Exam 9: Human Capital

Among several proposed in 2014 by the Partnership for Public Service, accountability was suggested as a way to improve the federal government's human capital.What does accountability mean in this instance? Provide a real-life example where this might have been imposed in the past and describe, from you perspective, do you think that this goes to improving the public's perception of the American government.

Two-thirds of the members of the Senior Executive Service have advanced degrees.

According to Terry Moe, there is a mismatch between the public's ______ and ________, which leads to a greater number of political appointments.

What was the Volcker Commission? What did it recommend, and what important questions about contemporary public administration did it answer?

Among other things, President Obama's 2015 changes to Senior Executive Service guidelines did what?

Why does the United States have a far larger number of political officials at the top of the bureaucracy compared with other western democracies?

Which approach to management focuses on identifying skills that employees need to accomplish an organization's work and on developing those skills to produce strong and effective government programs?

The median length of service for presidential appointees is nearly four years.

Turnover of political appointees creates all of the following problems EXCEPT ______.

The Senior Executive Service was created by ______.

What is strategic alignment?

How many potential managerial layers of government did Paul Light find from top to bottom in the federal government?

Political appointees are needed to ensure that the permanent bureaucracy faithfully serves the chief executive and adapts to a new administration's policy priorities.

The United States federal government has far fewer political appointees serving than most other federal Western democracies.

The Volcker Commission argued that the number of political appointees was ______.

The government has failed in building human capital partly because of ______.

In 2001, what changes did Florida make to its civil service system?

Although they have subject knowledge relevant to their particular responsibilities, ______ often lack experience in the federal executive branch and in management positions.

Because the number of leaders in each layer of the federal government has risen over the past few decades, ______.

Members of the Senior Executive Service tend to be highly specialized.