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.”

In my own perceptions, we, as a human being have a highly developed brain, capable of abstract reasoning, language and emotion. It means we are gifted on knowledge, talents and skills to do everything. And we are created by God for the purpose of our very important role which is to manage and take care of everything that he also created here on earth. In short, we are born to be as a manager… that’s why we are the very important species among all.

In like manner, the same as to any organizations, we as a human are important and potent because we are one of a kind. We are the only one who has the power to build, manipulate, and develop anything or everything especially in the company in terms of its success and failures and especially on any technologies that we have. We are critical especially on the hiring and firing process. And of course, we are resource of any organization because of our quick-wittedness in mastering a difficult situation.

On the other hand, we as human being are also define as least understood and worst manage because of our uniqueness as an individuals and differences especially in skills, personalities, beliefs and characteristics that we must tend to consider, understand, sympathize or appreciate in order for us to have a good communications and good relationships with other people, our constituents, colleagues or co-workers. But in some instances, because of those differences, others may not understand it. Because they have a hard time to adjust with it and as well as, they come to the point that they use to discriminate and treat other people not so well or unfairly. And it is not only usually seen on the employees but also onto the customers.

In this highly competitive world of today, the one thing that separates the great companies from the mediocre ones is customer satisfaction and loyalty. However, customer satisfaction isn't always about pleasing the customers. Sometimes, it's about pleasing the people you put on the front line - your employees. The employees are the day-to-day representatives of any firm, and if they do not share the goals and visions of the company they work for, it shows to the customers.

It's a simple corporate philosophy to follow - if you treat your workers well, your workers will feel better about their company and will represent the company favorably, which eventually leads to the customers being treated better.

So therefore, workers who are treated nicely will respond to their company's attitudes by treating their customers well. Hence, in return, the company will have the loyalty and satisfaction of the very customers they were trying to attract in the first place.

Why HRM included in BSIT/BSCS curriculum?

Human Resource Management is a management strategy emphasizing the individual employee as against collective relations between management and labor. It's aim is to promote cooperative relations between management and employees and to avoid the often adversarial behavior associated with industrial relations. Where HRM is successful, the employees will be committed to the long-term future of their organization and this ,in turn, will help the organization adapt to competitive pressures.

For me, HRM is included in the curriculum of BSIT/BSCS, it's because for us to know what it is all about and all the things that they do in human resource. Because I know someday we will gonna work with it even though they said that mostly of its employees are should be a psychologists or an accountants. But we are all know that today's any corporate world human resource now enjoys on the more effective and efficient new technologies that are now introduced on a regular basis of HR to make things simpler and more modernized. And this is the (HRIS) Human Resource Information System that's why we as an IT professionals are now excel in HR because we are the one will work on with that, esp. in terms of the applications in software like data base system.

By the way, Human Resource Information System is an integrated system that designed to help provide information used in HR decision making such as administration, payroll, recruiting, training and performance analysis.

On the other hand, as what Sir Gamboa said, we as an IT professionals are the endangered but the rare professionals. It's peculiar but it's true and amazing instead.hehe...! .... We are the one can make the company more develop in streamlining of the business process that's why we have the important role in HR.

I just hope someday I will be a part of it and work with the successful company...
It's not bad to dream big, so Dream Big Kapamilya! hehe.....

The 21st Century Corporations

21st Century has already started since Jan. 1, 2001 and will end up till Dec. 31, 2100. So it means we are now already in the 21st century... And as I have observed, our country is keep on modernizing, I mean more and more high-technologies are keep on booming..And we are not already naive about it, and of course,as you will realize,it is already part of our lifestyle like the cell phones and computers particularly via internet that we used to it.



I know there are some people especially the old ones who didn't like it and saying that it is not good (hehe peace...!) but the thing is, we are now already in modernization time so we must use it coz I know we need it for this time and as well as in the future.



Furthermore, if we talk about the corporations in the 21st century, since we are now already part of it, I think the corporations now are really more competitive in the sense of because they are now about clever in application of the latest software and have learned to manage an elaborate network of external relationships. They use of management via the web, constructed on technological advantages, organized around networks, built on shifting partnerships and alliances and they are being part of globalization as well.



By the way, I will just point out the importance/use of internet or any technologies on any of the corporations:



* The net can have the ability to everyone to access a mind-boggling array of information
from anywhere even in the lowliest or highest position.

* Ideas can be zapped around the globe in just a blink of an eye.

* Leading-edge technology will enable workers on the bottom rungs of the organization to seize opportunity as it arises.

* Emerging technologies will allow employees and freelancers anywhere in the world
to converse in numerous languages online without the need for a translator.

