Q Introduction The final essay/core assessment for this course is a paper that gives the student an opportunity to synthesize the course material, by preparing an analysis on the final essay; this essay should demonstrate an understanding of the role of Public Personnel Administration in a pandemic. Directions The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has resulted in a crazy year for all of us; it appears that we will be dealing with the effects of the virus well into 2021, and possibly longer. We may have been affected in different ways, but the bottom line is that, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, our personal and professional lives have been turned sideways and upside down! You are currently the Human Resource Management Director for a public sector organization (city or county government) in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. You have a meeting scheduled with your city/county manager to discuss employee/employer issues resulting from the coronavirus. Identify and discuss the pertinent and important areas of consideration for the HRM Director, as well as the possible obstacles and solutions. Identify the areas that organizations, specifically HRM, have to address, including (but not limited to) staffing, work place environment, etc. Remember, this is the final essay for the semester; this means that your essay should reflect the material from the textbook and Getting Past No, articles and TED Talks (if appropriate). This essay is worth 120 points toward your final grade and must: • Be between 6-8 pages in length, not counting title and reference pages. • Utilize and cite material from the course’s information and reading. You are only allowed to use class sources, i.e. textbooks, videos, journal articles, other articles or documents posted within the course. • Be double spaced, 12- point font, 1- inch margins, following Turabian citation guidelines. • Submitted in .doc (or .rtf format).