C.A.A.L.
C.A.A.L.
Conference on Applied Administration & Leadership
November 14-15, 2022
Faculty Club, University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
The 2018 Conference on Applied Administration and Leadership continues its mission of practical professional development within the public administration and non-profit sectors. This year the specific focus will be on new managers and the responsibilities related to personnel administration. Topics covered will include recruitment, hiring, position management, professional development, motivation, generational issues, evaluation, discipline, legal issues and responsibilities, and termination. Instruction in these areas will encompass both theoretical and practical dimensions including participant activities and specific application sessions. Participants will benefit from the expertise of active researchers on public administration and policy who will impart well-established and emerging insights in the field.
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Schedule of Events
8:00 – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00am
Introduction
9:00 – 10:00am
Agency history, legal issues and responsibilities – Nelson
10:00 – 10:30am
Break
10:30 – 11:30 am
Recruitment and hiring – Shaw
11:30 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Position management – Shaw
2:00 – 2:30pm
Break
2:30 – 3:30pm
Leadership styles – Liebertz
3:30 – 4:00pm
Daily Summations
8:00 – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00am
Introductive Activities
9:00 – 10:00am
Motivation of the employee – Bunch
10:00 – 10:30am
Break
10:30 – 11:30 am
Generational divide – Bunch
11:30 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Professional development – Bunch
2:00 – 2:30pm
Break
2:30 – 3:30pm
Evaluations – Shaw
3:30 – 4:00pm
Daily Summations
8:00 – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00am
Introductive Activities
9:00 – 10:00am
Occupational stress – Liebertz
10:00 – 10:30am
Break
10:30 – 11:30 am
Termination – Liebertz
Learn more about our Presenters
Dr. Jaclyn Bunch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at the University of South Alabama. Originally a New York state native, Jaclyn pursued her undergraduate course work at Pace University. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Florida State University in 2014. Jaclyn's primary research falls within the fields of American Politics and Public Policy, with particular interests in state and local relations, federalism, political media, and the substantive topics of healthcare, administration, and budgeting. Jaclyn has had her work accepted and published in numerous respected journals in her field including PS: Political Science, State and Local Government Review, and Public Policy and Administration. She also has several dedicated book chapters and has presented at numerous conferences on topics of political science, policy analysis, and public administration. Currently Jaclyn teaches for both political science and for the U.S.A Masters in Public Administration program. Prior to her endeavors in academia Jaclyn served as an Emergency Medical Technician for five years in New York State and now resides in Mobile with her husband Robert.
Dr. Thomas Shaw is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice and Director of the USA Polling Group at the University of South Alabama. He is originally a native of Gulfport, Mississippi and attained his doctorate in Political Science in 1998 from the University of New Orleans. He worked briefly for the National Opinion Research Center in Chicago before joining the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at the University of Cincinnati in 2000. While at the IPR, Thomas attained the rank of Senior Research Associate and was the Associate Director of the Greater Cincinnati Survey. In 2005, Thomas accepted a position as Assistant Professor at the University of South Alabama. In 2010, he joined the USA Polling Group as a Co-Director; in 2011, he received tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor and then in 2013, he took over as sole Director of the USA Polling Group. In addition to conducting a variety of research projects through the Polling Group, Thomas continues to teach a mix of upper and lower level undergraduate political science courses as well as graduate level courses in the department’s Master of Public Administration program.