporated in 1929 by P.H. Frank, Relatives and Associates. Negotiations for the purchase of DLPC by the Aboitiz Group was seriously undertaken in late 1941 but was subsequently aborted due to the outbreak of World War II. Early in the 1950s, much of Davao City’s economy relied on agriculture and the only major use of electricity was for lighting up houses at night. Hence, DLPC pursued an aggressive marketing and production strategy by opening a Davao agency for Aboitiz & Company whose sole purpose was to sell various electrical equipment in order to introduce electrical usage to the populace. Results were an increase in peak capacity from 1,500 kW in 1952 to 26,500 kW in 1970. Execution of improved methods of production such as the acquisition of bigger engines and heavy fuel translated into savings for its 10,000 plus consumers. In 1963, it was the first utility in the Philippines to use Bunker Fuel on Diesel Engines. The technical expertise of DLPC’s key personnel brought the company to the forefront of the development of mini hydroelectric generating plants. From diesel-fed generating sets in the beginning, the utility switched to more economical heavy fuels. It operated mini hydros but later on hooked up with the Mindanao Grid of the National Power Corporation (NPC) in 1979 making it an exclusive distributor of electricity as it is today. So as said by their profile and history, now, this company serves as the big institution that distributes electric power in our own houses. So as big company as the DLPC, it is more profound that it is an Information environment company.

Davao Light and Power Company Incorporated has its own Information Systems Department on which it is divided into 4 departments. The BSD or the Business Solutions Department, the NID or the Network and Infrastructure Department, the DMD or the Database Management Department, and the EID or the Engineering Information Department. They also included the 911 systems on which the Davao Light and Power Company Incorporated handles, the GIS or the Geographical Information Systems. So if I were given a chance to be a part of this information environment, I would rather be on the Business Solution Department or the BSD. For that in case I will perform much appropriate jobs and works for the company. Business Solutions Department or the BSD provides solutions to the problems that are being given by the clients. They provide the sufficient solution to that said problem in order for the client to be satisfied. So able to provide help for the department or the company, my role for this environment is to become a researcher and a programmer as well. Business Solutions Department or the BSD members are mostly programmers and researchers as well. But they are only limited on searching to the problems stated, meaning if I were be able to become the researcher of the department, I'd rather be an outfield researcher. Outfield researcher takes the place of like an survey people. They interacts with the surrounding and get some information on behalf of the problems they have encountered. More likely, it is easier for the department to solve the problems. Relatively, BSD does not only provides solutions for their client but also for the company as well. But for me, members of the said department can handle the problem within the company. Since they are really interacting the problems inside. Me, I want to handle the problems of the client in order for the said company to be more reliable.

The principle of Information Organization and its representation includes the communities, user orientation, and standardization and networking devices. In the communities, there are also principles that must be cater. First is the knowledge needs to be organized for communities. It simply means that
the one who is involved in the organization must first cater the needs of the community. So in my role, the first principle deals with what I want to contribute to the company. That it the people or the client of the organization must be taken of first. Next principle about the community is in designing tools to support the organization of knowledge, guiding principle must be that of user orientation and predominant usage. So meaning that the organization must first create a user friendly environment for their clients. They must create tools or design appropriate things in order for the organization's knowledge may be supported accordingly. And last standard is that the standardization and networking provide infrastructures, which facilitate effective and efficient access to information and documents that can be a help for the client as well. So the next principle in information organization is the user- orientation. In user-orientation, it is somewhat training for the user, either a part of the organization or the client of the organization. Meaning, being a researcher as my role for the organization, I'm required to be oriented properly so that if it is my turn to interact with people, I can orient them in the way that I was being oriented or more likely I can orient them more in the way I was oriented. For that the people I'm interacting with can understand the what will I'm about to do. And the last principle of the information organization is the standardization and networking. It simply means that the organization must be standardize in order for the organization to work properly. In terms of networking, it must be done regularly to solve the issues that being thrown by the clients. In more prominent words, these principles is a great help for me as a researcher as my role to the company. I must first think about what would it the client's reaction and formulate a solution for the clients problem. Then, the user must be properly accommodated so that there are no unlike words for your performance. And lastly, the organization must be working hand-in-hand for the solution. In other words, being part of the organization, its my obligation to work handily with the people around me so that I can perform a better performance for the organization and to satisfy the client's needs.

