Individual Development at the City of North St. Paul

Report and poster completed by students enrolled in HRIR 8034: Employee Development-Creating a Competitive Advantage, taught by Dr. Stacy Doepner-Hove in fall 2013.This project was completed as part of the 2013-2014 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of North St. Paul. The City of North St. Paul was interested in addressing concerns around workplace culture among city staff. Project lead Jason Ziemer worked with Dr. Stacy Doepner-Hove’s HRIR 8034: Employee Development–Creating a Competitive Advantage course to create an individual development plan for the City. The students offered recommendations and strategies for personal development, professional development, and community development. This is one of five reports completed by student teams on this topic for this course. The final report and a poster summarizing the work of all five groups are available.This project was supported by the Resilient Communities Project (RCP), a program at the University of Minnesota whose mission is to connect communities in Minnesota with U of MN faculty and students to advance community resilience through collaborative, course-based projects. RCP is a program of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA). More information at http://www.rcp.umn.edu