* By using information via internet to manage themselves and better serve their customer,
companies will be able to do things cheaper, faster aid with far less waste.

* Every outpost will be seamlessly connected by the net so far-flung employees and freelancers
can work together in real time.



On the other hand, I know and I believe that in the near future there's many more newly invented technologies will arise because of the very intelligent and broad minded that people are, but I just hope in the end, people will not be as robot as it is that there's no feelings at all and they will not forget about GOD because he is really the means of all.

reference: http://www.businessweek.com/common_frames/ma_0035.htm?/2000/00_35/b3696011.htm

HR Downsizing

DOWNSIZING

*A downsizing strategy reduces the scale (size) and scope of a business to improve its financial performance.
*A reduction of the workforce is one of only several possible ways of improving profitability or reducing costs.

Call it layoffs, downsizing, early retirement or "corporate rightsizing." It's no secret that pressures to improve profit levels have turned massive workforce reductions into a way of life for many companies. But with this recent trend has come concern and a demand for higher levels of assistance to discharged workers. Companies have explored many different downsizing options, but one pharmaceutical firm has unique solution to this often difficult situation that should be of interest to HR professionals caught in the corporate rightsizing struggle.*

And this company is the Warner-Lambert in which in 2000, Warner-Lambert merged with Pfizer, bringing together two of the fastest-growing companies in the pharmaceutical industry and adding to Pfizer's global strengths and rich heritage. Pfizer Incorporated is a major pharmaceutical company, which ranks number one in the world in sales. With Warner-Lambert, Pfizer gained product lines ranging from Parke-Davis branded pharmaceuticals to Listerine mouthwash to Schick and Wilkinson Sword wet-shave products.

*** Last year, as part of a worldwide restructuring effort, Warner Lambert's New Jersey corporate headquarters eliminated several secretarial and administrative assistant positions. The result was displaced employees whose skills were in high demand elsewhere throughout the immediate geographical area. Rather than losing these valuable workers to competitors or outside placement agencies, Warner-Lambert developed a program that meets the economic needs of both the organization and the displaced employees.

When the downsizing effort began in December 1991, the company established an in-house Temporary Secretarial Department (TSD). Similar to a temporary employment agency, secretaries and administrative assistants who had met acceptable performance standards registered with the TSD by filling out forms listing their various skills. As departmental managers had temporary job openings due to sickness or vacation leaves, they were required to fill the opening through the TSD. Management could only use an outside agency if an in-house temp was unavailable.

"It's really worked out well for everyone concerned," says Mary Gebhard, Corporate Human Resource Representative and head of the TSD at Warner-Lambert. "I match the appropriate person to each opening as it comes up, depending on the skills that are needed, We charge back each department using a temp at a much less expensive rate than they would get from an outside agency, which tacks on a service charge. And our colleagues are happy, since they are employed at the same salary that they were getting before the downsizing began, including full benefits."

Because of the TSD, displaced workers have been able to retain their income and receive training to learn a new skill or to enhance an old one, while still pursuing permanent employment either within the company or outside of it. Employees not out on temporary assignment are kept busy by a constant flow of word processing work.

"We've also offered all colleagues in the Temporary Secretarial Department an opportunity to bid on any full time job openings within the company as they are posted," explains Gebhard. "And if they would like to retrain or learn a new word processing package in order to make themselves more marketable, they have the opportunity to do that as well."

But Gebhard is quick to point out the psychological toll of the downsizing. "At first, the impression among some of the temps was that some people within the company may not give them a fair shot at a permanent opening here. But after a while, they realized that we were serious and we really valued their work."

To help counter any trauma caused by the downsizing, Warner Lambert set up an Employee Assistance Program support group for the displaced workers. "It's really helped them knowing that they could go and talk with others who were in the same position," says Gebhard. "The company also set up a secretarial savvy course that covered skills like networking and resume writing."

Over 50 employees have been in the TSD and to date only 14 remain, says Gebhard. All the others who sought a full time job within the corporation have been placed. Originally scheduled to end June 30, the program has been such a success that it was extended through the summer to give workers an extra three months to find an opportunity.

"It's really been a wonderful answer to what could have been a very sticky problem for our corporation," says Gebhard.


Reference:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3495/is_n9_v37/ai_13590989/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer

Online Jobs

5 ONLINE JOBS SERVICES:

ONLINE GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEB DESIGNER
* Must be knowledgeable in print/web based designs and layouts and have deep knowledge in CSS,HTML, have ability to do logos, website layouts, designs, and pre-press.

