Preparation
Scenario for Assignments
Please note that the assignments in this course build upon one another.
For these assignments, you will take on the role of a consultant for a government agency. Your consulting firm has been asked by the agency to conduct research, compile a report, and provide recommendations for improvement of their personnel management system. The first role of the consultant is to become familiar with the agency and its departments. You will develop the assignment into 5 parts, submitting each to your supervisor (your professor), who will review and grade your efforts.
- Week 3: Rationale and Analysis for Agency Selected.
- Week 4: Evaluation and Organizational Design of an Agency and Project Management in Public Personnel Administration.
- Week 5: Data-Driven Evaluation of Personnel Recruitment and Training Practices.
- Week 7: Agency’s Law and Ethics of Hiring a Diverse Workforce.
- Week 10: Analysis of the Agency’s Policies, Procedures, and Plans – Unions, Privatization, Pensions, and Productivity.
In this assignment, you will continue to research the agency you selected for the Week 3 assignment.
Instructions
Write a 2–3-page paper or develop a 5–7-slide presentation with presentation with notes in which you:
- Analyze the selected agency of a human resource management (HRM) organizational design.
- Identify 3–5 strengths and weaknesses of this design.
- Develop a brief project management plan that addresses the identified weaknesses.
- Use 3 sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least 1 time within your assignment.
Attached is the assignment from week 3