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Unit I Scholarly Activity
Assignment Option 1
Read the Case Study on pages 25 to 26 regarding possible ethical issues in the reception of special treatment. Thoroughly answer the associated questions using the concepts provided in Chapter 1 using appropriate APA citation when necessary.
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Write My Essay For MeThe Case Study should be answered in a minimum two to three page paper and appropriately cited using APA style writing. The minimum page count does not include the title or reference pages.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Assignment Option 2
For this assignment, you are to choose an issue within personnel management. These may include:
- Ethical issues related to the code of ethics of your department (or as illustrated on pages 16 to 17).
- Ethical issues outside of the code of ethics that you identify.
- Issues surrounding personnel management as a whole.
These are a few issues surrounding personnel management within the fire service. If you have a topic of choice that you would like to write about outside of the topics outlined above, consult your professor to determine if it is a viable topic.
You should discuss your topic in a minimum two to three page “mini” research paper using appropriate APA style writing. The minimum page count does not include the title or reference pages.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit II Scholarly Activity
For this assignment, you are to choose a legal issue surrounding personnel managers in the fire service, or an issue within the workforce of the twenty first century. These may include:
- Managing diversity
- The handling of EEOC and Affirmative Action and subsequent hiring procedures
- Developing a positive work environment
- Dispute resolution
- The effect of various statutes, executive orders, and laws upon the fire service
- Supreme Court decisions which affected the fire service
- Sexual Harassment in the workplace
These are a few issues surrounding legal issues in the fire service and workforce issues of the twenty first century. If you have a topic of choice that you would like to write about outside of the topics outlined above, consult your professor to determine if it is a viable topic.
You should discuss your topic in a minimum three to four page “mini” research paper using appropriate APA style writing. The minimum page count does not include the title or reference pages.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit III Scholarly Activity
Job Analysis
For this assignment, you are to perform a job analysis for the position of a personnel management officer within your fire department. A job analysis is the process of determining the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) required for performing jobs in an organization. It provides a summary of a job’s duties and responsibilities, its relationship to other jobs, the knowledge and skills required, and the working conditions under which the job is performed.
You should rely on your experience, information from Chapter 4 of the textbook, or both to complete this activity. The job analysis should contain the following headings:
1. Class Specification
- Definition of Class
- Personnel Management Skills
- Conflict Management Skills
- Coaching and Mentoring Skills
- Examples of Duties
- Minimum Qualifications
a. Define your organizations minimum qualifications
The assignment should be minimum two pages; however, each section should be thoroughly discussed and delineated, using examples when necessary.
Unit IV Research Paper Topic
Within Unit VIII you will have a final project of the course, in which you are to write a Research Paper outlining a long-term strategy for personnel management. Since this Research Paper is a culmination of your work in the course, you will research six problems or issues related to personnel management and develop solutions and responses to those six problems. To begin this project, start by selecting six research topics of your choice.
Sample topics might include, but are not limited to:
- Recruitment and Retention
- Discipline
- Training Programs or Strategies
- Sick Leave Abuse
- Diversity
- Morale
For each topic you select, write a brief description (no more than two sentences) for this assignment. In addition, be sure to indicate the titles, authors, and publications for at least three peer-reviewed articles you might use to support your research. You may also indicate your textbook as a source.
You will use the link within the classroom under Unit IV to submit your Research Paper Topic assignment. Please make sure you receive approval before proceeding with your Research Paper.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit V Scholarly Activity
For this assignment, you are going to put together a training plan outline for your department based upon a topic of your choice. This training plan must contain the following areas:
- Goals of the Training Plan
- Overview/Summary of the Training Plan
- Learning
Objectives
- Ex. At the end of this lesson, the student should be able to:
i. Identify the differences in firefighter ranks.
- Instructional
Outline
- Point 1
- Point 2
- Point 3
- Assessment
Questions
- For this you will create at least 10 assessment questions of your choosing.
- Appendix
- This section will contain any training material you find relevant to the lesson (e.g. statistics, graph, images, etc.).
There are many considerations to take into account when developing a training regimen. The outline above is relatively simplified when compared with more complex topics and subjects.
Use the concepts and topics covered within Chapter 7 to your advantage as you develop your training regimen. Determine if the training is physical training where students have to practice performing something, or if it is strictly instructional with a paper and pencil test. Also, take into account how your training might be deliverable in an online format. If another department wanted to access your training online, how might you make it available for them?
The training plan should be at least three to four pages with appropriate APA style writing.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VI Scholarly Activity
Assignment Option 1
Read the Case Study on page 225 regarding the performance appraisal of an engine company. Thoroughly answer the associated questions using the concepts provided in Chapter 8. Use appropriate APA citation when necessary.
Read the Case Study on page 346 regarding productivity and performance of the fire department. Thoroughly answer the associated questions using the concepts provided in Chapter 12. Use appropriate APA citation when necessary.
Both Case Studies should be answered in a minimum three to four page paper and appropriately cited using APA style writing. The minimum page count does not include the title or reference pages.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Assignment Option 2
For this assignment, you are to choose an issue surrounding productivity and performance within the fire service. Since this topic is based upon productivity or performance issues within the workplace, you can choose to make this a hypothetical scenario or base it off a real problem you observe within the fire service.
Whether the scenario is real or hypothetical, you should describe the problem, how it affects the fire service, and possible solutions for implementation. Your solutions should be viable and realistic, not a farcical pipe dream where you have an unlimited budget and access to any materials that you want. This assignment is meant to have you think about realistic solutions you could develop as a personnel manager within the fire service.
This assignment should be written in a minimum three to four page paper and appropriately cited using APA style writing. The minimum page count does not include the title or reference pages.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VIII Research Paper
For your final project of the course, you are to write a Research Paper outlining a long-term strategy for personnel management. Since this to be a Research Paper and a culmination of your work in the course, you will research six problems or issues related to personnel management and develop solutions and responses to those six problems. You will develop these topics yourself and submit them to your professor for approval.
This Research Paper needs to be a minimum of eight pages, double spaced, with appropriate APA style writing. The title page and references page do not count towards the overall page count.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
