•Identify and explain how the current economic climate might dictate the major themes of public sector management going forward.

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• Describe and analyze Lois Wise’s notion of the “operating conditions of public service.”

• Suggest what the case study and the readings in the e-Activities indicate about the modern complexities of professional personnel in the public setting.
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• Analyze and explain the last five years of employment data available in the Executive and Legislative and Judicial Branch categories. Predict and justify your position by stating what the available data may indicate in the next five years.
• Evaluate the concept of “comparable worth,” summarizing the arguments pro and con. What position do you take? Pay special attention to the equity issues involved.
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• Identify and explain how the current economic climate might dictate the major themes of public sector management going forward.
• Based on all that you have learned in this course and what you know about current events, analyze and take a position on the future of public administration in the next presidential administration.