[PAP3340] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 44 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3340
• Professor: David Brown

Document Summary

Week 2 september 13 the context for hr in the public sector. Can incorporate external material during group reading presentation. Send summary page (2 pages) day before presentation. About people: as individuals, their knowledge, skills, work, how they are organized and do their work, how they are recruited and managed, how they are paid, their workplace and how they behave. Particular public sector features: paid from public (taxpayer) funds. Everyone in society is a shareholder: operating in a political context ministerial direction, parliamentary oversight, media. Politically neutral but publicly accountable: heavily unionized, most with job security, benefits. Everyone in public service has a union (exceptions are senior executives and hr staff) Privatized groups typically not unionized: large scale, wide range of activity. Focus on the executive activities of government: excludes court and legislative administration. Embodied in institutions, policy and decision making processes, and administrative functions. Driven by economic, social, technological and political forces.