COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST - POLI 613: PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

POLI 613: PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

FIRST SEMESTER, 2013/2014

VENUE: ROOM 5, POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

LECTURER: DR ABDULAI KUYINI MOHAMMED

Course Title	Public Personnel Administration
Course Code	POLI 613
Course Description	The purpose of this course is to provide a reasonably comprehensive overview of the issues, problems and processes associated with personnel administration in the public sector. The course is designed to cover three basic areas: 1) the environment and development of public personnel administration; 2) the processes of personnel administration; and the issues and dilemmas of human resources management/personnel administration
Purpose and objectives	Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: Account for the major historical events that have affected the development of the Ghanaian public service Distinguish between personnel administration and human resource management Explain the processes and tools of personnel administration/human resource management such as recruitment and selection, organization/job design, position classification, compensation, training and development, performance appraisal etc. Explain the theories of motivation, their strengths, weaknesses and relevance State the competing values that have led to controversy and conflict in the practice of personnel administration/human resource management Identify the issues, problems and dilemmas as well as limitations of personnel administration/human resource management Assess the utility of human resource Information Systems in public organizations
Week No.	Date	Lecture Course	Seminar	Venue	Assessment
1	Aug. 16,  2013	Nature & scope of  public personnel administration		Lecture: Room 5, Political science Department
2	Aug. 23, 2013	Organization, jobs and roles	Overview of Public Human Resource Mgt.	Lecture: Room 5
3	Aug. 30, 2013	Recruitment and selection	Organization, jobs & roles	Lecture: Room 5
4	Sept. 6, 2013	Manpower planning	Recruitment & Selection	Lecture: Room 5
5	Sept. 13, 2013	Training and Development	Manpower Planning	Lecture: Room 5
6	Sept. 20, 2013	Compensation and Rewards	Training & Development	Lecture: Room 5
7	Sept. 27, 2013	Performance Management	Compensation & Rewards	Lecture: Room 5
8	Oct. 4, 2013	Communication	Performance Management	Lecture: NNB 3 Tutorial:
9	Oct. 11, 2013	Motivation	Communication	Lecture: Room 5
10	Oct. 18, 2013	Theories of Motivation	Motivation	Lecture Room 5
11	Oct. 25, 2013	Issues, problems and Dilemmas of Public Personnel Administration	Theories of Motivation	Lecture: Room 5
12	Nov. 1, 2013	Human Resource Information Systems	Issues, Problems & Dilemmas of Public Per. Adm.	Lecture: Room 5
13			Revision
15 - 16	Assessment: Seminar (30%)  & Exam (70%)

Reference Texts 

Armstrong, M. (2005), A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. (9^th ed.) Kogan Page. London

Beardwell, L. Clayton, T. and Beardwell, J. (2007), Human Resource Management: A Contemporary Approach. F T Prentice Hall

Harry, T. (1999), ‘Public Sector Personnel Management in Three African Countries: Current Problems and Possibilities’, Public Administration 12 (2): 193-207

Torrington, D, Hall, L. and Taylor, S. (2001), Human Resource Management. FT Prentice Hall