Name: Rogelio O. Bernaldez Jr.

Course/ Year/ Section: BSOA-

4C
Subject Code: OA 113 Date Submitted:
Subject: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Professor: DR. ARLINDA N. RAMASOLA

ACTIVITY 2
1. Why study human relations?
Answers: In my own comprehension, we need to study human relations because it helps us to
develop the skill of communication, reason to be well-spoken, ability to work with people
appropriately, grasp the differences of people, administer problems and help origination with
recruitment, leading, managing, motivating and also helps the organization keeps the best
employees. It also teach us proper managing of employees and support guidance to subordinates.
When human relations are utilized in a positive way, it can help people achieve greater personal and
professional satisfaction from their careers and help increase productivity and efficiency. Through
studying this, it will help us understand why beliefs, attitudes and behaviors can sometimes create
relationship problem at work or in personal life and how these impact to our lives. If you have a good
understanding of how your work habits, communication skills, and attitudes affects others, you’ll be
more prepared to avoid and manage these potential complications. By studying human relations,
you’ll learn skills that will help you reach your personal and professional goals and contribute to the
prosper organizations to which you belong. Besides, the study of human relation is essential, and
make us into a better person because as they say; the better our human relations, the more likely we
are growth both professionally and personally. Having this subject, we can know about adjusting
ourselves, how to handling conflicts and reduce conflicts so that we can build a good relationship.
Further, studying human relations is a way to getting know yourself better, understanding others
better and gaining better human relations skills. It is also path that we can realized how importance of
interactions towards others, teach us to be authentic and prepared us to our future work. Lastly, the
study of human relations emphasize the analysis of human behavior, prevention strategies, resolution
of behavioral problems and self-development which are applicable to us and should retain in mind.
Thus, studying of human relations is important for us and helps us relate with other people.
2. Differentiate human relations versus human resource management?
Answers: Human relations and Human Resource Management are distinct to each other.
Apparently, human relations is the study of relationships among people on how the interact and a
way of people get along with each other. It also refers to the skills and ability to work effectively with
others in an organization. Broadly, it includes all types of interactions including conflicts,
collaborations and groups. According to Saul Gellerman, human relations is simply a catchall term for
describing the way in which people who comprise an organization think about each other and deal
with each other. Anyway, it is known that human relations play a significant role in life of any
individual and should be train at all. Meanwhile, it is an area of management practice which is
concerned with the integration of people into work situation in a way that motivate them to work
productively, and cooperatively. Of course, it is the art of using systematic knowledge about human
behavior to improve personal, job and career effectiveness. Hence, human relations leads to sincere
communication, better understanding, and positive working condition and have success career in the
future. On the other part, human resource management is concerned with hiring, motivating and
maintaining people in an organization. It is also responsible for bringing people into the organization,
helping them perform their work, compensating them for labors, and solving problems that arise.
However, it is the understanding and application for policy and procedures that directly affect the
people working within the project team and working group. According to Milkovich, human resource
management is a series of integrated decisions that form the employment relationship with their
quality contributes. Precisely, it is the process of recruiting, inducting employees, providing
orientation, giving compensation, imparting training and development and of course retaining proper
relations with employees. It also involves all management decisions and actions that affect
relationship between organization and its employees. Eventually, it is a way to learn on how to apply
a job properly and managing people like us to achieve better performance in work. Hence, human
resource management ensures quality of personnel, creates opportunities to facilitate, and motivate
individual too grow and advance their career.
3. Discuss why human relations skills or people skills are necessary in your future
workplace.
Answers: Human relations skills or people skills plays a huge role in the workplace. Personally,
human relations skills or people skills are necessary to my future workplace because it is a way to
know on proper handling of conflicts, understand each other, communicate each other, and helps
maintain healthy relationship, as well as balance relationships at work. As a future employee, I should
learn how to socialize and interact with our subordinates as leadership, decision making, negotiation,
and even friendship starts with a simple communication. Also, it will be easier for me to share one’s
