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POAP NEWSLETTER

The Official Bi-Annual Publication of the Personnel Officers’ Association of the Philippines

October 1, 2013

Volume 1, Issue No. 1

POAP CONDUCTS ITS 1st HUMAN RESOURCE FORUM

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Officers
PRESIDENT:
VIRGINIA NAÑAGAS-BACTAD
Former CCP Consultant
VICE-PRESIDENT:
ATTY. EDELWINA DG.
PARUNGAO
HR Manager (Ret.),
Local Water Utilities Admin
SECRETARY:
LEA M. MENDIOLA
GSIS HR Manager (Ret.)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY:
NELILITA M. TANGGOR
Administrative Officer V. Bureau of Treasury
TREASURER:
TERESITA G. ARCEO
CSC Director IV (Ret.).
ASSISTANT TREASURER:
NATIVIDAD P. AGAWIN
Chief, DBM HRMO (Ret.),
AUDITOR:
ATTY. JULIO R. NAVARRETE
GSIS Senior Vice President (Ret.)
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER:
ARTURO T. LISING
DA HRMO V (Ret.)
Members
NORA D. ALDAVE
Supervising Admin Officer
Mun. Gov’t. of San Jacinto, Masbate
DR . RAYMUNDO P. ARCEGA
VP for Admin & Finance University of Makati
RONALDO V. DE CASTRO
City Personnel Officer
Lipa City
ELEANOR E. LAGMAY
AO V Davao Oriental State College of Science & Technology ,
Davao Oriental
SOMERADO M. PANDAPATAN
Director II DepEd
ARMM, Cotabato City
BRENDA D. SARMIENTO
AO IV Provincial Jail Mngt. Palawan
VIRGINIA DC. VALENCIA
Former AO V
Baguio Gen. Hospital
LIGAYA P. JORGE
President Emeritus

The Personnel Officers’ Association of the Philippines conducted its ‘First Human Resource Forum with the theme POAP: Taking the Lead in Redefining the Role of Public HR.
The forum was held at the University of Makati last September 26.
POAP President, Virginia N. Bactad welcomed the participants.
The direction setting was taken care by Dr. Raymundo P. Arcega, University of Makati Vice President for Administration and POAP Director.
Forming the panel of resource persons were Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Civil Service Commission NCR Director III— Director Maria Victoria M. Salazar, Celso Santiago, Jr.— Asec. for Special Concerns, Presidential Communications Operations Office representing Hon. Herminio B. Coloma, Jr., the Presidential Communications Opertions Secretary, and POAP President, Virginia Bactad. The panel was introduced by Mrs. Teresita G. Arceo, POAP Treasurer.
Paper presenters in the forum were Prof. Pompeyo C. Adamos III, Planning Director of the University of Makati (UMak) and Grace May A. Vergara, HR Officer of the Department of Justice.
Prof. Adamos talked about ‘The Depoliticized Public HR: A Key to Good Governance.
POAP Secretary, Lea M. Mendiola facilitated the open forum.
Grace May A. Vergara, on the other hand, presented the paper entitled ‘Casualization and Other Current Issues: Its Impact to organizational Motivation and Productivity. POAP PRO, Arturo Lising lead the open forum.
Resolutions were arrived at after the discussions. These will be used as references for some future actions to redefine the role of public human resources. Hopes are high, too, that some legislators might take the initiative to create HR laws based on the resolution outputs of the forum.
POAP PRO Atty. Arturo Lising read the closing remarks on behalf of Atty. Julio R. Navarrete, the association’s auditor reminding POAP to keep up what it has started by sponsoring more activities like this HR Forum.

