When you first enter into the career field and started looking for a job after graduation, you look at all your opinions. As a first year graduate, most consider careers in within their field of study. The public sector tends to be the most popular career field mainly because of its wide range of job opportunities. The perceptions of the public sector has changed dramatically; employees are young and dynamic individuals that are knowledgeable about laws and policies that affect nonprofits and the community. Majority of the Public Sector jobs are located within the state and local level of government; however, there are numerous jobs within the federal level of government. Similar to other government funded organizations, there are pros and cons that associated with beginning employed by a nonprofit. Some of the pros that come with working in the Public Sector are the competitive salaries, flexible schedule, and job security.
The amount of income is a big factor in deciding to work in the Public Sector
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The amount of job opportunities that are offered by Public Sector agencies give many people in the community a chance to find employment . Public Sector has 51 percent more entry level position for graduates than any other sector. Public Sector employers recruit their employees from a graduate programs around the state. State, federal, and local government agencies conduct a special recruitment program for graduate students to help them get their foot in the door. Some examples of the programs that targets graduate students are apprenticeship, youth programs and trades programs. Public Sector employers target recent school leavers and aim to attract young people to the junior levels of service. The employers provide the young people with a job placement rotation, learning and development and provide study
Worth, M. (2014). Nonprofit management: Principles and Practice. 3rd Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
The nonprofit sector in America is a reflection some of the foundational values that brought our nation into existence. Fundamentals, such as the idea that people can govern themselves and the belief that people should have the opportunity to make a difference by joining a like-minded group, have made America and its nonprofit sector what it is today. The American "civil society" is one that has been produced through generations of experiments with government policy, nonprofit organizations, private partnerships, and individuals who have asserted ideas and values. The future of the nonprofit sector will continue to be experimental in many ways. However, the increase of professional studies in nonprofit management and the greater expectation of its role in society is causing executives to look to more scientific methods of management.
a) Within the public sector under the human resources management, state employees work directly for state agencies and receive their compensation and benefits from state governments whereas in the non-profit sector the human resources committee is responsible for developing personnel, policies and may recommend employee and executive director salary ranges and benefits packages to the board as well as elevate the executive director. b) Public sector recruitment rules have to be a lot more careful of equal employment, equal pay, and diversity type rules/regulations that have been implemented over the years in light of the decisions passed by various courts or Acts by the legislature (state level or federal). In contrast, the hiring practices of not-for-profit organizations are much more relaxed in these regards because these kinds of laws do not necessarily apply to them. In terms of its impact, its biggest contribution was that it paved the way for later day legislations related to disabilities, like the Americans with Disability Act of 1990.
Woodrow Wilson, after earning his Ph.D. became a political science teacher at a college in Pennsylvania. At that time, public administration was very foreign in America and Wilson felt the need for it to be developed. Woodrow Wilson framed the initial study of public administration in The United States. Additionally, according to Wilson there were many events that took place during that era of the late nineteenth century that forced America to take notice of its need for public administration. “Technological innovations and growing international involvement in the Spanish-American War, combined with increasing participation in a democratic government,”
Plenty of people receive satisfaction from assisting other people. A person who enjoys helping others may also enjoy a career within public service. Careers of public service are jobs carried out for the benefit of the community and others. To a man seeking such a career, the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway would be inspirational. Within the novel, the American protagonist, Robert Jordan, is tasked with exploding a bridge behind enemy lines to help the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.
Careers in the Nonprofit Sector: Doing Well By Doing Good. Washington: The Taft Group. Wilson, A. and Pimm, G. (1996). The tyranny of the volunteer: the care and feeding of voluntary workforces.
Public Administration involves the development, implementation and management of policies for the attainment of set goals and objectives that will be to the benefit of the general public. Since Public Administration involves taking decisions that affect the use of public resources there is often the question of how to utilize public resources for maximum public good. The National Association of Public Administration has identified four pillars of public administration: economy, efficiency, effectiveness and social equity. These pillars are equally important in the practice of public administration and to its success. This paper seeks to explain the role of each of the pillars in the practice of public administration.
