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.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)
Note: Please make sure in-text citations are utilized within
the PowerPoint presentation, note section, and referenced on the Reference
slide.
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.
