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BSC. ADMINISTRATION
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 2014/2015

P AHS 408: PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION (3 CREDITS)

MAIN/CITY CAMPUS
INSTRUCTIONS:

ANSWER ANY THREE (3) QUESTIONS. ALL QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL

MARKS.

TIME ALLOWED: THREE (3) HOURS

1. Compare and contrast performance appraisal and performance management. (23

Marks)

2. As a Personnel Manager of an organization, discuss five (5) methods or techniques

of Training you would use during a training programme for staff of your
organization and why? (23 Marks)

3. Discuss three (3) ways Human Resource Planning is critical to HR Strategy and
four (4) factors that can enhance the contribution and implementation of HR
Planning in an organization. (23 Marks)

4. As the Human Resource Manager for an organization, discuss five (5) sources of
recruiting job candidates and explain the merits and demerits of each of the five (5)
sources. (23 Marks)

5. As a Recruitment Manager in your organization, discuss the range of five (5)

selection methods you would use to predict successful applicants for a job. (23
Marks)

6. Discuss the 'Spoils and Merit Systems' of Public Personnel Administration using
any country of your choice. (23 Marks)

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