Category: Public Administration

Examine the information about the merit system at the office of Personnel Management at the following OPM sites:

U.S. Merit Systems Principles

https://www.mspb.gov/msp/meritsystemsprinciples.htm

U.S. Merit systems Prohibited Personnel Practices

https://www.mspb.gov/ppp/ppp.htm 
Keys to Managing the Federal Workforce

https://www.mspb.gov/mspbsearch/viewdocs.aspx?docnumber=1371890&version=1377261&application=ACROBAT

Discuss how one can recognize the merit system principles and prohibited personnel practices.

Focus on the various mandates for personnel within the public sector and how those practices may need to be re-examined.

Using at least three peer reviewed sources and other web resources highlighted in the course (ASPA, ICMA, etc.), create a presentation showing the key challenges facing todays leaders in the public sector. You may use any of the freely available presentation software such as emaze (https://www.emaze.com/) or Prezi (https://prezi.com/) as well as PowerPoint.

Include more than one challenge. I am looking for critical thought and reasoning.

Tips:

Use bullet points and supplement this with speakers notes or audio rather than writing paragraphs and inserting them onto a slide.

Include a title slide or include your title in an appropriate way for the software you choose.

Use in-text citations.

Include a reference slide or include your reference list in an appropriate way for the software you choose.

Make sure you do not exceed the 10 MB limit of uploads for the classroom.

Proofread.

Description
The website of The Tennessee Comptrollers Office gives the appearance of transparency. There one can find an invitation to see how the office is fulfilling its mission as well as a plethora of audits on various state organizations.

http://www.comptroller.tn.gov/

Listen to the video of the Tennessee Office of Open Records Counsel Public Hearing in Nashville, TN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PylAhlelbwI (1:18:35)

Consider the following questions and be prepared to discuss in class:

Why is the comptroller of Tennessee holding a meeting?
What promises is he making?
How are the publics questions addressed?
What inferences can you make about the auditing practices in the Tennessee Comptrollers Office?

Assignment 1: Public Administration The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Due Week 3 and worth 210 points

The purpose of the assignments is to introduce students to the field of public administration and nonprofit organizations by identifying and analyzing the challenges a public administrator faces in a dynamic organizational and political environment. Each assignment builds upon the previous assignment allowing the student to gradually develop an understanding of how public administration and its policies are addressed on all levels of government.

For this assignment, you will use the readings and e-Activities from Weeks 1 through 3.

In this first assignment, you will select a policy issue and evaluate its impact. Select one (1) policy issue of interest to you, which will be used for evaluation for all of your assignments.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Develop a brief overview (i.e., no more than one [1] paragraph) of the selected issue.
Recommend one (1) type of public policy out of the four (4) mentioned within the text and develop a reasoning as to why this policy supports the issue that you have selected. Provide a rationale for your response.
Suggest two (2) policy modifications that may positively impact and two (2) policy modifications that may negatively impact the outcomes for the issue that you have selected. Provide a rationale for your response. Note: In this question, you are recommending change to the public policy in Question #2 and how the changes will impact the selected issue.
Suggest three (3) methods by which the Constitutionspecifically the powers of Congress addresses the role of government within business administration overall for your selected issue. Provide a rationale to support your response. Note: In this question, you are evaluating the relationship between government and business of the selected issue. Focus on the role(s) the government and businesses play in supporting and / or negating the selected issue.
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.. Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other Websites ending in anything other than .gov do not qualify as peer-reviewed.
When writing the paper, use the outline headings below that correspond to sections of the paper:

Policy Issue (for Question 1)
Public Policy (for Question 2)
Policy Modification (for Question 3)
The Constitution (for Question 4)
References (for Question 5)
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: