Book source: Public Human Resource Management: Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century by R. Paul Battaglio, Jr. ONE PAGE ONLY – WORD COUNT DOESN’T MATTER. AS LONG AS IT IS ONE PAGE an introduction that outlines your essay a body that addresses the items in your introduction a conclusion that summarizes your body content a summative statement list the 5 most important concepts from the reading why is this important to know for successful personnel performance how does this relate to the topic for this essay Para I – intro – no more than 4 short lines – I will address the most important elements in the chapter. I will apply the question posed, and I will discuss why public sector employees need to know these things. (Insert your conclusion of the answer to the question posed) given the information in this chapter. (This is your thesis statement.) Para II – 5 most important concepts – just list them. Pick ONE, list it again as the most important concept, and define/describe it in one or two SHORT lines. Para III – In about three lines, talk about the importance of the one concept that you picked. Why does this matter to public sector employees? How does it relate to the day-to-day work of government employees? Para IV – conclusion – a rewrite of the intro. The thesis becomes your concluding statement.
