Abstract
The Freedonia Project was introduced in a required MPA human resources management course in Spring 1999 as an innovative mechanism to facilitate learning about how American public personnel systems work. The Project, a semester-long simulation that calls for students to build a public personnel system from the ground up, introduces nonspecialists to the functional aspects of public human resources management and makes explicit the high degree of interdependence between and among them. This article serves as an interim report on the use of the project and details the results of a four-semester pilot test of the idea in the classroom. Discussed are learning objectives and outcomes, project design, and student and instructor evaluations that speak to the merits of the Freedonia Project as a pedagogical tool, as well as to its strengths and weaknesses.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
