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)

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, revisions of the previous assignment, 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.

 Analyze the linkages between theory, research, practice, and teaching in the field of public

personnel management.

 Recommend improvements to processes involved in public personnel management and / or

solutions to problems confronting those in the field.

 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.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and

language and writing skills, using the following rubric.