HUMAN BEINGS

“Human beings are the most important, potent and critical resource of any organization, and yet the least understood and the worst managed of its resources.”

What is a school without teachers or students, a business without customers and a company without a workforce? Any organization will not exist without human resources because they are the ones who create and run the organization. They are responsible for a company’s survival or sometimes, a reason for its downfall. Employees know what is best and what is bad for the company compared to advanced technology that does not have its own knowledge and is not capable of decision-makings.

However, now that we are living in a world where most companies use advanced technology to develop efficiency in their employees’ work, there is little or no importance given to them. Because of these advanced technology, companies depend more on machines and softwares that replaces some responsibilities of their employee that is why, there is less need for manual labor. There is an advertisement from a telecommunication company that endorses the use of internet and other communication devices and softwares that is capable of doing human work and saying “Iwas hassle, iwas errors”. Furthermore, too much dependency to these machines and softwares, human resource mismanagement is visible in the companies like for example, when computer systems crash down, databases that contain the even then most confidential records of their employees or of the company could be lost. Aside from the decrease of manual labor and mismanagement, there exists union busting which is rampant because they treat unions as threats to the company. Moreover, there is deprivation to the employees’ rights like for example, they suffer from force labor but they receive very low salary, others are working overtime but they do not receive overtime payments, these are the situations of most workers and other people living below the poverty line. Lastly, there are delays in giving non-wage benefits for those working or retired employees especially nowadays that corruption is lurking everywhere which is made easy by using modern technology.

There is nothing wrong with using technology in our daily lives but we must remember that there is more important resource than technology, HUMAN BEINGS.

“We may think that technology is our friend, but sometimes it is not”.

“Machines do not have feelings, but human beings do”.

“No technology can fulfill what human beings can do for a company”.

Why is Human Resource Management included in BSIT and BSCS curriculum?

In my own understanding, the subject Human Resource Management is included in the BSIT and BSCS curriculum in order for students to have knowledge of what Human Resource Management is. Moreover, if they will be managing a company’s workforce, they will already know what do to and how to deal with situations that could damage the company or the employee’s image.

Lastly, with the students’ knowledge in human resource management, they will be able to create softwares that does not only make the company’s or employees’ records more manageable and to secure their records. They also create programs that will increase convenience and employees’ work efficiency.

21st Century Corporations

We are now living in the century where technology is fast-changing and because of technology, our way of living also changed. 21st century corporations also improved. In terms of their infrastructures, they use architectural designs that will not only make their offices attractive but also, to ensure most especially, the protection of their employees by following the recommended safety standards in their buildings.

In line with their human resource management, they have state of the art facilities installed with the latest softwares that are capable of storing and preserving the confidentiality of their corporation’s as well as their employee’s informations to prevent any circumstances that could lead to the downfall of the corporation or company. There are some companies which used punch cards for the employee’s timing in and out of the office were replaced with fingerprint scanning which is convenient and impossible to fake. Examples of which are hotels. Moreover, they will have globally competitive employees who are able to work under pressure. They give importance to the rights and privileges of their employees to make them stay and to make them do their best in doing their work. However, here in the Philippines, a number of companies undergo downsizing because of the bad economy.

Lastly, with the help of modern technology, the 21st century corporations will be able to become more efficient in improving the quality of their products in order for them to serve their customers, gain good profit and become competitive. Time will come, those corporations that use modern technology will become GIANTS in the business world.