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Western Mindanao State University College of Teacher Education GRADUATE STUDIES

Name			:	DANILO S. APAT, JR Course			:	Master of Arts in Education – Educational Administration Course Description	:	PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL Course Professor	:	DR. ROBERTO B. TORRES

Reflection Paper on Planning for Staffing Needs I. Introduction Planning for staffing needs represent an effort to control. Strategic planning is a process of finding the best means of attaining organizational goals. Performance indicator is outcomes or end result of efforts. Vision is a futuristic picture of the organization. Environmental assessment is an assessment that identifies trends that is evident in the external environment. Critical issues analysis is a technique used to critique. Future wheel helps assesses the probable impact. Internal organization assessment assesses the school’s performance by using standardized test. Strategic planning has three types; short term plan, medial term plan, and long term plan. In determining whether the issue is critical, Wilkinston’s type of assessment is being used. Cohort survival rate is the percentage of enrolees at the beginning grade or year in a given school year who reached the final grade or year of the elementary / secondary level. One of the important tasks in human resources planning is projecting staff needs. This involves two steps: projecting environment enrolments and determining the number of teachers to be hired. Enrolment projection are prepared separately for each school in the district and then combined for a district wide enrolment prediction. II. Content The contents of this topic are strategic planning (environmental measurement and internal organization) and determining staff needs (cohort survival, enrolment trend, assignment retention ratio). III. Reflection / Reaction Strategic planning is a process by which an organization identifies objectives and develops strategies for achieving them (Hatten & Hatten, 1988). It is very important to obtain first objectives, then identify sorts of approaches to deliver well an organized plan. I gained perceptions in this topic whereby the more and more emphasis is placed on personnel management for the following reasons: need to improve productivity levels of organizations to remain competitive; increasing cost associated with personnel; present day employee demand for quality of work life; and the increasing tempo for changes in the legal, educational, social, and cultural arena. Now, what is strategic planning for me? First, I would like to differentiate between strategy, and tactics. Strategy represents the direction for an organization and it usually includes one or more big picture destinations that are desired by the leadership. Tactics are the day-to-day operational "ways and means" an organization employs to achieve the big picture objectives. These terms are often used synonymously. Effective strategic planning involves strategic thinking, long-range planning, and operational planning. A realistic strategic plan, focused and well executed, is still the most dynamic pathway to success in the world of organizational performance. Moreover, one of the important tasks also of a manager to effectively develop a human resources plan is to determine staff needs and communicate them to the appropriate staff members in time to permit the district to identify and hire qualified teachers. I encountered a similar scenario in a real status qou, that human resources planning involves deciding what types of employees will be needed, finding these employees, selecting future employees, and making the new employees adjusted to their new jobs and working environment. I may conclude that the organization is estimating the future needs of an organization for employees, making an inventory of the skills of present personnel with due consideration of the labor market, and deciding on the ways and means of satisfying present and future need for human resources. IV. Conclusion / Recommendation The topic was very interesting and it needed more references and sources for the reporter to further dispense information and new ideas specifically on strategic planning whereby it is very useful for us as the aspiring and would-be managers and leaders in the future. For the discussant, my recommendations are modestly provided: must have interaction with the audience; well-modulated voice must is one power to motivate audience to participate and learn. Clear instruction must be delivered before engaging to the activities. V. References Joseph L. Massie, “Essentials of Management”, pp.2-8. Pacita A. Abasolo, “Personnel Management, The Efficient Management of the Employees”, pp. 19-30. Samuel M. Salvador,”Essentials of Human Resources” pp.50-54. http:// www.price-associates.com