Public Personnel Administration

Public Personnel Administration

• is about how machineries are handled

• is about how workforce in the public sector are managed

• is about how workforce in the private sector are managed

• is about how students are managed

Public personnel is important because

• to improve employer's motivation.

• to discourage personnel’s performance and productivity.

• to deal with personal issues e.g. health and safety, and disciplinary

• to retain performing employees in the organization.

Public personnel is used to achieve certain purposes, EXCEPT

• to ensure public organization has enough and competence staff to perform the tasks of a particular organization.

• to ensure that all government employees are treated well according to the HRM principles.

• to maintain healthy working culture.

• to discourage the productive contribution of the public servants.

The process of personnel administration include in

• personnel planning & job analysis

• recruitment

• selection

• all as stated

Personnel planning refers to, EXCEPT

• the process of systematically reviewing human resource requirements to ensure required number of employees with the required skills are available when needed.

• the process of managing and utilizing of people, machines, systems and technologies to achieve certain objectives.

• the process of assessing the organization’s human resource needs to ensure that a competent, stable work force is employed.

• the process of obtaining the right number and kinds of people at the right time in order to fulfill organizational needs.

Criteria of a suitable candidate in the process of selection are, EXCEPT

• Qualification

• Age

• No of sibling

• Working experience

The objectives of training are, EXCEPT

• To produce skillful workers

• To prepare for change

• To motivate.

• To increase turnover

Types of training, EXCEPT

• Pre-entry training

• Orientation or induction

• Post-office training

• Pre-retirement training

Criteria of Promotion & Career Development

• Nepotism

• Merit

• Peter principle

• Petro principle

Roles of Public Service Commission (PSC), EXCEPT

• to appoint

• to confirm

• to circulate policies

• to promote, transfer and exercise disciplinary control