When I began this class, I had never had any experience or knowledge on non-profit organizations. After reading the chapters and doing the project for CHASI, I began to realize that non-profit could be my niche. I chose to pursue a degree in criminal justice, because of the many job possibilities, but I never would have imagined non-profit being one of those possible careers for myself. I was raised under the philosophy from both sides of my family, that if you give, you will get in return, I believe this so much and I have witnessed it personally throughout this semester. I have given my time and effort to raise money for people, who I don’t know and who are less fortunate than some, and although I may not receive money or items back in exchange, I get to feel a sense of pride, which is more than enough. So when I went to the nonprofit career website and looked through the job listing, there were many that I was interested in but only a couple that I could actually see myself doing.
Throughout this course my paradigms of what a nonprofit organization have been challenged as we have considered the major aspects and leadership challenges of these organizations. Having worked with for profit and nonprofit organizations in the past I was quite confident that I had a clear understanding of the distinctions between the two. I had worked in organizations that regularly used volunteers to accomplish their mission and felt that the management of these processes were simplistic. Despite these misconceptions, I found that I was able to learn a tremendous amount through our reading, peer interactions, group projects and equally important, my volunteer service as part of this course.
Besides that, Bright (2005) determined the individual characteristics, management level, and financial reward preferences of high PSM public sector employees which resulted in employees with high PSM are generally female, are managers, have higher education levels, and place less emphasis on financial rewards. This finding further reinforces Perry & Wise’s (1990) findings on employees with high PSM and their reward preferences. However, there are also contrasting views that public sector employees value extrinsic rewards as well because traditionally, people are attracted to work for the government because of the job stability, opportunities for career development and the pension system (Perry & Hondegham, 2008). Besides that, people also perceive that government jobs are more flexible and less stressful for those with families (Vandenabeele, 2008). Research studies have mainly focused on the PSM theory from the angle of public service as public
This paper will discuss about Invented tradition and also this paper will analysis about “Baju Kurung” as an Invented tradition in Malaysia. According to the Eric Hobsbawn (1983), the state is the one which make sure about invented tradition in their state and its can create sense of belonging among with the citizens. So, the government has the authority to choose some new invented tradition for the best of the states and the citizens. The main characteristic of the new invented tradition is inculcate patriotism, responbility and loyalty to the state that eventually create a unique identity of the nation (Dr.Rie Nakamura’s Slide). According to the Oxford Dictionary the definition of “tradition” is the transmissions of customs or beliefs from
The New Public Management is not a simplistic Big Answer, but rather, it is a normative reconceptualization of public administration consisting of several interrelated components, which creates innovative bureaucracies that provide better services . This essay shall be against the notion that public sector should run like a business, by discussing the origin of the New Public Management (NPM) in relation to globalization and the Cold War, while also depicting its negative implications on anonymity and accountability which are essential to the running of the Public Sector due to ministerial responsibility. To conclude, a future description of NPM on Canada shall be given in order to affirm my stance.
United Nations, (2006). Unlocking the human potential for public sector performance world; public sector report 2005. United Nations: Academic foundation
The reasons that I gotten into the field of public administration was the community needs and its’ lifeblood. Plus, the thirst and continuous desire to improve the overall policies for ideal of a good government. Ever since I gotten into the graduate school for Master of Public Administration. I had my eyes wide opened to the world and all of its’ opportunities. I felt and recognized that the opportunity of this fellowship will help me with my career-development into full-time with local government. My career goal is to be a City Manager at one day. I wanted to make a difference because I know the hardship and I am ready to face more of it. To make difference require everything I got to give. Also, I don’t believe the idea of partisan ideas
You ever wonder how the government goes about choosing candidates for specific agencies in the government? Well that’s what public personnel administration is for. Public personnel administration can be defined as the totality of government organization, policies, procedures and processes used to match the needs of public agencies with the people who staff those agencies. It is a branch of human resource management that is concerned with the acquisition, development, utilization, and compensation of a public organization’s workforce. The term includes three key words in which each has their own specific meanings. First, "public" refers to regional and local governmental agencies as well as non-profit ones. "Personnel" refers to both employees of an organization and to the function and administrative unit that is responsible for hiring. "Administration" refers to the way human resources manages public organizations in an effective and efficient way that helps the organization reach its many objectives and goals.