PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the mission of Public Personnel Administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅acquire, develop,
and retain talent.
Align the workforce with businesses.
What is the purpose of human resource management? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Maximize the
productivity by optimizing the effectiveness of its employees
What are the responsibilities of human resource managers ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅staffing,
employee compensation, benefits and defining work.
What is human resource management involved with ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Organizational
behavior, human behavior, leadership, motivation, management and politics.
Two types of employees ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅classified: paid hourly and their job duties are
routine- following a standard of rules. [ union/ non-union] $25K
Unclassified: Serve the pleasure of the appointing body [never union]. More at risk. $50k
What is Public Personnel Administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Public Human Resource
Management that is concerned with public organization's workforce including:
Acquisition
Development
Utilization
Compensation
Public Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Subject to formal rules that
constrain their activities. [ Red Tape]
Subject to informal constraining influences: media, influence groups, political parties, public opinion,
and elected officials.
,Multidisciplinary influences of Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sociology
Psychology
Political Science
Organization Behavior
Leadership
Motivation
Private Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅More flexibility
Not subject to red tape= no constraint from formal or informal sources.
What is Personnel ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅people employed in an organization undertaking
services.
Examples: Employees/ Workers
What is an organization? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a group of individuals working towards a goal
What is management ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of accomplishing an organization's
goals through people. for example: development of policies for effective use of human resource in an
organization.
Psychological and productivity goals are pivotal to the relationship of management between the
individual and employee. The goals are interactive and reciprocal.
Why does Human Resource Management matter ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Provides assets to an
organization
Good HRM will help maximize the benefits of an organization
What is the Paradox Puzzle ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Depicted through: mapping, theorizing and
conceptualizing.
It is rapid and spastic.
,Two truthful contradictions that mock both study and practice.
Examples:
Paradox of democracy-citizen rights vs. employee rights
What areas does Human Resource Management deal with ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Worker
unrest
Labor shortages
Performance measurements
Craft policies
Hire, promote, discipline and fire employees
Response to grievances
What are people management problems? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅HRM managers weighing the
pros and cons of each decision
long term and short term decisions
staying organized
dealing with problems as they come up on an individual basis
What are challenges in getting and managing the right people ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Declining
confidence in government
demands for productivity gains
emerging virtual workplaces and government
declining budgets
rightsizing and downsizing despite population growth
Definition of personnel administration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅deals with internal processes
including: staffing, position management, pay systems and efficient application of the rules and
procedures of the civil service system.
Human Resource Management defintion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the function within an
organization that focuses on the recruitment & management of the people.
, It embraces a broader focus and has relevance for HR specialist, line managers, and executives.
It encompasses all decision affecting the relationship between the individual and organization.
Civil Service Defintion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the government employees in permanent public
service excluding legislative, judicial, or uniformed military; position are filled based on competitive
examinations, a professional career public service exists with protection against political influence and
patronage.
Traditional Personnel Administration vs. HRM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Traditional Personnel
Administration: concerned with internal processes including recruitment, compensation and discipline
Application of the rules and procedures of the civil service system.
Human Resource Management: Embraces a broader, more " people focused"
Encompasses all decisions affecting their relationship between the individual and organization including:
reward systems
organizational design
staffing
Centralized Human Resource Department - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅rapidly and efficiently optimizes
essential business processes. The staff can more easily develop and coordinate consistent processes for
payroll, benefits, and recruiting.
Devolved Human Resource Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A central HR unit that does most policy
work, but most functional responsibilities are accomplished by line managers and operational units
Decentralized HR Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the department in an organization that hires
employees and deals with issues related to the administration of the company's personnel. Less
efficient.
Specialized HR Department - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Departments in which individuals are
specialized in through training and development
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the mission of Public Personnel Administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅acquire, develop,
and retain talent.
Align the workforce with businesses.
What is the purpose of human resource management? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Maximize the
productivity by optimizing the effectiveness of its employees
What are the responsibilities of human resource managers ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅staffing,
employee compensation, benefits and defining work.
What is human resource management involved with ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Organizational
behavior, human behavior, leadership, motivation, management and politics.
Two types of employees ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅classified: paid hourly and their job duties are
routine- following a standard of rules. [ union/ non-union] $25K
Unclassified: Serve the pleasure of the appointing body [never union]. More at risk. $50k
What is Public Personnel Administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Public Human Resource
Management that is concerned with public organization's workforce including:
Acquisition
Development
Utilization
Compensation
Public Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Subject to formal rules that
constrain their activities. [ Red Tape]
Subject to informal constraining influences: media, influence groups, political parties, public opinion,
and elected officials.
,Multidisciplinary influences of Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sociology
Psychology
Political Science
Organization Behavior
Leadership
Motivation
Private Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅More flexibility
Not subject to red tape= no constraint from formal or informal sources.
What is Personnel ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅people employed in an organization undertaking
services.
Examples: Employees/ Workers
What is an organization? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a group of individuals working towards a goal
What is management ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of accomplishing an organization's
goals through people. for example: development of policies for effective use of human resource in an
organization.
Psychological and productivity goals are pivotal to the relationship of management between the
individual and employee. The goals are interactive and reciprocal.
Why does Human Resource Management matter ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Provides assets to an
organization
Good HRM will help maximize the benefits of an organization
What is the Paradox Puzzle ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Depicted through: mapping, theorizing and
conceptualizing.
It is rapid and spastic.
,Two truthful contradictions that mock both study and practice.
Examples:
Paradox of democracy-citizen rights vs. employee rights
What areas does Human Resource Management deal with ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Worker
unrest
Labor shortages
Performance measurements
Craft policies
Hire, promote, discipline and fire employees
Response to grievances
What are people management problems? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅HRM managers weighing the
pros and cons of each decision
long term and short term decisions
staying organized
dealing with problems as they come up on an individual basis
What are challenges in getting and managing the right people ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Declining
confidence in government
demands for productivity gains
emerging virtual workplaces and government
declining budgets
rightsizing and downsizing despite population growth
Definition of personnel administration - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅deals with internal processes
including: staffing, position management, pay systems and efficient application of the rules and
procedures of the civil service system.
Human Resource Management defintion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the function within an
organization that focuses on the recruitment & management of the people.
, It embraces a broader focus and has relevance for HR specialist, line managers, and executives.
It encompasses all decision affecting the relationship between the individual and organization.
Civil Service Defintion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the government employees in permanent public
service excluding legislative, judicial, or uniformed military; position are filled based on competitive
examinations, a professional career public service exists with protection against political influence and
patronage.
Traditional Personnel Administration vs. HRM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Traditional Personnel
Administration: concerned with internal processes including recruitment, compensation and discipline
Application of the rules and procedures of the civil service system.
Human Resource Management: Embraces a broader, more " people focused"
Encompasses all decisions affecting their relationship between the individual and organization including:
reward systems
organizational design
staffing
Centralized Human Resource Department - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅rapidly and efficiently optimizes
essential business processes. The staff can more easily develop and coordinate consistent processes for
payroll, benefits, and recruiting.
Devolved Human Resource Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A central HR unit that does most policy
work, but most functional responsibilities are accomplished by line managers and operational units
Decentralized HR Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the department in an organization that hires
employees and deals with issues related to the administration of the company's personnel. Less
efficient.
Specialized HR Department - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Departments in which individuals are
specialized in through training and development