ONLINE PROGRAMMER (Visual Fox Pro, Visual Basic, SQL)
* Prepares functional requirements, technical design and program specifications based on users' reequirements and approved standard procedures.
* Codes, edits, tests, debugs programs based on user's requirements.
* Ensures that programs are prepared according to specifications
* Plans pre-implementation requirements such as user training and conversion.
* Trouble shoots problem situations in production and devices a solution for smooth recovery upon request from Users / Clients.
* Makes formal project presentation and conducts meeting with users.
* Installs computers / software and conducts user's training for departments / branches / affiliates.

ONLINE HR ASSISTANT
* Experienced in HR general support with focus on timekeeping and payroll support and reconciliation, administration of government mandated benefits (SSS, Pag-Ibig, Phil Health) and BIR requirements;
* Knowledge/Exposure in other facets of HR will be an advantage;
* Computer literate;
* Good communication and interpersonal skills;
* Mature, hardworking, results-oriented and very flexible.

ONLINE ACCOUNT /DATA CLERK
* Under general supervision, maintains various records concerned with accounting, budgets,payroll, voucher systems and other financial statements.
* Duties may involve the use of personal computers, computer terminals, and a variety of software including the use of on-line accounting systems and/or conventional office equipment.
* May provide functional supervision.

ONLINE WRITERS AND BLOGGERS
* You will be sharing your knowledge with a highly engaged community of over 16 million visitors a month.
* You will also have a complete profile page with all your work, and we offer advice on how to drive more traffic to your articles.
* With our easy to use template, you can upload articles as fast as you can write them.
* And as part of our Writer Compensation Program, we'll pay you for the articles you submit. Payments are based on the quality of your content and the traffic it generates.

My evaluation

Among the five online jobs that are listed above,the one that i like best is the one that is a kind of different field from them which is the ONLINE ACCOUNT /DATA CLERK because honestly my really first choice in college is accountancy but due to some circumstances i didnt made it. It means I am a frustrated accountant..hehe! But except on that job, i would prefer to be an ONLINE GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEB DESIGNER because i would really love doing like that.And you know, its realy nice working on the job that you love to work on to.




References
http://www.careerjet.ca/job/a4d16c0ad9217eb9610e575ad8221917.html
http://www.careerjet.ca/job/6a8898848377a352f633d7f2ef6ac28b.html
http://www.hireability.com/job-seekers/jobdetail.html?id=HA-29105641454&d=1&from_ref=Indee
http://www.massmediajobs.com/index.php?page=out&id=10950
http://www.careerjet.ca/job/c2545b4e01b9d14bd2334030648e80b3.html

Job Description

Since before I started to be on this IT course, I wanted to be a Graphic Designer !

A JOB DESCRIPTION OF A GRAPHIC DESIGNER :
-utilize typography, visual arts, printmaking and page layout techniques in varying degrees.

Qualifications:
creative
know how to sketch, paint or draw
critical, quantitative and analytical thinker
observational and broad minded
have knowledge or experience on editing (eq.image, sound)
* for interface or web design:
must be a multimedia, software or a web specialist
must be a programmer

Some occupations that you may be in a graphic design :
* Logo Designer
- can provide a new and innovative way to express the key message of a company through an image to represent what they are trying to encourage, or sell, or what they are about.
* Illustrator
-can conceptualize and create illustrations that represent an idea or a story through two-dimensional or three-dimensional images. May also do drawings for printed materials such as books, magazines, and other publications, or for commercial products such as textiles, packaging, wrapping paper, greeting cards, calendars, stationery, and more.
* Layout artist
-can deals with the structure and layout of images and text in a pleasing format for printed media. This can include magazine work, brochures, flyers, books, CD booklets, posters, and similar formats.
* Interface Designer
-also called graphical user interface (GUI) layout artists. It require technical understanding, including graphical integration with code, hundreds of assets,and knowledge of how to automate graphic production.
* Web Designer
-can create the pages, layout, and graphics for web pages which play a key role in the development of a website. It requires skill and training in computer graphics, graphic design, and in the latest in computer and web technology.

* Hope to be one of any of that job someday * hehe ......but still for now, i have to study hard


Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design_occupations

Introduction.....

Hi...helow everyone! I am JOVYLIN ODAL SANDOVAL a bsit-3rd yr student (came from evening class before)
..In this subject I expect that it would be very fun and exciting but hard and challenging to me.I just hope i can enjoy with it.And of course,I expect that Mr. Gamboa would be very very strict to us as what i have expected him before and what he had said to us,there's no change..! though in personal at the first meeting he is a very funny person i know i can learn many things from him.Its true nga tlaga na super sya sa lahat ng bagay..hehe! its nice to meet you sir!
May the GOD bless us all and hope we can survive..go go go..AJA!