knowledge and insights by working and keeping in touch with one another. Through this skill, I can
create also a better relationship with my co-employees and even my manager someday. I need to
bear and use this skill for me to socialize well with them, adopt, adjust and easy to cope up those
problems may encounter. Since many companies organizational structures depend upon people
working together, positive human relations skill reduce conflicts in the workplace, thereby this can be
help making the workplace more productive which is need to possess especially to me. Remember,
effectively human relations skills can improve employee retention rates productivity and creativity.
Moreover, it can help create an environment which primary employees to strive, whilst, enjoying their
jobs like me in the future. If an employee has enough knowledge about human relation skills, work
transactions would be at ease and can perceive smooth-going work on a daily basis. At last, in my
future workplace I will deal with different people from different walks of life and with different
personalities, it is important and useful that I have this skill in order to have harmonious relationship
with them to create a good working environment and helps to have great outcome every activities I
do. Therefore, human relations skills or people skills are indeed essential and significant for us to be
learnt, acquired and honed this type of skill as we have are bound to communicate and socialize with
other people to a specific workplace.
4. Explain how the progression of human relation studies related to today’s human
relations in your life.
Answers: The importance of human relation is a value that means a great deal to me personally. In
my view, the progression of human relation studies related today’s human relations in my life in a way
that it can help me to grow as an individual, assist me in achieving career success, help me
understand the relevance of interactions to other person, and of course expounding behavior in a
variety of situations in life. Literally, the concept of human relations won’t be achieved in just a snap. It
has a daily progress which we still be able to gain up until the present times. I believe that we, as a
future career achiever, should have acquired how human relation skill works so that we can still be
able to utilize it in the near future. Human relations helps us learn how to get along with others,
resolve workplace conflict, communicate, and manage relationships that is significant for us to attain
our goals. Actually, it also relate in my life by communicating love ones well, help me resolving
circumstances in life, have appropriate communicate, and socialize others which enhance my human
relation skills and matter at all in life so as to build a good relationship to others. It also serves as a
tool and guidance where we can identify on how we perceive ourselves and how the others perceive
us. Thus, I will retain this into my mind, improve my life into better, and human relations is good for
me and everyone including your work and personal life which help us become more rounded, and
happier individuals. So, we need to study and go further to maintain the best way of living.
5. Which is more important for you, material like money, properties or human relations?
Answers: We live in a materialistic society, but seriously, an excess of material goods does not bring
the sort of long-term contentment, that genuine feeling of satisfaction and peace, that is the
foundation for a happy life. Definitely, if I have to choose either the three I would go to “ Human
Relations”. Because materials like money and properties are unfortunately useless without having a
good social interaction and relationship to others. However, money is just a supplemental to life,
while, properties are only temporary but human relations last and will live with you wherever you go. If
we show, love and care to one another probably it can give us genuine happiness that money cannot
buy. Otherwise, even if you work hard to earn money and have properties, time will come it will easily
fade but your relationship with others cannot. Actually, human relations are important for everyone
that is in the working world especially to me in the future. It would help us to create better relationship
and have understanding in the workplace. It is also very applicable when you work in a certain
company because through this you will learn on how to handle conflicts, know to adjust with your co-
employees, have productivity in work, perform surpass and have a well communication to others.
Having this, it can help us to grasp how to achieve success in career. Besides, it will turn us to be a
better human being and to be truth to ourselves. Through this, you will not feel shy to entertain
someone instead you have the confidence to socialize with them. You can do you work properly,
you’re blessed and possess self-development to yourself. Apart from that, take the time to appreciate
co-workers, managers, friends and family by concentrating on all the good things about them and
remember to accept their faults as part of their total package. Express your gratitude by giving them a
smile, hug or saying thank you with sincerity, and be respectful of them. Thus, choose to have a
healthy human relations over material things for it is important for me to have a good relationships
with everyone and everything I value in life. So, human relations is vital so that we can have unity,
peace, joyful life, consistent relations, good interaction, learn to communicate correctly and become
successful in life.

