Australian Public Service

The industry I choose to join upon graduation is the Australian Public Service (APS). The APS is one of the most diverse employers as they employ people from manual labour positions such as gardeners to high level administration and governance positions. Apprenticeship, indigenous career pathways, school leaver and graduate programs are available across a wide range of public service departments and agencies. They offer full time, part time, casual and temporary jobs across Australia with federal, state and local government. (Australian Public Service, 2016). Canberra holds the largest collection of civil servants with approximately 50,000 people employed by the APS, one eighth of the total population. (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015).…

controversial topics in today’s society is that should some sort of public service be required. Public service is “something that is done to help people rather than to make a profit” (Merriam-Webster). Public service is so controversial that three out of five Americans support the idea of public service being required. “Roughly three in five Republicans (58%), Democrats (61%), and Independents (58%) agree that some sort of public service should be required.”(Three in five Americans). These…

I opted to conduct my rhetorical analysis and evaluation on the Emergency Preparedness poster from the Ad Council. The print ad or poster in question shows a town that a tornado has ripped through, with markers showing where members of a hypothetical family are located. The message of this particular ad piece is quite simple, in the event of a serious emergency; know where your family is. This in itself speaks to a need in all of us to be connected to our loved ones, especially in a time of…

Drunk Driving Maria’s Message public service announcement begins with Dom Tiberi, Maria’s father, describing the general details of Maria’s accident and why he, and Erie Insurance, have partnered together to bring Maria’s Message to the forefront. Using a statistic on how many teenagers have taking pledge to help prevent distracted driving accidents high lightening the importance of spreading the Maria’s Message (Erie Insurance, 2014, 0:00-1:08). The public service announcement continues with…

Frequently, in public places, such as stores, restaurants and shopping malls, I witness adolescents with their heads turned downward staring at a small blue screen, texting or scrolling through social media. Clearly, there is little to no interpersonal interaction occurring. Consequently, I just read a short article that young people today are experiencing and being treated for chronic neck pain due to the overuse of the neck as it is hunched over a cell phone for many hours each day. I agree…

Public service announcements (PSAs) are a vital tool to disseminate information to the general public on critical issues. PSAs are generally provided by non-profit organizations and are used for mass media outlets. The benefit of using PSAs is their ability to efficiently and repeatedly penetrate a large target audience (Bator & Cialdini, 2000). But, however enticing the promise of a great return on investment may be, there are always challenges with measuring a PSAs efficacy. This review…

in 1988 the Harvard School of Public Health’s Center for Health Communication launched the U.S Designated Driver Campaign in collaboration with leading TV networks and Hollywood studios. They sought to demonstrate how a new social concept the “designated driver”, could be rapidly diffused through American society via mass communication, like a Public Service Announcement. The campaign broke new ground when the Hollywood creative community agreed to depict the use of designated drivers in…

subsequent interview of a city administrator in Brooklyn Park. It will address the role and challenges that an administrator whose practices are closely aligned with the New Public Service world view faces in discharging her duties to the public. In an attempt to answer the central question of how and in whose interest do public administrators serve as agential leaders, three tenets, key to a good public agency that administers in the interest of the public will be discussed. The role of public…

overall economic performance to a high standard. The workplace gender equality helps improve the national productivity, and enhances the ability of companies to attract diverse talents and retain employees. Due to the gender discrimination history in the workplace in the United States, I was interested to educate myself more about what took place in the past and what women has gone through. In the book, “Gender Images in Public Administration: Legitimacy and the Administration State,” by Camilla…

Nature Of Public Administration Mariana Martinez West Chester University In the world today, many ideas and beliefs have caused Public Administration to evolve into a creature of many dimensions. The upbringing of Public Administration with field pioneers such as, Woodrow Wilson and many other noted administrators during their time, centered their knowledge on what we refer to as the Old Public Administration. The visionaries like Wilson, believed that hierarchical organizations and goal…