CHAPTER 1:

INTRODUCTION
TO  HUMAN
RESOURCE
ENVIRONMENT
GROUP 1:
PIMENTEL, SAHARA MAE F.
DEFINITIONS OF HRM
• The first definition of HRM is that “It is the process of
managing people in organizations in a structured and
thorough manner.” This covers the fields of staffing
(hiring people), retention of people, pay and perks
setting and management, performance management,
change management and taking care of exits from the
company to round off the activities.

PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.

DEFINITIONS OF HRM

• The second definition of HRM encompasses “The

management of people in organizations from a macro
perspective, i.e. managing people in the form of a
collective relationship between management and
employees.” This approach focuses on the objectives
and outcomes of the HRM functions.

PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.

BRIEF HISTORY OF HRM IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Pre-Spanish Occupation Spanish Occupation
o Barter system o Commerce: Manila & Spain
o No management & Labor o Loose business organizations
groups o No management-labor relations
o No personal management o Civil Code of 1889
o Rise of Reformist
o Unpaid forced labor
o Freedom from harsh & cruel
employment conditions
o Minimal education
PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.
BRIEF HISTORY OF HRM IN THE
PHILIPPINES
American Occupation
o Not forced and not as harsh as
those in the previous foreign
regime
o Far from being fair & just labor
conditions
o Unionism introduced
o More schools and increased level
of literacy
Japanese Occupation
o Suspension of the normal
education system
o Decimate big trade, business,
and industry activities
o Annihilated the management –
labor relations that existed
before
o Temporarily smothered union
movement and labor
management and personnel
management PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.
Post War Period
• Personnel Department
was formally organized
• Personnel Management
Association of the
Philippines
• Good education
• Enlightenment among
the masses
PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.
BRIEF HISTORY OF HRM IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Martial Law Period
o A parliamentary form of
government
o Less proliferation of local unions
o Government ban on strikes
o Ministry of Labor and Employment
o Schools offering courses continued
o Human Resource Management
Work setting and academe through
literature, returning scholars, grantees,
academe and practitioners from
abroad
Post Martial Law Period
o Management Labor problems
Rebellions
Attempts to abolish
constitutional authority
Indebtedness with international
financial intermediaries
Implementation of a land reform
program
Graft and corruption & foreign
military bases
o Right to self-organize
PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.
POST MARTIAL
LAW PERIOD
o Reinstitution of
democracy
o Exercise of freedom
o Mechanisms of wider
consultation
o Participative working
process
o 1987 Accord in Industrial
Harmony
o President’s personal role
modeling

PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.

 THE BIG 4:
Technical skills

Leadership skills

Decision-making skills

Human relations skills

PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.
HUMAN
RELATIONS
SKILLS
HRM people are,
above all, mediators and
facilitators of workflow
in an organization.
Without well-honed
social and interactional
skills, they’re an
impediment to that
objective.

PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.

DECISION-
MAKING SKILLS
To hire or not to
hire? To support for
promotion or to
recommend for
termination? Decision-
making is central to
HRM.

PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.

LEADERSHIP
SKILLS
Being a leader
doesn’t mean bossing
people around. Qualities
of leadership include
appropriate
assertiveness, expressing
respect for others, and
being able to motivate
people to be their best

PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.

TECHNICAL
SKILLS
For human resource
managers, technical skills
include knowledge of HRM
principles and techniques.
In practical terms, you’ll
also need to be familiar
with computer software to
locate and analyze data.

PIMENTEL, Sahara Mae F.