Moving Forward: Charting the Future of Civil Service in New Orleans
Abstract
The capstone team conducted a comprehensive review of all New Orleans Civil Service System policies and institutional arrangements. The research activity included reviews of the literature on civil service systems; analyses of legal and constitutional requirements for New Orleans and the State of Louisiana; in-depth interviews with dozens of experts and stakeholders who have direct experience with the New Orleans Civil Service System; reviews of all reports, planning documents and evaluations of the New Orleans Civil Service System; and case study analyses of comparable cities and states. The students identified several problems in system recruiting, operations, training, and evaluation and made specific recommendations to overcome these difficulties. The New Orleans mayor has embraced these recommendations and begun implementing them in the Civil Service System. The students participated in city hall briefings and news conferences highlighting their recommendations.
Client
Business Council Of New Orleans And The River RegionCitation
Creel, Matthew; Davis, Greg; Lindley, Jennifer; Osborne, Caleb; Reed, James; Reed, Joseph; Whicker, Keich (2010). Moving Forward: Charting the Future of Civil Service in New Orleans. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /94978.