Assignment 8 HRM

On the assumption that you heard/read the SONA of the President last month (July 2009), identify at least 3 areas related to Human Resource Management and explain how these areas can improve our quality of life. (2000words)
HRM means employing people, developing their resources, utilizing, maintaining and compensating their services in tune with the job and organizational requirement.

The following are the areas related to HRM that was stated by our President during her SONA 2009:

1.) Education

Ang magandang edukasyon ay susi sa mas magandang buhay, the great equalizer that allows every young Filipino a chance to realize their dreams.
‘Education para sa Lahat’ pagdating ng 2015
Lahat ng nasa tamang edad ay dapat nasa primary school. Halos walang bansang makakatupad nito. Ngunit nagsisikap pa rin tayo. Nagtayo tayo ng mga paaralan sa higit sanlibong barangay na dati walang eskwelahan upang makatipid ng gastos sa pamasahe ang mga bata. Tinanggal natin ang miscellaneous fees para sa primary school. Hindi na kailangan ang uniporme sa mga estudyante sa public school. In private high schools, we financed half of the students.
Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way.

We should not value education as a means to prosperity, but prosperity as a means to education. Only then will our priorities be right. For education, unlike prosperity is an end in itself. .. power and influence come through the acquisition of useless knowledge. . . irrelevant subjects bring understanding of the human condition, by forcing the student to stand back from it.- Roger Scruton

Education is a very important aspect in our life. This is one way in improving our life and to have a better tomorrow. So that, all the children of this country have a chance to education in order to be able to make it in life on their own because when children are supported to understand their strengths and limitations at an early age, they operate from a strong foundation and are better prepared to advocate for themselves. The government should produce a good teaching method. To give relevant knowledge that a student can understand, retain and pass to others. Today, many children are not educated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education
http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/topics/education_quotes.html


2.) Cheaper Medicine

Dahil dumarami na naman daw ang pamilyang nagugutom, mamumuhunan tayo ng panibago sa ating hunger mitigation program na sa nakaraan ay napatunayang mabisa. Tulungan niyo ako dito, Kongreso.

Mula pa noong 2001, nanawagan na tayo ng mas murang gamut. Nagbebenta tayo ng gamut
na kalahating presyo sa libu-libong Botika ng Bayan at Botika ng Barangay sa maraming dako ng bansa. Our efforts prodded the pharmaceutical companies to come up with low-cost generics and brands like RiteMed. I supported the tough version of the House of the Cheaper Medicine Law, I supported it over the weak version of my critics. The result: the drug companies volunteered to bring down drug prices, slashing by half the prices of 16 drugs. Thank you, Congressmen Cua, Alvarez, Biron, Locsin.

Cut the costs of medicines. Pass the Affordable Medicines Act Now! Affordable medicines from abroad, and to help generics firms to develop quality and affordable generic medicines. With these affordable medicines, it is a big help to us.
The Senate adopted the bicameral committee report that would, among others, allow the parallel importation of patented medicines from other countries where these were more affordable.
The law, officially the "Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008," seeks to:

• allow the government use of patented drugs when the public interest is at stake;
• strengthen the BFAD so that it could ensure the safety of medicines, by allowing it to retain its revenues for upgrading of its facilities, equipment and human resources; and
• ensure the availability of affordable medicines by requiring drug outlets to carry a variety of brands for each drug, including those sourced from "parallel importation," to give the consumer more choices.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080429-133435/UPDATE-Congress-ratifies-cheaper-medicines-bill


3.) OFW’s

Sa hirap at ginhawa, pinapatatag ang ating bansa ng ating overseas Filipinos. Iyong padala nilang 16 billion dollars noong isang taon ay record. Itong taon, mas mataas pa.

I know that this is not a sacrifice joyfully borne. This is work where it can be found in faraway places, among strangers with different cultures. It is lonely work, it is hard work. Kaya nagsisikap tayong lumikha dito sa atin ng mga trabahong maganda ang sahod, so that overseas work will just be a career choice, not the only option for a hardworking Filipino.

Meanwhile, we should make their sacrifices worthwhile. Dapat gumawa tayo ng mas epektibong proteksyon at pagpapalawak ng halaga ng kanilang pinagsikapang sweldo. That means stronger consumer protection for overseas Filipinos investing in property and products back home. Para sa kanila, pinapakilos natin ang Investors Protection Task Force.
Filipinos are generally hardworking, innovative, and law-abiding. The government should be concern about our workers outside because they are big help in our country. And they should provide a safety of our OFW’s. Because being an OFW is not an easy job, you do not know what will happen to you in the other country, or you don’t know what life will may come to you. We should be proud of our OFW’s; they also help our economic standing to be better in the future. So, we should give them a good treatment.

Source:
http://www.theofwonline.com/