Introduction to Public Administration – Week 3 AssignmentPublic Administrator InterviewFor this assignment you will need to find a public administrator to interview. You may want to reach out to your local government and ask if you can interview your local City Manager or even the Parks & Recreation Manager. The interview could take anywhere from 15-60 minutes depending on the level of detail discussed. Below is a list of sample questions that you will want to ask in your interview. You will also need to develop your own questions to add to this list. Once the interview is complete you will submit a 3-4 page summary and reflection of the interview including a list of the questions discussed and a record of your interviewee’s answers. You may want to record the interview in order to provide an accurate record of your participant’s responses.In writing your reflection, consider what you learned from this experience and how it applies to your interests in public administration.Questions you will want to ask:1.Describe your current position. 2.What are your organizations goals, values, and/or mission statement? 3.How did you come to work as a public administrator?4.What is the most challenging aspect of your role?5.What do you find most enjoyable about this line of work?6.What do you find it the least enjoyable thing about this line of work?7.What are the typical issues/conflicts that you must deal with on a regular basis?8.We have discussed intergovernmental relations in class. How does your agency work with other governmental agencies?9.How do you approach decision-making in your role? Are there specific models or guidelines that your organization endorses? 10.How is your organization held accountable? What happens if the organizational goals are not met? If you were to give any advice to someone considering a career in public administration, what would you tell them?View your assignment rubric.

Organizations need to have a pool of managerial talent to take on jobs from senior managers and new management jobs that may be created. One way is to hire from outside, another way is to "grow your own" from within.Your organization has said they would like to "grow their own managers." This could be from identifying existing non management staff and training them up to be managers. Equally it could be from hiring new staff into a manager training program and investing in training them to become managers in a few years.Prepare a 700 to 1,050 word plan for developing new managers for your organization. Include the following in your recommendation to senior management:Competencies: What competencies do managers need in your organization? (Hint: remember Week One Needs Analysis.)Recruiting: Where should the company start in terms of their recruitment of candidates? existing staff? new college grads? both?Selection: From your recruiting pool, how would you select the best candidates for your manager training program? How would you ensure that the selection process is fair and objective? (That it does not discriminate.)Development: Once the manager candidates are hired, what different experiences and formal training should they have so that at the end of say 2 years they are ready for a manager job? e.g. required job rotations, formal training courses, mentoring.Monitoring: how should the organization monitor their growth and development to be sure they are ready for a manager job in say 2 years? How would you ensure this process is fair and objective? (That it does not discriminate.)Summarize how this development plan will produce a group of managers that is ready to take the organization into the future.Cite any sources according to APA formatting guidelines.Notes: To develop candidates into managers, start with a training needs analysis. Analyze the career paths and think through needed succession planning.The action starts with a recruiting and selection plan - who to recruit, how, and how many. The selection process will be crucial. The company will invest a lot in these individuals; there should be a high degree of confidence that these recruits will make it. At the same time the selection process must not unfairly discriminate against candidates - whether from internal or external candidates.The next step is to plan the range of training and job development that give them the necessary skills, behaviors and tools to assume a management position and really make a significant difference within the company.Typically a Management Development Program is a series of training modules and job activities delivered over anywhere from 3 months to 2 years, depending on what needs to be learned and tested. This will includetraining in both content and skills;job rotations, assignments, and projects that will expose candidates to important functional areas as well as test their strengths and weaknesses;mentors and coaches to support and provide guidance;and finally a robust method for evaluating progress and determining readiness to move to the next stage. Again, you need to make sure the decision making process for promotion does not unfairly discriminate. Here are examples of some management development programs. Note that the descriptions are just an overview. The actual programs will be very deliberately designed, implemented and evaluated. These programs are typically aimed at new college grads - hey, that could be you!Aetna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf9XjNMgLKsGeico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4u8BT-Q0WoHilton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYcqOzE1FloNestle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Q7PcoXFS4

