Sitting as members of the Accreditation Council are: PP Rene Gener, DPM as Chair; PP Pilar Almira, DPM; PP Ernie Cecilia, DPM; PP Freddy Marquez, DPM; PP Ramon Medina, DPM; PMY Met Ganuelas, DPM, Remy Cruz, FPM and Moje Aquino; SOF PP Sylvia Duque. DPM. Past Accreditati0on Council Chair Nonong Contreras, DPM has successfully embeded the Competency Standards in the Society’ s admission requirements.
2012 Year-End Report
The year 2012 started with a well-attended consultation meeting. Key messages from more than thirty attendees highlighted the need to position the Society’ s image and identity as a thought leader and offer concrete programs to advance the practice of HRM.
There were two major learning events: In May, the Senior VP of the Conference Board, Ms. Rebecca Ray shared the findings of a worldwide CEO survey. The survey surfaced the concern for human capital development as a key CEo issue.
The second event was an Executive Coaching Introduction conducted by SoF President Ric Abadesco and ICF-certified coach Bjorn Martinoff. The program represented the first of a five module certification program on Executive Coaching. This was attended by 34 members. The program which will entitle participants who complete the five modules to carry the title“ Certified Executive Coach” was recently opened to all PMAP members for a nominal fee.
Bi-monthly general membership meetings were all well attended. The first in the 2012 series was a lecture by Dr. Norio Usui, country economist of the Asian Development Bank on the“ Philippine development challenge”. This was followed by a panel symposium with private and government resource speakers representing the state of Philippine manufacturing sector. The third and last GMM lecture was given by Monetary Board Member Ignacio Bunye who discussed the implications of monetary policies on Philippine economic performance.
Throughout the year, informal consultation meetings were held with the Philippine Regulatory Commission to explore the processes and requirements for government recognition of the HRM practice. A special committee headed by PP Nonong Contreras has been set up to pursue this flagship initiative. Other active committees are as follow:
-Advocacy, headed by PP Ernie Cecilia, DPM and PVP JJ Jimenez, FPM seeks to generate quick response on national issues with people management implications
-Thought Leadership, headed by PP Grace Zata aims to activate research and publish best practices and ideas on employability, national competitiveness and labor laws update.
-Internal Affairs, headed by Ms Tenny Menorca, FPM handles membership recruitment and general membership meetings
-Professional Development, headed by SoF PP Sylvia Duque will pursue defining the training needs of the HR community vis-àvis the SoF Competency Standards.
More Exciting 2013
In the coming year, activities leading to the filing of legislative bills to professionalize HRM practice in the Philippines will intensify through a joint PMAP-SoF committee on Professionalization.
In our bi-monthly GMMs, we will continue with high-level topics touching on people management issues. To push our thought leadership mandate, we will sponsor a series of forum discussions on people competitiveness, employability and labor laws reform. Conclusions from these fora will then be transcribed to monographs and thought papers.
In line with the society’ s charter of advancing thought leadership on people management, we will be a strong partner to PMAP’ s advocacy that people as human capital are the primary driver of business and national economic growth.
Through our advocacy committee, we will strive to be an articulate and timely voice on issues addressing academe-industry mismatch, influencing the regulatory employment framework and participating in public-private partnerships involving people management.
Consistent with our commitment to provide relevant learning venues for our members, we intend to continue with our executive coaching series and other topics to enhance professional value such as advanced marketing for consultancy services.
In partnership with the PMAP Board, we intend to launch an aggressive membership recruitment campaign. As of latest count, the Society’ s membership list consists of 24 DPMs, 123 FPMs and 27 AFPMs. The Membership Committee, headed by Ms. Mimie Reyes, FPM is in the process of cleaning up this list. Through this article, we enjoin PMAP members to review the SoF Competency Standards( copies to be distributed in the February 2013 General Membership Meeting) and file an application to join the society if they think they meet the standards.
All these forthcoming activities will bring the Society closer to its goal of becoming the recognized credentialing organization for the people management profession in the country. �
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