1. HN347: Public Personnel Administration

2. Introductions NAME PERSONAL INTERESTS HUMAN SERVICES EXPERIENCE HUMAN SERVICES FOCUS DREAM JOB

3. Discussion Questions Discussion questions are a great way for you to ask questions, share information and ideas and get constructive feedback. A discussion question grade will be posted to the grade sheet for each Unit. See Syllabus for more information about the grading of DB.

4. Course Description Examine public personnel issues faced by human services administrators. Use case studies and activities to differentiate between the issues affecting the public and private sectors. Create solutions to these issues.

5. Course Outcomes For the successful completion of this course the student will be able to: HN347-1: Analyze current issues in public personnel HN347- 2: Generate solutions to public personnel issues in accordance with ethical and professional standards GEL-3.3: Examine the interdependence of human systems and the natural world GEL-1.1: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English

6. Course Outline Unit 4: Jobs and Job Design Reading Discussion Seminar Project Unit 5: Recruitment and Employee Selection Reading Discussion Seminar Project Unit 1: Organizational Basics and Ethics Reading Discussion Seminar Final Project Information Unit 2: Historical perspectives and planning in the contemporary environment Reading Discussion Seminar Unit 3: Core Functions Reading Discussion Seminar Project

7. Course Outline (cont…) Unit 6: Orientation and Training to enhance motivation and employee performance Reading Discussion Seminar Project Unit 7: Performance Appraisal Reading Discussion Seminar Unit 8: Contemporary Issues in Public Personnel Management 1: Workplace problems & Labor Relations Reading Discussion Seminar Unit 9: Contemporary Issues in Public Personnel Management 2: Affirmative action, diversity and gender issues Reading Discussion Seminar Final Project Unit 10: Reflections on Knowledge Learned Reading Discussion

8. Projects Unit 3: Memo to Supervisor Unit 4: Job Description Unit 5: Recruitment Unit 6: PowerPoint Presentation Unit 9: Final Project

9. Seminar Times Normally scheduled on Wednesdays at 10PM ET. Will not be graded, therefore optional. Thoughts about meeting for Seminar?

10. Key Terms – Week 1 Human Resource Management – A general term referring to the “design and implementation of systems in an organization to ensure the efficient and effective use of human talent to accomplish organizational goals” (Buford & Linder, 2002, p. 464) Human Resources – Operations staff, professionals, and managers in an organization Public Personnel Management – Management of human resources in the public sector. Activities may apply directly to employees of public agencies and/or to others in the private sector that provides public services through contract.

11. Questions to consider??? What are some of the services provided by the organizations that could be the most helpful? Have you ever applied for a position in a public agency? Please share you experience. In particular, were ethical principles followed?

12. Public Employee Websites Business and Economic Development http://www.iowa.gov/Business_and_Economic_Development Public Employment Relations Board http://iowaperb.iowa.gov/ Iowa Workforce Development http://www.iowaworkforce.org/

13. Contact Information Melanie Beath Kaplan Email: mbeath@kaplan.edumbeath@kaplan.edu AIM: melaniebeath74 Cell Phone #: 515-480-9034