Public Personnel Administration

  1. Why is civil service slowly fading away? What is replacing civil service? What expanded roles do managers and supervisors play in a new system? Be sure to include relevant history and theory when answering the question. (Dr. Lester)

The New Public Personnel Administration 7th Edition
ISBN-13: 978-1133734284

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Significant upward or downward mobility

Has your family experienced significant upward or downward mobility over the past three or four generations? How do you think your values and behavior might differ had you experienced the opposite pattern of mobility?

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Karl Marx”s predictions

Karl Marx predicted the advanced capitalist societies would eventually experience revolutions. Do you believe that Marx’s predictions were simply incorrect, or have the revolutions merely been postponed? Discuss.

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Effective decision-making

You are the manager of small department within a local government. You want to develop processes for effective decision-making with your newly assembled leadership team, but you want to ensure that you are not acting in an overly authoritative manner.

Develop your findings and recommendations in which you discuss the items below.
Determine different decision-making tactics that would be more appropriate for improving communication within a small team or group of about four to six mid- to high-level managers.
Discuss the different types of power that you could conceivably employ in coming to the most appropriate decision-making processes.
Differentiate between the sources and exercises of power that would be most appropriate for this group in the context of public administration organizational behavior.
Provide an example from your own personal experiences of positively engaging in decision-making processes when you have not been the manager or in charge of the decision-making process.

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