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Exam Questions

1. Identify and describe the four public personnel management functions (PADS).

2. What are the four competing values that have traditionally affected the allocation of public jobs? Which three nongovernment values that have emerged recently conflict with them?

3. What are the pros and cons of contracting out? If you have experience with contracting out, what challenges did you face in writing the contract specifications and what challenges did you face in administering the contract?

4. How does the historical development of job analysis relate to the differing objectives of elected and appointed officials, merit system advocates, HR directors and specialists, supervisors and managers, and employees? How are these reflected in the concepts of position management, human resource management, and career development?

5. Describe the contemporary pay and benefits environment.

6. Identify the elements included in a total compensation package.

7. Describe the comparative advantages and disadvantages of competing systems used to determine pay—point-factor job evaluation, rank-in person, and broad-banding.

8. Discuss how conflicts over the fairness of EEO, AA, and diversity management programs have affected the role of the public HR manager in achieving both productivity and fairness.