POAP SEMINAR SCHEDULES

Job Analysis /
Job Evaluation
October 08-11, 2013
Venue:
Golden Valley Hotel
Cebu City

Managing Government Records Inc. Personnel Records
October 08-11, 2013
Venue: Golden Valley Hotel
Cebu City

Good Governance for HRMOs
November 05-08, 2013
Venue:
Metro Centre Hotel
and Convention Center
Bohol City

2013 Annual Conference
December 10-13, 2013
Venue:
University of Makati -
West Rembo, Makati City

Transformational Leadership
vis-a-vis a Changing Environment
November 05-08, 2013
Venue: Metro Centre Hotel
Bohol City

POAP NEWSLETTER

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FORUM 1: The Depoliticized Public HR:
A Key to Good Governance
Presented by Pomsie Adamos, DPA (c)

It seems nowadays, with the revival of the issue regarding a politicized Philippine Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) allocation, the Philippine Government have been used to the scenario of plunder, graft and corruption in the processes of government. In terms of public personnel administration, the recruitment, selection and promotion of public officers seem to be highly politicized. The ideals of Merit and fitness which have been introduced in the 1st Philippine Government in 1866 and by the Americans in the 1900’s through a professionalized Civil Service seem to have been forgotten by the unscrupulous government officials.
The ideals of the Pendleton Act of 1883 of the Americans have guided the reintroduction of a professionalized Philippine Civil Service based on merit and fitness. With the prevailing status quo, it is now inherent for the various public and private human resource practitioners to revisit the culture of professionalized Human Resources. With this, the laws on accountability of public officers, the 1987 Constitution, the anti-red tape law, the local government code, and other related laws should be re-examined in relation to professionalizing public Human Resources.
The paper presentation focuses on the prospects of having professionalized Human Resources not only in the University of Makati but in other local and national government offices, as a framework for good governance which embodies transparency, accountability, participation and predictability.
As a result of the study, an Integrity development plan is being proposed and should be formulated (similar to past initiatives in pilot government agencies) for the benefit of the Public Human Resources institutions in the Philippines. The promotion of a depoliticized selection, recruitment and promotion of public officials would eventually promote also the ideals of good governance. The concepts of transparency, accountability, participation and predictability should be put into practice. Thus, the Integrity development plan as a part of the study’s proposals would give a venue for ‘praxis’, the synergy of theory and practise in Public Human Resources.
The need for policy development is at hand, as such the Integrity development plan would be sponsored by the Personnel Officers Association of the Philippines (POAP) which could be enacted by the Philippine Congress as a specific policy for strengthening an institutionalized Professional Civil Service with the functions of a public human resources.

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
AFM Medical Center
BIR
Bureau of Treasury
Court of Tax Appeals
Department of Justice
DOT, Intramuros
EDFITAF—DepEd Cen. Ofc.
EMB—DENR Central Ofc
Games and Amusement Board
National Library of the Philippines
Office of the President
Ofc. of the Ombudsman
Phil. National Oil Comp.
Philippine Orthopedic Hospital
POAP
PCOO
FPRDI DOST
NEDA SDJ
Department of Energy
Livestock Dev. Council
Bureau of Animal Industry
UMak Personnel

Forum 2: Casualization & Other Current Issues:
Its Impact to Organizational Motivation and Productivity
Presented by Grace A. Vergara

Organizations, no matter what their natures are, always have Human Resources (HR) which they utilize in order to achieve organizational goal/s. On the average, one third to one half of man’s lifetime is devoted to work and if dissatisfied, the mental and physical effects are very costly. It is for this reason that attention needs to be paid on existing HR Issues since these affect employee’s behavior and motivation, which in return affects individual performance and productivity.
The paper presentation aims to present the overriding concerns of HR practitioners with respect to its key functions. It is designed to find out the link between the extent to which various issues and concerns – both internal and external to the organization - discourage individuals from performing to a productive capacity.

WHAT IS POAP?
POAP is a Civil service commission-accredited training institution per Commission Resolution No. 01-0737 dated April 3,2011 conducts residential and non-residential training courses for officials and employees,.

POAP Newsletter Team
Grace A. Vergara, DOJ
Pompeyo C. Adamos III
Divine Posadas
Supervising Director:
Dr. Raymundo P. Arcega
Adviser
Mrs. Virginia Nañagas-Bactad

Contact Information
inquiries@poap.org.ph
(02) 3730817
(02)3733468
(0918)928-2888)