Pad 530 Assignment 1
Public Personnel Today
Monica Long
Dr. Marion B. Lee
PAD 530 Public Personnel Management
October 28, 2012
Public personnel administration focuses on helping public managers on all levels to meet the challenges of attracting, retaining, motivating and developing the large and diverse pool of highly qualified people needed to staff modern government agencies of all kinds (Nigro, Nigro & Kellough, 2007). Acquisitions, sanctions, planning and development are four key duties of public personnel today which help with the effectiveness of an organization. On the federal, state and local levels public personnel procedures and strategies can impact public agencies and employee’s performance and productivity.
Critical Trends Affecting the Growth of Public Personnel
The four critical trends that affect growth of public personnel today are demographics, technological change and innovation, political change and partisanship. All of these trends have a major impact on the composition, size and organization of public personnel administration. They affect public personnel issues, practices and policies as well.
An increasing diversity of racial and ethnic groups and different family lifestyles and backgrounds are shown in the American workforce. In addition, as time progresses the workforce will be made up of ethnic minorities, women and immigrants; these demographics are represented in about half of the labor pool. During the next ten years it is estimated that they will contribute more than 80 percent of the net additions (Nigro, Nigro & Kellough, 2007). Education is another demographic that affects public personnel. Education is increasingly important because it is a requirement for most jobs and it makes the labor market very competitive. More people are seeking a higher education thus attaining higher level positions in the workforce which leaves other positions open for qualified individuals that have the skills and experience needed. Demographics have a
Monica Long
Dr. Marion B. Lee
PAD 530 Public Personnel Management
October 28, 2012
Public personnel administration focuses on helping public managers on all levels to meet the challenges of attracting, retaining, motivating and developing the large and diverse pool of highly qualified people needed to staff modern government agencies of all kinds (Nigro, Nigro & Kellough, 2007). Acquisitions, sanctions, planning and development are four key duties of public personnel today which help with the effectiveness of an organization. On the federal, state and local levels public personnel procedures and strategies can impact public agencies and employee’s performance and productivity.
Critical Trends Affecting the Growth of Public Personnel
The four critical trends that affect growth of public personnel today are demographics, technological change and innovation, political change and partisanship. All of these trends have a major impact on the composition, size and organization of public personnel administration. They affect public personnel issues, practices and policies as well.
An increasing diversity of racial and ethnic groups and different family lifestyles and backgrounds are shown in the American workforce. In addition, as time progresses the workforce will be made up of ethnic minorities, women and immigrants; these demographics are represented in about half of the labor pool. During the next ten years it is estimated that they will contribute more than 80 percent of the net additions (Nigro, Nigro & Kellough, 2007). Education is another demographic that affects public personnel. Education is increasingly important because it is a requirement for most jobs and it makes the labor market very competitive. More people are seeking a higher education thus attaining higher level positions in the workforce which leaves other positions open for qualified individuals that have the skills and experience needed. Demographics have a
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