Deanna Saylor Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations Y505 Exam One 5/25/2010 1. In your own words‚ what is a psychological contract? Why is this concept important to studying human resources? Explain. Give an example of a psychological contract you had with an employer and what‚ if anything‚ happened when it was broken. A psychological contract is what the employee expects to receive from the employer and vice versa. For example‚ in my job‚ I expect that my employer
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MPA vs. MPP Both the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and the Master of Public Policy (MPP) are strong‚ valuable‚ preferred degrees. But what makes them different? Which one is right for you and your career goals? Master of Public Administration • Core courses cover more about management. • Core courses require fewer classes in economics and statistics Credit Hours: 39 24 Core Requirements 12 Primary Concentration 3 Internship or Practicum Fields of concentration include:
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is redistributed among entities‚ the label given to this process is “post-colonialism.” Although there are a variety of definitions‚ Innes writes‚ “For historians‚ the hyphenated word refers specifically to the period after a country‚ state or people cease to be governed by a colonial power such as Britain or France‚ and take administrative power into their own hands” (Innes 1). It is during this time that the post-colonial theory observes many issues such as culture‚ power‚ economics‚ politics and
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Public Administration in the Movies On the surface‚ it would seem that a film focusing on the rise and fall of a naive and idealistic Senator would have very little in common with a film that deals with 1940s mobsters and the creation of Las Vegas. Indeed‚ most would say that the 1939 classic‚ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington‚ holds no commonality whatsoever with the semi-accurate‚ 1992 biographical film‚ Bugsy. Yet‚ that would be a very surface level assumption; under this exterior‚ the two films showcase
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The Starchitect of Post-Modern Architecture Architecture was the first style to push beyond modernist values and shift to post-modern values. Modern architecture followed a uniform style that appears in the de Stijl movement; which preferred order‚ horizontal/vertical lines‚ simplicity‚ sameness‚ universal form‚ and purism; meanwhile‚ the Bauhaus movement used industrial materials and simple geometric forms. The international style or what can be termed as present-day architecture followed the modernist
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The postmodernist theory of society states that we have reached a state in society by which we have surpassed the modern era. Modernism is the idea that society has become industrialised and that we live in a materialistic society. The modern era‚ according to modernist theorists‚ is one based around science and the development of intellectual thinking; this stands in stark contrast to pre-modern society in which understanding and the rules of society were based around religion. A postmodern era
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EDU8311 Concepts and theories in educational management Faculty of Education Study book Published by University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Queensland 4350 Australia http://www.usq.edu.au © University of Southern Queensland‚ 2012.1. Copyrighted materials reproduced herein are used under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 as amended‚ or as a result of application to the copyright owner. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted
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Growing up as the only child of a maintenance worker and a third grade teacher‚ the value of education and the motivation to learn and perform well were always stressed. Completing my masters of public administration degree is my most notable accomplishment. While completing the application process‚ my grandfather died. Unfortunately‚ nine months later my grandmother died during midterms. It was challenging. Prior to my grandparents passing‚ I had never experienced such poignancy. Additionally
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3 Theory of Bureaucracy The public concept of bureaucracy suggest the need for sweeping reforms in the public sector to avoid concentrating power on the in nonelected institution‚ to forge a strong link between citizens preference and government action‚ and to bring the political system generally into a closer embrace of democratic value (Ostrom 1985:242 public choice argues that such reform should rely on the introduction of market force into the arena of public service provision. Competition and
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Post Colonialism Theory To understand the post colonialism theory‚ I believe that we must first take a brief look at how we got here. In order to reach the post era‚ we first must walk through the challenges and lessons of those before us. How else would the history that we have to teach us today be there‚ how else would we have the literature to educate us? Colonialism was all about the newer‚ bigger‚ better lands and though these lands had natives already‚ they were just another obstacle. They
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