Analyze at least two current events involving the agency

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Homework: Business Finance- Management- Rationale & Analysis for Agency Selected

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 homework in four parts, submitting each to your supervisor (your professor) who will review and grade your efforts.

1) Rationale and Analysis for Agency Selected.
2) Evaluation of Agency's Public Personnel Administration.
3) Agency's Law and Ethics of Hiring a Diverse Workforce.
4) Analysis of the Agency's Policies, Procedures, and Plans - Unions, Privatization, Pensions, and Productivity.

Selecting an Agency

The agency you select must be used for this homework. Before selecting your agency, review the directions for homework and perform some initial research to ensure you can find adequate information online to address the requirements for the homework.

Explore one federal agency. You may select one from the list below or choose your own.

Suggested agencies:

1) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
2) Department of Agriculture (USDA).
3) Department of Education (ED).
4) Department of Energy (DOE).
5) Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
6) Department of Justice (DOJ).
7) Department of Transportation (USDOT).
8) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
10) Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
11) Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
12) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
13) Social Security Administration (SSA).

Instructions

Select a federal agency.

Research the literature regarding issues that involve the selected agency and public administration in general.

Write a 3 to 4 pages paper, titled "Rationale and Analysis for Agency Selected." Complete the following:

1) Provide background information about the agency's key historical events, mission, and goals/objectives (title this section "Introduction").

2) Describe at least three functions of this agency, highlighting the public it serves (title this section "Agency Functions").

3) Analyze at least two current events involving the agency that might have implications for personnel management (title this section "Agency News").

4) Explain your rationale for selecting this agency with at least two justifiable reasons (title this section "Rationale for Selecting Agency").

5) Appropriately incorporate at least four quality (credible, relevant, and appropriate) sources. A quality source can be either popular, such as a news article, or scholarly, such as peer-reviewed works. In the case of public administration, government websites are appropriate quality resources.

The course learning outcome associated with this homework is:

1) Analyze the key historical, legislative, and ethical dimensions of public personnel management within a federal or state agency.

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