Archive for April, 2006

updated 5/2/06
Modern team-building programs evolved from indoors to outdoors. Games and activities nowadays are closely being associated to extreme games. All in the spirit of fun but still with the intent of forging closer ties among team members.
But what is funny to program organizers may not be funny for the participants. A female employee sued […]

I blogged about “HR In The Eyes Of Her Stakeholders”, a few days back to describe the HR mindset vis-a-vis her stakeholders. HR is often perceived as the “police” of the organization, procedure freak, protocol driven. Perceived also as responsible for most, if not all organizational bottlenecks, being reactive to every new situation that will […]

Yes! I am a rebel. Because I am fed up with the prevailing mindset of Filipinos… and I will continue in my rebellion until I succeed in changing the mindset of the next generation — beginning with my kids, then with my contemporaries who, like me, dreamed of having a decent nation, a proud race […]

These are the general role of HR professionals, also known as the HR Quadrant adopted from David Ulrich’s model:

 
Future/Strategic Focus
 

Processes

Strategic Partner
Administrative Expert

Change Agent
Employee Champion

People

Day-to-day/Operational focus
 

But are these aligned with the stakeholders’ expectations– Capitalists, Senior Management and Employees in general?

Power went off in our community before 8:00 AM…
I called their center and reported the power interruption, but before I even finished my piece, the service provider acknowledged the problem (someone from the community called ahead) and advised that help is on the way.Since we can’t do almost anything as the summer heat is annoying, […]