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
theScenario
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.
Evaluate the practicality of
union presence in your selected agency and recommend at least two (2) reasons
why the agency should or should not have union representation. (Title this
section The Agency and Unions)
3.
Evaluate the opportunity of
privatization in your selected agency and recommend at least two (2) reasons
why the agency should or should not privatize its services. (Title this section
The Agency and Privatization)
4.
Analyze at least two (2) 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.
Include at least four (4)
peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material
outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include
scholarly articles and governmental Websites. (Include no more than one (1)
non-government Website)
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations
and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page containing
the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are:
·
Examine the major components of
the personnel management system, procedures, and processes in the public
sector.
·
Recommend improvements to
processes involved in public personnel management and / or solutions to
problems confronting those in the field.
·
Assess external organizational
and employee conditions as well as their implications to and impact on
personnel management.
·
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.
·
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.
·
Analyze pertinent public
personnel management issues related to the federal government and / or
privatization.
·
Develop a proposal for
strategic public personnel management for a specific setting.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in public personnel management.
·
Write clearly and concisely
about public personnel management using proper writing mechanics.