To perform my role in this information environment, it is not impossible for me to encounter problems and trials. I may face some challenges for it. Challenge is an invitation to engage in a fight or a duel. More likely, I may be into a fight for this role I'm in. In facing problems or challenges does makes the person stronger and makes the person aims to win the fight. Being an outside researcher, one challenge that I will face is how to interact with the people I'm in. It's kinda scary for me to ask questions or even to mingle with those people who throws situations for the organization. It is also a challenge for me to let them listen to what will be the probable answers to the problem. One thing also, as a researcher, it is also a challenge for me to answers the problems. More likely, its a mind game for that case. Joke. So its a mind trick challenge also on how to solve and address the problems. For the first challenge I will face, one thing to solve the problem is to let the public know my purpose for asking some questions with them. One attitude that I must possessed is patience. It is proper for a person who asks questions to be patient because not everyone you are talking is as approachable as the one you talked first. The person who is doing the job is prefer not to answer back the person he or she is about to asked. So for the another challenge or extra challenge, I may able to talk to their leader or higher positioned official for me to be listened. In that case, it is not a problem for me anymore because for sure the crowd will listen to their official or officials. So in that case, I will be able to explain to them and orient them for my purpose of coming to their barrio or barangay. One appropriate words for them to give is that I wont give promises that I know I'm not sure of becoming true. So it is just possible for me to just say the facts for them to know. So for the final challenge, it is possible for me to just focus on the topic I'm in. That I will use not only one reference and talk not only to those involve but also to those who are satisfied with some good actions to that problems.

Within this information environment I'm in, its more likely appropriate to not only think for the organization's progress. Cause the organization is in progress if the consumer or the clients are satisfied by the work. And the information systems environment as well is not being surrounded by the information systems only, but also it is being surrounded by people to do the works with the help of the information systems.

...abOut HRM...

Me and my group interviewed our adopted HR manager in our adopted company. He discussed about the nature of human resource management. He said that the human resource management is concerned with all the all the decisions, strategies, factors, principles, operations, practices, functions, activities and methods related to the management of people as employees in any type of organization, all the dimensions related to people in their employment relationships, and all the dynamics that flow from it , all aimed at adding value to the delivery of goods and services, as well as to the quality of work life for employees, and hence helping to ensure continuous organizational success in transformative environments. He also discussed about the scope and role of human resource management. He said that the scope of human resource management include the transformation and development issues, tentative generic skills required in performing HRM roles, as well as the roe of human resource management practitioner. He also tackled about the transformation and development issues. The issues behind it are the ff:

-Knowledge management which entails accumulating & capturing
-Knowledge in large organisations for future application & use (organisation memory)
-Reconciliation management
-Work creation as opposed to job creation
-Manage the transfer of HRM functions and skills to line management
-Marketing of HRM to line management
-Development of contextual approaches to HRM
-Multi-skilling and /or multi-tasking
-Increased societal responsibility
-Managing people in virtual work environments
-Focus on deliverables rather than doables
-Develop additional means of assessing HRM
-Appreciation and assessment of intellectual capital
-Take HRM from a business partner to a business itself / Managing HRM as a business unit
-Adviser / consultant to line management

He also discussed about the roles of human resource management are group into four with their subtopics. First is PLANNING AND ORGANISING FOR WORK, PEOPLE AND HRM with sub-work of Strategic perspective, Organisation design, Change management, Corporate Wellness management. Next is the PEOPLE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT. This includes Staffing the organization, Training & development, Career Management, Performance Management, and Industrial relations. Followed by ADMINISTRATION OF POLICIES , PROGRAMMES & PRACTICES which includes Compensation management, Information management, Administrative management, and Financial management

As what I observed in what he is doing, I can say that everything he said is true and I agree with it. During our visit before, we encountered observing him doing some interviews and making questionnaire for the examination for the applicants. Being an HR manager, he/she must be affective for managing human resource. He/she is obliged to do his work properly for human resource or the people inside his company. And according to him also, he haven't gone any problems with the management of the organization since they were able to build the same principles about HRM.

...InsOurce or OutsOurcE??...

To make life more easier, universities all over uses systems for the high quality performance, effectiveness, less effort and time affordable for doing their jobs. Relatively, they do have their freedom to choose between insourcing or outsourcing. So whats the difference between the two. From the word "in", insourcing means the systems or application they're using all throughout the university is done inside the campus, or the person involved in it is part of the university he/she is working. Outsourcing on the other hand is contradict to the mentioned above. Outsourcing means that the systems is made outside by the different person. Or the resources is outside.

