Title:
Public personnel administration : problems and prospects
Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2003
ISBN:
9780130413789
Subject Term:
Available:*
Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Searching... | 30000010059314 | JK765 P79 2003 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
On Order
Summary
Summary
This collection of original manuscripts representing a cross-section of the timeliest scholarship in public personnel administration explores the theme of problems and prospects in public personnel administration.
Table of Contents
| I The Setting |
| 1 The Politics of Public Personnel AdministrationFrank J. Thompson |
| 2 What Every Personnel Manager Should Know About the ConstitutionDavid H. Rosenbloom |
| 3 Personnel Management in the Local Government SettingAlan Saltzstein |
| 4 The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and Its Progeny: The Promise and the DilemmaPatricia W. Ingraham and James R. Thompson |
| II The Techniques |
| 5 Strategic Human Resource and Career Development PlanningJonathan P. West and Evan M. Berman |
| 6 Current Issues and Challenges in Recruitment and SelectionJohn A. Hamman and Uday Desai |
| 7 Performance Appraisal: Seeking Accountability and Efficiency Through Individual Effort, Commitment and AccomplishmentNicholas P. Lovrich, Jr |
| 8 Compensation, Merit Pay, and MotivationJames L. Perry |
| 9 Human Capital and High Performance in Public OrganizationsDavid G. Carnevale |
| 10 Employee Discipline and Removal: Coping with Job SecuritySteven W. Hays |
| 11 Public Employee Pensions and Pension PlansN. Joseph Cayer and Ronald W. Perry |
| III The Challenges |
| 12 Unions in Government: Where Do They Go From Here?Richard C. Kearney |
| 13 Privatization and ProductivityMarc Holzer |
| 14 Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action: Policies, Techniques, and ControversiesCole Blease Graham, Jr |
| 15 Managing Sexual Harassment in Public EmploymentJane H. Bayes and Rita Mae Kelly |
| 16 Women, Public Administration, and the Personnel FunctionMary E. Guy |
| 17 The Americans with Disabilities Act: Implications for Public Personnel ManagementEdward Kellough and Robert C. Gamble |
| 18 Contemporary Health Care Dilemmas and Public Personnel ManagementRobert H. Elliott |
| 19 Ethics and Public Personnel AdministrationHarold F. Gortner |
| IV The Future |
| 20 Merit System Reform in the StatesN. Joseph Cayer |
| 21 Total Quality Management and the Personnel FunctionA.C. Hyde |
| 22 The Involvement of Volunteers in the Delivery of Services: Myth and ManagementJeffrey L. Brudney |
| 23 A Retrospective and Prospective: The Moral DimensionO. Glenn Stahl |
| Contributing Authors |
| Index |
