Public Human Resource Management : Problems and Prospects
ISBN: 9780136037699 | 0136037690
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 12/9/2008
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This collection of original essays explores the theme of "problems and prospects" that discusses and suggests remedies for some of the most troublesome issues in modern personnel administration.Featuring contributions from some of the most notable researchers in the field, this well balanced and up-to-date text can be used in both undergraduate and graduate-level courses in Public Personnel Administration, Human Resources Administration, and Labor-Management Relations.
| Preface | p. xi |
| Contributing Authors | p. xv |
| The Setting | p. 1 |
| Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service, Patronage, and Privatization | p. 3 |
| What Every Public Personnel Manager Should Know About the Constitution | p. 17 |
| Human Resource Management in the Federal Government During a Time of Change | p. 34 |
| Personnel and Human Resource Management in the States | ... MORE |
| Local Government Personnel Administration: Heritage, Contemporary Practice, and Portents | p. 64 |
| Personnel Recruitment and Retention in the Nonprofit Sector | p. 79 |
| Techniques | p. 93 |
| Strategic Human Resources Management | p. 95 |
| The Trials and Tribulations of Performance Appraisal: Problems and Prospects in the Twenty-First Century | p. 107 |
| Employee Benefits | p. 123 |
| Challenges in Motivating the Public Sector Employee: Theory and Practice in a Dynamic Environment | p. 142 |
| Human Resource Metrics in Government: Measuring the Impacts of HRM | p. 160 |
| Planning for Today and Tomorrow: Workforce Planning | p. 179 |
| Employee Rights to Address Wrongs: Trends in State Government Grievance Practices | p. 203 |
| The Issues | p. 217 |
| Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Public Sector | p. 219 |
| Gender and Workplace Issues | p. 236 |
| HR Information Technology Systems in State Government: Findings from the 2007 Government Performance Project | p. 253 |
| Ethics and Human Resource Management | p. 275 |
| Current Developments in Public Sector Labor Relations | p. 290 |
| Outsourcing Human Resources: Problems and Prospects for the Public Sector | p. 308 |
| Conclusion | p. 325 |
| Turbulence in the Civil Service: Whither the Public Service Ethos? | p. 327 |
| Index | p. 339 |
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