MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Fairy Mae D. Belvis MBA 600

Part II

III – Human resource planning process of Cocolife (500 words)

The company has eleven processes to follow when it comes to recruitment planning. These processes
are manpower request, sourcing, sourcing channels, examination, Human resource interview, line
interview, reference check, back office work, job offer, completion of pre-employment requirements,
and completion of requirements.

When a line manager or department head would request for manpower, the first thing they do is to
accomplish personnel requisition form. The basis of doing so is two things. Either it is an additional
headcount which was approved a year prior or a replacement when there is an employee who would
resign for the current year. This can normally be done manually or through online filing. In our case, we
do it manually or through paper. Next, after the forms filed were pre-approved they will do sourcing. It
is the process in which they would go out and tell people about the vacancy.

Another process which involves is through sourcing channels. In this process, it is where Linkedin,
Jobstreet, Caliber and other online channels, walk-in which is considered a good one because our office
is situated in Makati business district. Campus recruitments which encompasses job fair, career talk, and
meeting with school dean. An alternative program which involves Cocolife employees is taken into as
well and we call it referral program. Also absorption from agency but, normally we do not opt this one
because it is costly in the sense that they would demand much higher pay than the usual since they are
already working it in. We do profiling in this stage to see whether the applicant is fit in the position
applied for. If so, then we proceed to the next process and it is called, Examination.

Examination includes IQ Test which composed of grammar, logic. It is the test chiefly about know-how. If
the applicant passed this stage then, we would move to the fifth process which is human resource
Interview or a behavioral interview. We gage if the person is objectively fit in the position. Subsequently,
the applicant will ensue to line interview or final interview. It is the neaty-greety of the process.
Customarily, the one who conduct is the department head.

After the final interview, we would conduct reference check, background check, and credit check. Those
that are listed as references are called to ask few questions about the applicant. If it is from the past
company he applied then, the human resource personnel would ask about his line of work, his work
ethics and attitude towards the given task. Background check or background investigation is done to
know if the person has clean records, or have good moral and social background. Credit checking is
performed most especially in the financial institution as a security whether the person has a clean
record or debts that were run-away from. It is essential as a point of reference to know if the person can
be trusted with the funds.
Consequently, the back office work is being performed. It is where the offer letter is route to signatories.
Then, we do job offer where the human resource personnel would talk to the candidate. It is the “what’s
in it for me” on the part of the applicant. Negotiation typically is done as to the monthly salary and
benefits such as car plan, housing plan, schedule for work and others. After the concession, if both
parties agreed then we would proceed to completion of pre-employment requirement such as
government documents like NBI clearance, Police clearance. Supporting documents from school like
transcript of records, and lastly medical examination which includes CBC, urinalysis and chest x-ray.

Lastly is the completion of requirements. This is the end-process persé where the applicant is already
on-board or started working.

These eleven processes that are being done by our human resource team is highly effective. Based in my
own experience, the process went from seven to fourteen days only. Though there is one point I would
like to take into, the manual filing of manpower requisition. It could be enhanced by placing it online
which will redirect to the email address of the human resource. The advantage is that, papers would
tend to be misplaced.

IV – A. Discuss how useful the theories are to your understanding.

I have read several theories, such as Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory, McClelland’s Need Theory and
Urwick’s Theory Z.

Maslow theory teaches us the importance about own self-fulfillment. Basically it is based on human
needs. Physiologically speaking which points out the basic needs of man, it connects to our survival
instinct. It stimuli our behavior that sophisticated level of needs must materialized.

Next is security and protection, this express our desire to be more and to do more. It makes you work
harder to achieve further. It makes you driven enough until you reach your goal and you will be satisfied.

When it comes to social needs, it is where our sense of belongingness emanates. As human, socialization
is in our being. As the saying goes, “No one is an island”. It means that in our workplace, we longed for
peer, we longed for companion. We longed for connection. Something that would make us grow.
Something that would inspires us. This is one of the Maslow’s theory that I highly agree because each of
us needs someone to be there or number of persons that would put their hearts to us when we needed
someone to talk to may it concerns our work or personal life.

Esteem need which refers to self-respect, confident, achievement, competence, knowledge and
independence. As a manager, or someone who has a competitive attitude, self-esteem is highly needed.
In our day to day life, self-esteem and self-respect is applied. We definitely could not achieve something
if we have no guts to do so. We definitely would not achieve something if we do not have enough
believe in our self that we can do it.
Lastly, Maslow demonstrates that self-actualization as the final pace in the model. This denotes to self-
fulfillment. It objectifies in what you are possibly good at. It transmutes discernment into reality.

While McClelland’s Need Theory signifies that people who attain a certain need perform contrarily from
those who do not have. It defined as to first, need for achievement. This helps us to have a resilient
yearning to adopt responsibility for executing a task for finding a answer to a problem. It inclines to set
soberly tough goals into calculated risks. It has a solid aspiration for performance response.

Then, the need for power as a person, it is in our innate to have a position. A position we have the
authority to decide, because it is highly fulfilling when things went well. Need of affiliation a desire to
establish and maintain friendly and warm relations with other people.

Vroom’s Expectancy Theory states that, people will be driven to employ effort when they believe there
are associations between the effort they placed, the performance they attain, and the rewards they
obtain. Valence as the value one places on a particular reward. Expectancy as it relates to performance.
Instrumentality the credence that performance is related to recompenses. This is more on the employee
side where we prefer salary and benefits but other prefer benefits than salary. We exert high effort to
attain certain rewards.

IV – B. Propose your own version of theory of motivation and write a persuasive essay.

My own version of theory of motivation is that, first you need to have passion. Passion is something that
would drive you to work hard, to achieve your goals and to have self-fulfillment. If a person has no
passion, everything will be left into the oblivion of unhappiness.

Next, you need to have confidence. If we lack self-confidence, we will be diffident to do something that
we wanted. If we lack self-confidence, it will not bring you into a position that you would in dire of. We
have to live with the saying that goes, “No guts, no glory”.

Then, you have to have Faith in God, faith in humanity and faith in yourself. In everything we do, if we
lack faith, if we lack this strong belief that things would not prosper then definitely nothing will work
out. It is the catalyst of the result beyond our control.

Lastly, you should have motivation. Motivation pushes us to do more and be more. It inspires us to take
a big leap in our career path, in our personal life. It propels us to keep going and not back down. Life has
full of challenges, normally as human being we tend to be fragile in circumstances. The only way that
would keep us going is the drive to move forward.