1. What roles does human resources management play in a public or nonprofit sector organization fulfilling its mission and effectively pursuing its strategic goals?
2. Employment anti-discrimination laws have changed in many ways over the years. Discuss these key changes, and how these legal shifts relate to an HR Manager’s continuous effort to negotiate internal personnel changes and external legal changes.
3. In many ways there is a symbiotic relationship between employee development and performance management. Discuss the relationship between the two HR management functions, and how you can effectively use performance management to ensure effective employee development and use employee development to ensure high-quality employee performance.
4. Public sector HR Managers have an obligation to effectively manage a diverse workforce. Discuss why this is so important in the public sector, the value of diversity for an organization, and how managing diversity and complying with anti-discrimination laws are not the same.