Simple Answer! Just 1-3 sentence!just main topic! _________________________________________________________________________________________________The Existence of God What is the problem in referring to personal experience for proof of God’s existence? What is the problem in referring to the Bible for proof of God’s existence? What are the three traditional arguments for God’s existence? What is the difference between strong rationalism, critical rationalism, and fideism? Terms: Pascal’s Wager, fallacy of “begging the question” William Paley - The Teleological Arguement Know what Paley’s metaphor of the person walking along the beach signifies. What are each of the objects found meant to represent? Which does Paley relate the world to? Be able to trace Paley’s argument for God’s existence. What is Paley’s proof for God’s existence based on? How does Paley relate our lack of knowledge about the watch to our lack of knowledge about the world and how is this pertinent (or not) to our knowledge of God’s existence? Terms: Teleological Argument, purpose, Intelligent Design David Hume - Why Does God Let People Suffer What argument for God’s existence is Hume arguing against? Why does Hume object to the concept that we can infer the existence of a good all-powerful God who created the world as it is? What are his 4 objections against the inference to God? Be able to list and describe each of them. What is the most that can be inferred by observing the world, once one has seen the suffering present in it? Does Hume think that there is any reason to infer something further than that? Why or why not? Terms: Inference from phenomena Soren Kierkegaard - The Leap of Faith and the Limits of Reason & Truth is Subjectivity Why does Kierkegaard think that all proofs for God’s existence fail to establish proof of God’s existence? What is faith? Why does Kierkegaard argue that the question of belief in God is not one that one should attempt to base on evidence? Why is it that proof for God’s existence is something that people continue to attempt regardless of it being impossible and why is it impossible? What does Kierkegaard argue is necessary for any “proof” of God’s existence? Being an existentialist, Kierkegaard believes that truth is _____ to the individual. Why? What is the relevance of life being presented as choice to Kierkegaard’s view of faith? Terms: leap of faith, fideism William K Clifford Why does Clifford argue it is unethical to believe without sufficient evidence? What should one do when one does not have sufficient evidence for or against belief? What is his response to the person who does not have enough time to educate himself concerning the evidence for belief? William James - The Will to Believe What is the religious hypothesis according to William James? What does he argue concerning this hypothesis and the options between believing it or not: is it living or dead, forced or avoidable, momentous or trivial? What does he argue this means then? What is the problem with suspending judgement on the religious hypothesis according to James? Why does James object to the notion that one who allows himself to believe the religious hypothesis can will himself to believe anything? What value does James see to accepting the religious hypothesis? Terms: pragmatism Friedrich Nietzsche - God is Dead What does Nietzsche mean when he famously proclaims that God is dead? Why is it relevant that it is a mad man who says God is dead? The Anti-Christ According to Nietzsche, why is Christianity something harmful and something that detracts from one’s life? What does Nietzsche mean when he refers to Christianity as a “religion of pity”? Why is pity dangerous to the individual? Terms: will to power Problem of Identity What are the 3 traditional views regarding how one’s identity is preserved through time and change? John Locke - Of Identity and Diversity Which of the 3 views does Locke argue for? What are the significances of the Socrates example and of the prince and cobbler example? How does his view account for one’s continued identity even when there are lapses in consciousness or memory? What problem does Locke’s view face based on his answer? Terms: Lockean Circle, personal identity Meredith Michaels - Persons, Brains and Bodies Which of the 3 traditional views is Michaels considering in this thought experiment? Be able to describe the example of Wanda and Schwanda. What is the story meant to show? David Hume - Of Personal Identity How does Hume view one’s personal identity? Does his view fit into any of the 3 traditional views? What does Hume mean when he compares the notion of identity to a republic? How does Hume argue against Locke’s view? The Problem of Free Will and Responsibility Aristotle - Voluntary and Involuntary Action Know how Aristotle distinguishes between voluntary and involuntary action. What do each of them entail as far as which ones we should be held responsible for, praised or blamed? What are examples of each of the different types of actions? What are the types of involuntary actions, be able to describe each of them. What does it mean to be a non voluntary agent? Terms: voluntary actions, involuntary actions John Hospers - Meaning and Free Will How does Hospers distinguish types of voluntary actions and what is it about one type of them that should not allow one to be held responsible for it? Be able to explain Hospers’ argument against responsibility. When does he think someone is not responsible for his or her actions? Terms: Argument against Responsibility (Be able to outline and explain the argument, make sure to look toward the end of the reading) Friedrich Nietzsche - Twilight of an Error Explain what Nietzsche means when he says religion mistakes the cause for the consequence? How does this relate to the notion of virtue and vice? Why does Nietzsche think free will is an error? What is the reason Nietzsche thinks free will is an important concept in religion? What does it lead to? Terms: Error of Free Will Jean Paul Sartre - Freedom and Responsibility What is meant by Sartre when he says “Man is condemned to be free”? What does Sartre think is meant by the phrase, “In war there are no innocent victims”? Why does Sartre argue that we are even responsible for our own birth?