6. Elaborate each guidelines the importance of getting along better with people.
Answers: The guidelines can be tweaked as long as it gets the desired results. Certainly, here are
the some guidelines about the importance of getting along better with people below:
 Be Polite and Well-Mannered – nobody likes a rude or ill-mannered person because it brings
annoyance, ill-will, anger, and aversion towards himself or herself. Through these, it is a great
virtue, mark of discipline, put other people at ease and helps build strong relationship.
 Remember People’s Names – the human touch of calling another people by his or her name
has a wonderful effect of fostering better human relationship.
 Be Cheerful. Remember to Smile – a smile goes a long way to please and harmonize things.
 Practice Appreciation – it is to be expected that generally people like to feel important and
appreciated.
 Show a Sincere Interest in Others – we feel good and nice when people take an interest in our
welfare, show care and concern about us and our family.
 Be a Good Listener – when we learn to listen, we can learn to relate better with others.
 Be Patient, Tolerant and Understanding – these are the highest virtues a person can develop
and relevant to have as well.
 Always Be Kind and Helpful – showing kindness and being helpful at all times are essential
ingredients in the recipe for successful and happy human relationship.
 Don’t Argue with People – arguing is a no-win situation and it can negatively affect
relationships. With not doing this, surely we can have understanding, peace, balance mind and
positive outcomes.
 Watch Your Speech – be truthful to your words, and watch your words to avoid hurtful and
misconception.
 Never Criticize Without Complimenting – show gently criticisms are for growth and
development.
 Avoid Controversial or Sensitive Issues – be alert, mindful and wise in order to have a peace of
mind, place and avoid fake news.
 Always keep Promises – leads to believe that you will do the promise and you do your best to
achieve that with working hard and motivation.
 Treat Others with Respect – every human being has dignity and has to be treated with respect
so that people will respect you too and don’t be judge on you.
 See The Good in People – it is good to reflect in this, and when you see goodness to the
person, probably you can see kindness and understand him/her well.
 Admit Mistakes – it is a fact that no one is perfect, we can make mistake and what we should
do is to accept and learn from it so that you can be better in the next time.
  Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You – this maxim for human relationship
is of the utmost importance. If all members of the human society were practice this, surely we
can have peace, harmony and happiness.
Thus, having these we are more comfortable, committed, we feel like we belong and create a strong
relationship with each other.

7. Explain social distancing and how does it affect human relation?

Answers: Social distancing is also called physical distancing in which it is a set of non-
pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended to prevent the spread of contagious disease by
maintaining physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into
close contact with each other. Nevertheless, it refers to a host of public health measures aimed at
reducing social interaction between people. Ultimately, it has been suggested that maintaining a
distance of approximately 2 meters from another individual. Technically, social distancing affect
human relation by human interaction will become less, limited connection to others, limited work, loss
of job, there is few communicate or socialize in personal rather it is more on online or virtual and
limited talk. Otherwise, social distancing also affects human relations by having increasing social
rejection, growing impersonality, and individualism and the loss of a sense of community. It negatively
affects learning and growth and it prevents people from effective socializing which is fundamental
need. Anyhow, it also affect the human touch wherein it is one of the most powerful force here on
earth it feel you connected to each other, then feel the vibration of good relationship but in the blink of
an eye everything is change because of this global pandemic. More so, the social connection also be
affected which it is the reason that human now is alone, no more talk with their friends and more, and
of course experienced stress and depress. Lastly, the physical connection no longer happen, disrupt
interaction to others, no social development, no enhance communication skills, person will stay at
home and pessimistic effects as well to the people around the world. In addition, social distancing
won’t be a hindrance if we know how to utilize and properly execute this type of skill. Thus, we need
also to follow this to avoid spreading virus and there is hope that everything will be fine and back into
normal as well as we can develop the human relations in a perfect time.