Week 8 – Signature Assignment: Evaluate Organization X to Recommend Items for Change

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Books and Resources for this Week

Week 8

Brewer, G. A., & Kellough, J. E. (2016).

Administrative values and public

personnel management: Reflections on

civil service reform. Public... Link

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The Future of Public Personnel Administration

Congratulations on making it through your training! You are officially the Director of

Personnel Administration for Organization X. As you are aware from the last seven weeks,

the field of personnel administration is ever evolving. Moving forward, you will need to

stay abreast of new advances in the field – and how those new advances apply to the

public sector – specifically, to Organization X. As you move through this week’s readings,

remember what you have learned and how you might innovatively apply it in your new

role. Before beginning your required readings, take a moment to review what you have

learned through an interactive assessment.

Be sure to review this week's resources carefully. You are expected to apply the

information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.

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Kearney, R. C., & Coggburn, J. D.

(2016). Public human resource

management: Problems and prospects.

Los Angeles: CQ... Link

Kuna, S. (2017). Paradoxical processes

impeding public management reform

implementation: Perspectives of

management consultants. Public

Personnel... Link

Podger, A. (2017). Enduring challenges

and new developments in public human

resource management: Australia as an

example of international... Link

Assignment Prompt PDF document

Week 8 – Signature Assignment: Evaluate

Organization X to Recommend Items for Change Assignment

Due March 27 at 11:59 PM

It is your first day as Director of Personnel Administration for Organization X. You walk

into your office to find a letter on your desk from a former employee who very recently

separated from the organization. The letter explains many experiences the employee

witnessed or personally experienced before resigning. The employee’s letter is provided

as an assignment prompt included in your weekly resources.

You take the letter to your boss, who instructs you to do two things. First, rank the issues

in order from what you believe to be the most important to the least important. Briefly

state why, citing the literature as support. Second, create a new policy or program to

address what you believe is the most important issue in this letter. State why, citing the

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literature, along with one possible way to measure the effectiveness of the policy one-

year post-implementation.

Also, create an infographic highlighting the new program or policy in a way that

employees will understand and support. Some free infographic tools include Piktochart,

Canva, and Venngage.

Length: 12-15 pages, not including title and reference pages, but including your

infographic

References: Include a minimum of 7 scholarly resources. In addition to these specified

resources, other appropriate scholarly and professional resources, including seminal

articles, may be included.

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts

presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this

topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where

appropriate. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy.

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