PAD 530 Public Personnel Management

Assignments 1-5

Assignment 1: Rationale and Analysis for Agency Selected, Part 1

Due Week 2 and worth 100 points

Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper, titled Rationale and Analysis for Agency Selected, Part 1

1. Provide background information about the agency’s key historical events, mission, and goals / objectives. (Title this section Introduction)

2. Describe at least three (3) functions of this agency, highlighting the public it serves. (Title this section Agency Functions)

3. Analyze at least two (2) current events involving the agency that might have implications to personnel management. (Use the e-Activities from Week 1 and Week 2.) (Title this section Agency News)

4. Explain the rationale for selecting this agency with at least two (2) justifiable reasons. (Title this section Rationale for Selecting Agency)

5. List at least four (4) academic sources and government Websites you expect to access in your research. (Include no more than one (1) non-government Website)

Some Websites you may want to access are:

1. U.S. Government Website located at www.usa.gov

2. Office of Personnel Management Website located at www.opm.gov

3. FedWorld Website located at http://www.fedworld.gov/

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

1. Analyze key historical and legislative events in the development of personnel management in the

2. Analyze pertinent issues, such as motivation and productivity, collective bargaining, labor relations, equal employment opportunity (EEO), affirmative action (AA), intergovernmental relations, and / or professionalism, facing public personnel managers.

3. Assess external organizational and employee conditions as well as their implications to and impact on personnel management.

4. Develop a proposal for strategic public personnel management for a specific setting.

5. Use technology and information resources to research issues in public personnel management.

6. Write clearly and concisely about public personnel management using proper writing mechanics.

CRITERIA:

1. Provide background information about the agency’s key historical events, mission, and goals / objectives. (Title this section Introduction)

2. Describe at least three (3) functions of this agency, highlighting the public it serves. (Title this section Agency Functions)

3. Analyze at least two (2) current events involving the agency that might have implications to personnel management. (Use the e-Activities from Week 1 and Week 2.) (Title this section Agency News)

4. Explain the rationale for selecting this agency with at least two (2) justifiable reasons. (Title this section Rationale for Selecting Agency)

5. List at least four (4) academic sources and government Websites you expect to access in your research. (Include no more than one (1) non-government Website)

6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Assignment 2: Evaluation of Agency’s Public Personnel Administration, Part 2

Due Week 4 and worth 180 points

Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Revise the previous assignment based on your professor’s feedback.

2. Analyze the organizational design of the selected agency’s human resource management in relationship to the entire organization. Assess its strengths and weaknesses. (Title this section Organizational Design)

3. Assess the agency in terms of its global or international linkages, highlighting its application of theory to its approach to personnel management. (Title this section Global Linkages and Personnel Management)

4. Analyze at least three (3) of the major components of the agency’s human resource system’s goals and practices regarding the recruitment and hiring of a qualified workforce. (Title this section Personnel Recruitment and Hiring Practices)

5. Evaluate the agency’s approach to training and programs provided for new and existing employees for the development of knowledge, skills, and overall competencies, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses. (Title this section Employee Skills Training)
6. Recommend at least two (2) actions the agency could take to improve in the areas of recruiting and training a qualified workforce. (Title this section Recruiting and Training Recommendations)

7. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one non-government Website)

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

1. Examine the major components of the personnel management system, procedures, and processes in the public sector.

2. Analyze the linkages between theory, research, practice, and teaching in the field of public personnel management.

3. Recommend improvements to processes involved in public personnel management and / or solutions to problems confronting those in the field.

4.  Develop a proposal for strategic public personnel management for a specific setting.

5. Use technology and information resources to research issues in public personnel management.

6. Write clearly and concisely about public personnel management using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

CRITERIA:

1. Revise the previous assignment based on your professor’s feedback.

2. Analyze the organizational design of the selected agency’s human resource management in relationship to the entire organization. Assess its strengths and weaknesses. (Title this section Organizational Design)

3. Assess the agency in terms of its global or international linkages, highlighting its application of theory to its approach to personnel management. (Title this section Global Linkages and Personnel Management)

4. Analyze at least three (3) of the major components of the agency’s human resource system’s goals and practices regarding the recruitment and hiring of a qualified workforce. (Title this section Personnel Recruitment and Hiring Practices)

5. Evaluate the agency’s approach to training and programs provided for new and existing employees for the development of knowledge, skills, and overall competencies, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses. (Title this section Employee Skills Training)

6. Recommend at least two (2) actions the agency could take to improve in the areas of recruiting and training a qualified workforce. (Title this section Recruiting and Training Recommendations)

7. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one non-government Website)

8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Assignment 3: Agency’s Law and Ethics of Hiring a Diverse Workforce, Part 3

Due Week 7 and worth 180 points

Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Revise the previous assignment based on your professor’s feedback.

