PMAP - The Association of Professional Achievers
The People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) is a strictly professional, non-stock, not-for-profit organization of over 1,800 member companies and individual management executives engaged or interested in human resource management (HRM) and industrial relations (IR) work. Founded 50 years ago, PMAP continues the tradition of its forefathers in advancing the profession, the science and the art of human resource management.
As a professional association, PMAP helps institutions mold an enlightened, competent, socially responsible and influential sector of people managers who can effectively participate in nation-building. PMAP also helps its members become more effective on the job by teaching the human aspect of management via numerous career development forums and training programs.
With 19 Chapters throughout the Philippines, PMAP encourages local participation if national affiliation is geographically difficult. In fact, what further enhances PMAP’s solid reputation as a national association is the dynamism of its local chapters, proven by the success of its respective programs and projects.
Organized for Growth and Stability
The PMAP organization is structured in a strategy-oriented thrust to make it truly responsive to its members’ needs, as well as to ensure that the Association is able to attain continued growth and stability. The fifteen-man Board of Directors is elected annually from among the members, and defines the policies and establishes the annual work program of the Association. An Executive Committee (ExCom), composed of the Association’s officers, assists the Board in formulating policies and in managing PMAP’s abundant activities.
The Association is also actively involved in youth development through its Junior PMAP (JPMAP) arm, with the aim of raising future people managers imbibed at the onset with the ideals of PMAP. The JPMAP itself is a microcosm of the totality of PMAP as it maintains its own committees, conducts monthly meetings and a national conference, and with its membership roster coming from colleges and universities nationwide.
The Council of Past PMAP Presidents, an advisory group composed of the former presidents of the Association, provide guidance to the PMAP Board regarding policies, thrusts and strategies. The HRM Foundation, moreover, ensures the long-term funding requirements of PMAP for its professional development programs, organization growth strategies, and capitalization requirements.
More recently, an additional affiliated body in PMAP emerged with the conception of the Center for Human Resource Management (CHRM). Led by a preliminary Board of Trustees, the CHRM is tasked with formulating the policies, thrusts and strategies of creating an HR School, the first-ever in the country. The school will be granting a degree in Master of Business and Human Resource Management (MBHRM) in the near future, with its educational core drawn from the collective expertise of seasoned HR practitioners from within the ranks of PMAP. |
