Kim Woods

Assignment 5: Preparing for the Agency’s Future, Part 5

Due Week 10 and worth 100 points

Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of eight to ten (8-10) slides. Address the agency’s future using the following criteria (taken from Chapter 12):

1. Analyze at least three (3) challenges of succession planning for your selected agency.

2. Propose at least three (3) components of effective implementation of succession planning.

3. Discuss at least three (3) skills for managing personnel through turbulence, providing a rationale for each skill.

4. Recommend at least three (3) innovations for succession planning, providing a rationale for each recommendation.

5. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one (1) non-government Website) 

The format of the assignment is to be as follows:

• Develop eight to 10 (8-10) PowerPoint slides, with one or two (1 or 2) devoted to each of the topics in items 1-4 above. Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.

• Incorporate 200-250 words of content in the Notes View of each PowerPoint slide. (These would be used while presenting the slides to an audience. 

• Slide titles should be based on the criteria described above (e.g., “Challenges of Succession Planning,”  etc.)

• In addition to the content slides required, a title slide and a reference slide are to be included. The title slide is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructor’s name, the course title, and the date. The reference slide should list, in APA format, the sources you consulted in writing the paper. 

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.

• Evaluate current and emerging issues and trends in public personnel management, such as evaluation, public sector recruitment, staffing employment development compensation, benefits, pensions, strategic planning, and / or succession planning.

• 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. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.

Scenario for Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

For Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 you will take on the role of a consultant for a government agency. Your consulting firm has been asked by the agency to research it, interview representatives within the agency, compile a report, and provide recommendations for improvement. The first role of the consultant is to become familiar with the agency, its departments, and key actors. You will develop the assignment in five (5) parts, submitting each to your supervisor (your professor’s role) who will offer feedback for revisions.

Select a local, county, state, or federal agency and a department within the agency. Usually, you can find contact information on their Websites.

Assignment 1: Rationale and Analysis for Agency Selected, Part 1 (Week 2)

Assignment 2: Evaluation of Agency’s Public Personnel Administration, Part 2 (Week 4)

Assignment 3: Agency’s Law and Ethics of Hiring a Diverse Workforce, Part 3 (Week 7)

Assignment 4: Analysis of the Agency’s Policies, Procedures, and Plans – Unions, Privatization, Pensions, and Productivity, Part 4 (Week 9)

Assignment 5: Preparing for the Agency’s Future, Part 5 (Week 10)

After selecting an agency and department, you are expected to:

1. Research the literature regarding issues that involve the selected agency and public administration in general.

2. Interview at least two (2) representatives of the agency’s department for the different sections of the paper. (If you can obtain more than two (2) different interviews, do so. The more perspectives, the better. Interviews can be conducted in person, by phone, or by an electronic method such as email.)

3. Develop the assignments in parts, submitting them to your professor for review and feedback.

4. Revise Assignments 1, 2, and 3 based on your professor’s feedback.

Note: Guidelines for Interview Assignments at Strayer University:

(1) Before students engage in an interview assignment, they must adhere to these Guidelines for Interview Assignments at Strayer University:

(a) The purpose of the assignment is to train students in interview/research methods, not to develop or contribute to research that can be applied to situations beyond that studied or that is created to share with others beyond the local setting.

(b) No publication of projects containing the results of or information from the interviews is allowed, including publication in social media, blogs or the Internet generally. The interview findings may only be shared in the class.

(2) When presenting the results of their interviews to their instructor and / or classmates, students may not disclose personally identifiable information about an interviewee, unless they have received written permission from the interviewee as verified by their instructor.

(3) All interviewees must be at least 18 years old.)

Points: 100	Assignment 5: Preparing for the Agency’s Future, Part 5
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Analyze at least three (3) challenges of succession planning for your selected agency. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely analyzed at least three (3) challenges of succession planning for your selected agency.	Partially analyzed at least three (3) challenges of succession planning for your selected agency.	Satisfactorily analyzed at least three (3) challenges of succession planning for your selected agency.	Thoroughly analyzed at least three (3) challenges of succession planning for your selected agency.
2. Propose at least three (3) components of effective implementation of succession planning. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely proposed at least three (3) components of effective implementation of succession planning.	Partially proposed at least three (3) components of effective implementation of succession planning.	Satisfactorily proposed at least three (3) components of effective implementation of succession planning.	Thoroughly proposed at least three (3) components of effective implementation of succession planning.
3. Discuss at least three (3) skills for managing personnel through turbulence, providing a rationale for the skill. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely discussed at least three (3) skills for managing personnel through turbulence, providing a rationale for the skill.	Partially discussed at least three (3) skills for managing personnel through turbulence, providing a rationale for the skill.	Satisfactorily discussed at least three (3) skills for managing personnel through turbulence, providing a rationale for the skill.	Thoroughly discussed at least three (3) skills for managing personnel through turbulence, providing a rationale for the skill.
4. Recommend at least three (3) innovations for succession planning, providing a rationale for each recommendation. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely recommended at least three (3) innovations for succession planning, providing a rationale for each recommendation.	Partially recommended at least three (3) innovations for succession planning, providing a rationale for each recommendation.	Satisfactorily recommended at least three (3) innovations for succession planning, providing a rationale for each recommendation.	Thoroughly recommended at least three (3) innovations for succession planning, providing a rationale for each recommendation.
5. Provide at least four (4) relevant and credible outside sources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one (1) non-government Website) Weight: 10%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 6 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present