Public Human Resource Management Problems and Prospects

Name: Public Human Resource Management Problems and Prospects
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ISBN: 9780136037699

ISBN-10: 0136037690

ISBN-13: 9780136037699

Edition: 5th 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Steven W. Hays, Richard Kearney, Jerrell D. Coggburn

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This collection of original manuscriptsrepresenting a cross-section of the timeliest scholarship in public personnel administrationexplores the theme of ldquo;problems and prospectsrdquo; in public personnel administration.The contributions are organized into four broad sections: The Setting, The Techniques, The Issues, and Reform and the Future. Section One focuses primarily on the social, political, economic, and legal trends that have served as catalysts in the transformation of public personnel administration. Section Two is composed of selections that summarize developments in the practice of HRM, with special emphasis on emerging personnel techniques and the ways that traditional…

Book details

List price: $106.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/9/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface


Contributing Authors



The Setting



Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service, Patronage, and Privatization




What Every Public Personnel Manager Should Know About the Constitution




Human Resource Management in the Federal Government During a Time of Change




Personnel and Human Resource Management in the States




Local Government Personnel Administration: Heritage, Contemporary Practice, and Portents




Personnel Recruitment and Retention in the Nonprofit Sector




Techniques



Strategic Human Resources Management




The Trials and Tribulations of Performance Appraisal: Problems and Prospects in the Twenty-First Century




Employee Benefits




Challenges in Motivating the Public Sector Employee: Theory and Practice in a Dynamic Environment




Human Resource Metrics in Government: Measuring the Impacts of HRM




Planning for Today and Tomorrow: Workforce Planning




Employee Rights to Address Wrongs: Trends in State Government Grievance Practices




The Issues



Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Public Sector




Gender and Workplace Issues




HR Information Technology Systems in State Government: Findings from the 2007 Government Performance Project




Ethics and Human Resource Management




Current Developments in Public Sector Labor Relations




Outsourcing Human Resources: Problems and Prospects for the Public Sector




Conclusion



Turbulence in the Civil Service: Whither the Public Service Ethos?



Index