If I will be given the chance to advice or to take some comments on which of the two I prefer for the university to use, I will pick insourcing. There are lots of advantage if the system is made by the people inside the university he/she is working. But more likely, there are still advantages when outsourcing takes place. So the reasons why I rather choose insourcing than outsourcing? First, for me its more less costly than outsource. Looking for other resources for doing the systems inside the university can expense more than giving the idea to the programmers inside. Next, its less hustle. When the university wants to have outsourcing, they will look for the person/people to do the systems. It's a time consuming and more expensive routine. Rather than searching for an unknown well-being programmers, why not talked to the best programmers inside the university. Next, the system can be easily developed. Since the programmers is located inside, it is easily for that programmer to look for a new resource for the systems he/she made. He/she can observed what the university's needs. And other factors, he/she can suggest new things for the best of the systems he/she made. Important advantage is the security. The university's pride and other confidential issues are at risk if the university chooses outsource. If the university deals insource, the loyalty is a basis. Big universities and well-known universities must not take that risk. Maybe, just maybe, freak programmers might hacked the university's systems and drown all the data. But it was just a wide imagination. Finally, the university is giving chances to the programmers inside their institution and at the same time they're giving the programmers the chance to improved themselves.

Like what Karren said, outsourcing takes place to those big companies for the improvement of their institution. But in our case, we do have the best programmers in town. And why take the risks, why look for other of we already have the best.

...whAt a CompAny visit...

Just this afternoon, an unexpected event happened to us(me, Kate, Hannah, Regina, Melgar, and Jalil). Our purpose at Land Co. is to visit the adopted companies of Jalil & Company for their MIS(LDS Company) and HRM(CallBox). While waiting for about 30 minutes or more for the elevator, CALLBOX HR Manager just came out suddenly inviting us to apply at their company. We did our best to say "no", but she keeps on pushing us to enter the room. And for the subject HRM, we had no choice but to agree. We just fill up some of the questions in the questionnaire. All about our background, profile, and about some technical supports. After that, what's next? Maybe an interview portion. Hahahaha. Everybody on that company really speaks English very, very well. Compare to us(nosebleed!), especially ma'am Glotchie and ma'am Andy. We really though that it was the end of our career.(melon).

That experience was really fun. Actually, I tried seeking for a job, gone an interview, and got hired. But this scenario was really a big different. During those interview, I never tried to speak English that much, but this time, I really had a nosebleed. And their accent was really awesome, unlike ours. Again, we really thought that it was the end, just still lucky, they didn't forced us to continue. We left the office smiling with cotton inside our nose.(Exaggerate!)

That was only the beginning of facing the real world. Until next episode!(melon!!)

...PainfUL tRUth...

Do i really have to post this in my blog?

Just a while ago, I saw an old friend telling me something that I never wanted to hear. Actually, I did expect that something like this would happened. I told myself to prepare and at the same time realizing that theres no pain that I will feel. But something weird feeling I felt. I was hurt. God knows how much pain I felt. But a simple question just appeared to my mind, "Bakit ako nasaktan?". Naging emo na ako for this guy before, why did he returned in unexpected time. I still don't know how to let him go. I still don't know how to forget everything in him. I still do love him.

Knowing that he loves someone else breaks my heart and tore it apart(melon). But really, I want to cry but I think that theres no still reason for me to cry. He's just a guy. A guy who leaves me without me knowing why.

How can I stop the pain from flowing? How can I let go of this feeling?

...ICEAN Fest...

I really dont know if I can call it as a festival or an org. day. Actually, I really expect that something like what happend 2days ago and yesterday would really happen. It's some sort of boring and some sort of unprepared org day, awts,. festival pala.(Sorry sa mga organizers ng show, thats what I really observed)

Last friday, the 2008 ICEAN Festival started with a blast(joke). As expected, para lang kaming nag-P.E..What I really loved that day is when I won the HEP2x-HORRAY game. That was the first special game that day. And ako pa talaga ang nanalo..