2. Analyze at least three (3) laws and court decisions that have implications to the agency’s personnel management. (Title this section Laws Affecting the Agency)

3. Analyze at least five (5) of the major components of the agency’s human resource system’s goals and practices regarding the recruitment and hiring of a diversified workforce, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexual orientation. (Title this section Personnel Recruitment and Hiring Practices)

4. Evaluate the agency’s approach to ethics and diversity training programs provided for new and existing employees, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses. (Title this section Ethics and Diversity Training)

5. Recommend at least two (2) actions the agency could take to improve in the areas of recruiting and training a diversified workforce. (Title this section Recommendations for Recruiting and Training a Diversified Workforce)

6. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one non-government Website)

CRITERIA

1. Revise the previous assignment based on your professor’s feedback.

2. Analyze at least three (3) laws and court decisions that have implications to the agency’s personnel management. (Title this section Laws Affecting the Agency)

3. Analyze at least five (5) of the major components of the agency’s human resource system’s goals and practices regarding the recruitment and hiring of a diversified workforce, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexual orientation. (Title this section Personnel Recruitment and Hiring Practices)

4. Evaluate the agency’s approach to ethics and diversity training programs provided for new and existing employees, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses. (Title this section Ethics and Diversity Training)

5. Recommend at least two (2) actions the agency could take to improve in the areas of recruiting and training a diversified workforce. (Title this section Recommendations for Recruiting and Training a Diversified Workforce)

6. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one non-government Website)

7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Assignment 4: Analysis of the Agency’s Policies, Procedures, and Plans Regarding Unions, Privatization, Pensions, and Productivity, Part 4

Due Week 9 and worth 220 points

Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Revise the previous assignment based on your professor’s feedback.

2. Analyze at least three (3) of the agency’s policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding unions. (Title this section The Agency and Unions)

3. Analyze at least three (3) of the agency’s policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding privatization. (Title this section The Agency and Privatization)

4. Analyze at least three (3) of the agency’s policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding pensions. (Title this section Employee Pension Plans)

5. Assess the agency’s approach to productivity and performance evaluation. (Title this section Productivity and Performance Evaluation)
6. Recommend at least three (3) actions the agency could take to improve in the areas of productivity and performance evaluation. (Title this section Recommendations for Improving Productivity and Performance Evaluation)

7. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one (1) non-government Website)

CRITERIA:

1. Revise the previous assignment based on your professor’s feedback.

2. Analyze at least three (3) of the agency’s policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding unions. (Title this section The Agency and Unions)

3. Analyze at least three (3) of the agency’s policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding privatization. (Title this section The Agency and Privatization)

4. Analyze at least three (3) of the agency’s policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding pensions. (Title this section Employee Pension Plans)

5. Assess the agency’s approach to productivity and performance evaluation. (Title this section Productivity and Performance Evaluation)

6. Recommend at least three (3) actions the agency could take to improve in the areas of productivity and performance evaluation. (Title this section Recommendations for Improving Productivity and Performance Evaluation)

7. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one non-government Website)

8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Assignment 5: Preparing for the Agency’s Future, Part 5

Due Week 10 and worth 100 points

Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of eight to ten (8-10) slides. Address the agency’s future using the following criteria (taken from Chapter 12):

1. Analyze at least three (3) challenges of succession planning for your selected agency.

2. Propose at least three (3) components of effective implementation of succession planning.

3. Discuss at least three (3) skills for managing personnel through turbulence, providing a rationale for each skill.

4. Recommend at least three (3) innovations for succession planning, providing a rationale for each recommendation.

5. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one (1) non-government Website)

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

1. Examine the major components of the personnel management system, procedures, and processes in the public sector.

2. Evaluate current and emerging issues and trends in public personnel management, such as evaluation, public sector recruitment, staffing employment development compensation, benefits, pensions, strategic planning, and / or succession planning.

 3. Develop a proposal for strategic public personnel management for a specific setting.

4. Use technology and information resources to research issues in public personnel management.

5. Write clearly and concisely about public personnel management using proper writing mechanics.

CRITERIA:

1.    Analyze at least three (3) challenges of succession planning for your selected agency.

2.    Propose at least three (3) components of effective implementation of succession planning.

3.    Discuss at least three (3) skills for managing personnel through turbulence, providing a rationale for the skill.

4.    Recommend at least three (3) innovations for succession planning, providing a rationale for each recommendation.

5.    Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one (1) non-government Website)

6.    Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements