BA2 (Chapter 2 – Personnel Program & Policies)

Human Resource Manager

- The formulation and administration of personnel program is one of the function
- He is responsible for the continuing planning activities and strategies,

Policies and programs

- are human-made guides to action.
- In theory, they based on an analysis of enterprise objectives

Personnel program
- To guide management and the employee in their activities designed to attain the objectives
- provides for the development and maintenance of good employer-employee relations

The personnel programs and policies

- reflect the depth and meaning of its management philosophy and its thinking on how it will
treat its employees.

Personnel program defines

1. The objectives
2. The policies and procedures
3. The means of carrying out the varied personnel functions

Well-planned personnel program

- It is an instrument for promoting company-wide harmony in labor-management relations
- Its objectives must be preventive rather than remedial

Personnel program
- refers to activities to implement the organizational philosophy or creed and the personnel
philosophy of central managers in relation to people to accomplish organizational objectives
- It serves as a fundamental guide for personnel practices and personnel policies used in an
organization for maintaining harmony between management and employees

Good personnel program

- covers all the operative functions of personnel.

Desire of every worker

1.) Job security
2.) Opportunities to learn the job and grow with the company
3.) Good working conditions.
4.) Treatment as a human being.
5.) Good supervisors.
6.) Opportunity for training, development and advancement.
7.) Fail wages and salaries.
8.) Sound employee benefits and services.

Systematic and well-planned personnel program

The basic goals and the anticipated needs of any company with respect to employee
management relations and other aspects of personnel management

To be effective, the program must meet certain human wants essential in limiting
(1) Adequate pay;
(2) Opportunity for advancement;
(3) Recognition for good work;
(4) Interesting and meaningful work;
(5) Reasonable security, and
(6) Recognition and respect for the individual as a human being.
The success of a personnel program is manifested by:
1. The degree of the employee’s satisfaction with their jobs,
2. By the length of their loyal service,
3. By the number of those who have improved their performance at their jobs,
4. And by the employees' friendly attitude and respect for their employer.

A good personnel program should adequately meet the needs of the company's human
resources
1. Acquiring competent personnel
- includes human resources planning, job description and job specification
2. Holding and retaining competent employees
- gives depth and meaning to good management philosophy
3. Developing and motivating employees
- Deals with the increase of individual productiveness. It includes training and education of the
employees
4. Labor and human relations
- involves the development of harmonious relations between management on one hand and
the individual employees and the union on the other.
- It also concerns the observance and application of laws and court decisions affecting
management-labor relations and relationships with government agencies affecting labor.
5. Efficient program administration and adequate budget

The important tools

1. Records and Reports
2. Personnel research and statistics
3. Evaluation of the effects of current policies, activities, and programs

Personnel records - refers to the body of basic data required for effective action in all
personnel management areas.

Research and planning - are important functions which tie up all activities of the personnel
department through studies and analysis of the various problems in the administration of
human resources.

Formulating a Personnel Program

1. Management Support
2. It must meet the needs of the Organization
3. Cooperation of line supervisors and employees
4. Motivation
5. Good Organization
6. Efficient Personnel Administration

Human consideration" or the human aspect - must be given importance so as to carry all this
program of activities.

Personnel Policies
- For uniformity and consistency of actions involving human resource, good personnel policies
must be formulated and implemented by all managers in an organization.
- provide standard decisions or actions when managers have to make a decision.
- continuing decisions applicable to routine or repetitive situations used as guides in the
management of human resource.