Posted: February 3rd, 2015

Public Personnel Administration

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

The second half of the semester included discussions on collective bargaining, employee rights and responsibilities, discrimination, changes to the workforce, civil service reform, and the future of public personnel and government. Several events and phenomena in recent years have highlighted the need for public administrators who possess the knowledge, skills, abilities, and desire to confront increasingly complex issues. For example, despite positive job growth and a record-setting stock market, federal government deficits and cumulative debt are a clear and present danger to the nation’s fiscal health and on personnel. Repeatedly, several U.S. cities have declared bankruptcy in recent years, while others are perilously close to that fate.
Furthermore, despite tremendous strides in reducing discrimination, we still fall short. In FY2013, the EEOC received nearly 91,000 charge complaints from across the country.
Also, the trajectory of government ‘reform’ seemingly has no end in sight – from proposed improvements to the federal hiring process to better performance assessment tools. And finally, as a result of increasing retirements, we revisited the ‘silver tsunami’ and its current and long-term implications for government. As a student, you have now gained insight to the possible ways that public personnel administration might be affected in the wake of these aforementioned challenges. I charge you with applying that knowledge on this assignment.
ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
Although the government faces many challenges, the most significant issue impacting public personnel and government’s ability to be most effective is ___________________________.
This is your thesis statement. Your essay will surely incorporate our class discussions, but it will also include your own thoughts and external sources as needed (government reports, journal articles, print and news media, etc.). Your response should also include possible remedies to address the issue discussed.
Additional requirements:
Please limit your response to 3 pages – no longer
. It is your responsibility to include the most
salient information to support your thesis.
1 inch margins on all sides.
Cite as many sources as to want.

Text book: the new public personnel administration 7th ed by Nigro
If you have any questions feel free to ask