Public Personnel Management Using Pad 530 Assignm

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. 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.