Human resource practitioners in performance management meet A thousand participants composed of human resource and organization development practitioners

in the government and private sectors are set to attend the HR Symposium 2013 dubbed Performance Management: Strategies and Breakthroughs, July 17-18 at the Waterfront Cebu City. The symposium aims to serve as a venue to understand and appreciate the different performance management systems and share best practices of its implementation. In 2012, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) issued Memorandum Circular No. 6 directing government agencies to establish a Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS). The SPMS model involves four major processes, namely, (1) performance planning and commitment, (2) performance monitoring and coaching, (3) performance review and evaluation, and (4) performance rewarding and development planning. Furthermore, President Benigno S. Aquino III issued Executive Order No. 80 encouraging the adoption of a performance-based incentive system for government employees through the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS). The symposium shall tackle the harmonization of the CSC-prescribed SPMS and its alignment to the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) and performance incentives. Resource speakers of the HR Symposium include human resource expert Dr. William Rothwell, Pacific Rim Consulting Group Australia Dr. Les Pickett, and Cabinet Secretary Rene Almendras. The symposium is organized by the Civil Service Commission, in partnership with the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). For more information, please contact CSI at telephone numbers (02) 931-4182, (02) 931-8019, (02) 951-4724, (02) 951-2572, and (02) 931-8047, or email training@webmail.csc.gov.ph.