IPMA - Module 1 - Public Sector HR Basics with Complete Solutions Functions typically part of providing for the "Common Good": - Correct Answer 1. Promulgation and enforcement of laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances. 2. Provisions of infrastructure services, such as roads, parks, etc. 3. A system of social services to care for those in need or unable to care for themselves. 4. Safety services, such as police, fire, and prisons.Differences in Public and Private Sector - Correct Answer Transitional Leadership, Transparency, Merit System Requirements, Compensation.Similarities in Public and Private Sector - Correct Answer Subject to the same laws, regulations, and court decisions; Performs many of the same functions such as recruitment, compensation, workforce planning.The Pendleton Act - Correct Answer Introduced the merit system concept to the Federal Government.The Pendleton Act - Correct Answer Established the institutional framework for federal human resource management The Pendleton Act - Correct Answer Created a bi-partisan Civil Service Commision as a buffer against partisan pressures from executive and legislative branches.The Pendleton Act - Correct Answer Served as a model for reformers seeking to change state and local governments.Effects of the Pendleton Act - Correct Answer Merit system concepts had spread to state and local governments. And by the 1970's problems appeared such as: Federal Personnel systems were inefficient, civil servants hindered executive initiatives, difficulties in getting rid of incompetent employees, frustrations with cumbersome rules, conflict in the roles of the civil service commission.The Reform Movement - Correct Answer The passage of the Pendleton Act created the federal merit system The framework in considering the merit system came from Paul Light in his book - Correct Answer Tides of Reform 1 / 2
The four philosophies of Tides of Reform - Correct Answer Scientific Management, War on Waste, Watchful Eye, Liberation management Scientific Management - Correct Answer Focuses on efficiency, tight hierarchy, specialization an chains of command War on Waste - Correct Answer Emphasis on economy, auditors, inspectors, cross checkers, and reviewers Watchful Eye - Correct Answer Embraces fairness via sunshine and openness Liberation Management - Correct Answer Puts premium on performance, by letting managers manage, with market pressure as a supporting tool for accountability Examples of Scientific Management - Correct Answer CFO ACT - Chief Financial Officer Act, Brownlow, First Hoover Commission Examples of War on Waste - Correct Answer Inspector General Act (IG), Examples of Watchful Eye - Correct Answer Admin Procedures Act, FOIA, FACA Examples of Liberation Act - Correct Answer GPRA, Nat'l Security Personnel Systems, Perf. Based Organizations OPM - Office of Personnel Management - Correct Answer Charged with the doing side of HRM - coordinating the Federal personnel program MSPB - Merit Systems Protection Board - Correct Answer The adjudicatory side, hearing employee appeals and investigating merit system violations 1978 - CSRA - Civil Service Reform Act - Correct Answer Built on the foundation of the Pendleton Act and altered the framework of public HR management. Created OPM, MSPB, FLRA, and Senior Executive Service.
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