Analysis of the Agency’s Policies, Procedures, and Plans Regarding Unions

Assignment
4: Analysis of the Agency’s Policies, Procedures, and
Plans Regarding Unions, Privatization, Pensions, and Productivity, Part 4
Due
Week 9 and worth 220 points
Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1, 2,
3, 4, and 5
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in
which you:
1.Revise the previous assignment based on
your professor’s feedback.
2.Evaluate the practicality of union
presence in your selected agency and recommend at least two (2) reasons why the
agency should or should not have union representation. (Title this section The
Agency and Unions)
3.Evaluate the opportunity of privatization
in your selected agency and recommend at least two (2) reasons why the agency
should or should not privatize its services. (Title this section The Agency and
Privatization)
4.Analyze at least two (2) of the agency’s
policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding pensions. (Title this section
Employee Pension Plans)
5.Assess the agency’s approach to
productivity and performance evaluation. (Title this section Productivity and
Performance Evaluation)
6.Recommend at least three (3) actions the
agency could take to improve in the areas of productivity and performance
evaluation. (Title this section Recommendations for Improving Productivity and
Performance Evaluation)
7.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. (Include no more than one (1) non-government
Website)
Your assignment must follow these
formatting requirements:
•Be typed, double spaced, using Times New
Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
•Include a cover page containing the title
of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,
and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length.
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.
•Recommend improvements to processes involved
in public personnel management and / or solutions to problems confronting those
in the field.
•Assess external organizational and
employee conditions as well as their implications to and impact on personnel
management.
•Analyze pertinent issues, such as
motivation and productivity, collective bargaining, labor relations, equal
employment opportunity (EEO), affirmative action (AA), intergovernmental
relations, and / or professionalism, facing public personnel managers.
•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.
•Analyze pertinent public personnel management
issues related to the federal government and / or privatization.
•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.