Hindi ko talaga alam kung what happened that 2days of agony. Joke. May mga events naman din na enjoy. Such as the jingle making contest. We won first place that time. Next, ang mga sports. I love the volleyball game between the Blue Oracle and the Black Firebird. Nice siya kasi super exciting ng game. And I was the coach, ofcourse. Lagi ko na lang pinapagalitan si Jaymar. I was just trying to help, and volleyball is my game.


And what I really cant forget is the darts game of my fellow BRATZ friends. They won the gold medal on Darts Double Women Division. Namely, Kate and Hannah. Me and Lady are just there Cheerleaders. Enjoy naman siya. Si Mark na walang malay naman talaga is absolutely fun those days. Hahai.


Hindi ko na maremember lahat ng nangyari. What I remembered is after the opening ceremony it rained and on the last night it also rained. Just simply means na wet ang aming show. Special thanks to Mike nad Jaylo for being the MCEE on the last night.


I hope that next year, andito pa naman talaga kami sa USEP, sana maiba naman ang festival. Hope so.

...please understand...

Have you tried opening the blog of my fellow classmate which I mentioned in the poem about the Killerers?? Have you observed that the entries in their blog(apil nako) do have the same topics?? That simply means, mga selosa kaayo akong mga friends.. apil nako didto actually..Jejejeje..

Those same topics and entries in blog started because of the poem. After that, every article must be connected with one another. Example, about the poem, each blog site have there own poems. And if ala kang poem, loser ka.. Dapat ganun..

Now, observed again about the entries. Pareho lang ang mga topic diba??

...hmmmm...

I fell in love to a guy,
without any reasons why,
all of a sudden, it just happened,
without knowing when it'll end.

I'm not expecting on anything,
but I know there will be something,
for this feeling I have inside,
it will hurt me in time.

Though I tried to let go,
of the feelings that always on flow,
coz I know deep inside of me,
it's impossible of him to love me.

I did surrender a thousand times,
and telling myself all the lies,
that I never tried loving him,
and I already forgotten the feelings.

But one day, without me waiting,
he approaches me smiling,
and uttered the words I long to hear,
and with those words, I fall a tear.

At first, I thought I was only dreaming,
and i just trying to believe in,
after all my dream came true,
that there will be me and you.

...tuLa agEn...

Ang pagkakaibigang ito ay kakaiba,
sa isang laro lang nag-umpisa,
pampalipas oras lang sana,
para ang pagkabagot ay mawala.

Tayo'y mag-umpisa sa nagpasimuna,
matangkad at may pagka morena,
pero sa katarayan nito, maghinay-hinay ka,
dahil baka matunaw ka lang sa hiya.

Sumunod itong si papansin,
dapat ang lahat sa kanya ay nakatingin,
lahat ng babaeng kaibigan ay may katawagan,
pero may balita, may anak siyang inaalagaan?

Humanda sa matang nanlilisik,
kahit ang sukat nitoy maliit,
minsan maingay, minsan tahimik,
pero kahit payat, mga chix ay naaakit!

Ang pag-iling sa kanya ay di uso,
minsan nasasabihang, “badeng ako!”,
takot sa babaeng mainitin ang ulo,
pero sa iba pa rin nahulog ang puso!

Ako'y nabigla sa kanyang pagababago,
mas dumaldal at naging palabiro,
kahit siya sa grupo ang pinakamatanda,
patuloy pa rin nangunguna sa pag-iisip bata!

Di nako nagtaka sa kanyang pagkamasayahin,
laging nakangiti at kahit galit cute pa rin,
sa chismis ay laging nauuna,
at sa amin niya ibinabalita.

Biglang sumulpot ang di inaasahan,
ang aming bagong kaibigan,
mahilig sumayaw at magpatawa,
pero siya lang naman ang tumatawa.

Eto ang orihinal na bagong barkada,
pero teka may humahabol pa
tinaguriang Suma Cum Laude,
at sa biruan, di siya pahuhuli.

Diba nakakatuwa, biglang dumami ang tropa,
mga laro namiy paiba-iba, kahit maestro namiy nadamay pa,
pero wala pa ring tatalo sa unang laro,
kung saan nagsimula at kinuha ang pangalan ng grupo.

Kahit kami'y 4^th year na,
lagi pa ring nag-iisip bata,
at kahit siguroy ako'y tumanda na,
ang aming laro, lagi ko pa ring maaalala!

Whew, the newest group in town. We call ourselves "The Killerers".