A critical analysis of the personnel administration and welfare system of De La Salle University's non-academic personnel

• Main Author: Calanog, Violeta M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1978
• Subjects: School personnel management; De La Salle University (Philippines) > Employees; Educational Administration and Supervision
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/493
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper analyzes the existing personnel policy and welfare system of De La Salle University (DLSU) so as to identify the areas of personnel administration which call for improvements and further in-depth analysis. The writer used the exploratory method with the historical-descriptive approach. Information was obtained through informal interviews with employees and school officials of DLSU and other exclusive schools school administration manuals school catalogues books on personnel management review of related studies submitted in the form of published and unpublished theses that deal with personnel administration salary scale employment policies fringe benefits of non-academic personnel of various exclusive schools periodicals and other documents that had direct and indirect bearings with this study as well as the writer's observation on the school operations aided by her working experience in the University. The study concluded that the overall personnel management of DLSU for non-academic employees is not below par as compared with other schools. DLSU only needs to strengthen some of its policies and practices. There is no mechanism to operationalize the set policies. They need revision and further study and must be properly evaluated if they are to be relevant to the condition existing in the University. The DLSU statement of policy is quoted as: De La Salle University regards its human assets as its greatest assets. Consequently, it is committed to act with justice and with the highest regard for human dignity in its dealings with its employees. An institution of learning is primarily a community of teachers and learners. To this community belongs the non-academic personnel composed of maintenance, clerical and allied service staff. To these people belong the supportive efforts without which an academic institution cannot effectively function. Therefore, the personnel director should not only exhaust all its efforts in implementing and revising its present and defective policies but should also recommend and implement new policies that will be beneficial to both the employees and the University.