Public Personnel Management

Public Personnel Management
Author: Jared J. Llorens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2017-12-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351984519

Now in a thoroughly revised 7th edition, Public Personnel Management focuses on the critical issues and common processes in the management of public sector personnel. In keeping with prior editions, the text centers on the core processes within public human resource management: strategic workforce planning, effective recruitment and retention, workforce development, and employee relations. Designed to further address the ways in which expectations for human resource managers have changed and developed in recent years, the 7th edition includes several new features and improvements: Substantially restructured, updated, and additional case studies and student exercises. Coverage of how the field of Public HRM has been influenced by the two most recent national recessions, economic downturns at the state and local level, privatization and contracting trends at all levels of government, the growing presence of millennial employees in the workplace, issues surrounding social media use within the workplace, the evolving goals of social equity and diversity, and the shifting role and influence of labor unions. Discussions of how the growth in information technology capabilities has influenced the major processes within HRM, from workforce analysis through big data analytics to the explosion in automated recruitment, assessment, and instructional technologies. For the first time, the text includes an online Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint slides, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading to make it even easier to assign and use this classic text in the classroom. Providing the most up-to-date and thorough overview of the history and practice of public human resource management for both undergraduate and graduate students, Public Personnel Management, 7e remains the beloved text it ever was, ideal for introductory courses in Public Personnel Management, Public Human Resource Management, and Nonprofit Personnel Management.

Strategic Public Personnel Administration

Strategic Public Personnel Administration
Author: Ali Farazmand
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2006-12-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0275993779

The history of public personnel administration is as old as human civilization itself: Persia, China, Assyria, Egypt, and Rome all practiced strategic personnel management, some systematically and others unsystematically. But despite the longstanding practice of strategic public personnel administration, the systematic study of this field is a fairly new development in the modern world. Today, the need for strategic thinking in public personnel administration and human capital development is more urgent than ever before. Managing and coping with the challenges of transworld migrations of capital and labor, cyber-employment and virtual workplaces, and relentless global pressures for results-oriented performance all require the development of human capital as a key asset of modern governments and private organizations. Governments and public administration organizations must confront these challenges if they are to survive and thrive in the 21st century, and Strategic Public Personnel Administration provides a comprehensive analysis of the past development and current function of the field so as to give a clearly balanced picture of public personnel administration in both theory and practice. Today, strategic public personnel management is a central component of strategic governance and administration in public and nonprofit organizations. Strategic personnel administration aims to lead organizations along the right paths with the necessary people on hand to achieve strategic goals and objectives in modern governance and public administration. This two-volume set fills a major gap in the current literature, and it will serve as a key work that addresses the history, knowledge, policy, management, process, and culture of public personnel administration with a strategic perspective.

Public Human Resource Management

Public Human Resource Management
Author: R. Paul Battaglio Jr.
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1483311392

Public Human Resource Management: Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century offers a novel take on public human resource management (PHRM) by providing practical guidance for practitioners operating in a drastically reformed HR environment. Author R. Paul Battaglio assesses how the traditional practice of public HR has changed—and not necessarily for the better--by looking at new material on human resource information systems, managing motivation in the public sector, and public HR management education (a topic rarely found in contemporary PHRM texts). Public Human Resource Management is an essential guide to managing and navigating the challenges and opportunities posed in the changing landscape of HR reform.

Personnel Management in Government

Personnel Management in Government
Author: Norma M. Riccucci
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1466513640

With over 20 million people on its payroll, the government continues to be the largest employer in the country. Managing people who do the nation’s work is of critical importance to politicians and government leaders as well as citizens. The great recession of 2008 put enormous strains on governments, highlighting the key role personnel play in managing under times of austerity as well as prosperity. A thorough examination of political and historical aspects, Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, Seventh Edition provides students with a comprehensive understanding of human resource management within its historical and political context in the public sector. It discusses the development of public sector human resource management, the present status of best practices, and important insights from current scholarship on all three levels of government: federal, state, and local. See What’s New in the Seventh Edition: Personnel reforms under the Obama administration Pension developments at state and local levels of government Labor relations reforms at state and local levels, e.g. recent experiences in Michigan, Ohio, and other states making big changes to labor laws and policies Changes to diversity and affirmative action initiatives across the nation Developments in performance outcome initiatives at all levels of government During the 36 years since the publication of the first edition, the authors have addressed issues that were not yet considered mainstream, yet have become so over time. The seventh edition is no different. It examines progress that public personnel professionals are making to address changes in the political, legal, and managerial environment of the current decade. Exploring developments and innovations in the management of people who carry out the government's work, the book introduces students to public sector personnel management.

Human Capital

Human Capital
Author: Sally Coleman Selden
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2008-07-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1483370968

With the shift from "human resources" to "human capital management" (HCM), public agencies are striving to strategically manage their workforces. Sally Selden’s groundbreaking book moves far beyond describing best practices and offers the context in which innovative practices have been implemented. She details how agencies are creating performance-aligned workforces by adopting systems and policies that are driven by their strategic missions. This book covers core topics of personnel courses—including hiring, training, retention, performance, and recognition—but also includes integrated coverage on measuring success through assessment. Further helping readers grasp how HCM works, the book uses original data from the Government Performance Project and incorporates many comparative examples across a wide range of states, plus federal and municipal agencies. Unlike anything else available, Human Capital fills a critical gap for both students and public personnel professionals.

Strategic Public Personnel Administration

Strategic Public Personnel Administration
Author: Ali Farazmand
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The history of public personnel administration is as old as human civilization itself: Persia, China, Assyria, Egypt, and Rome all practiced strategic personnel management systems, some systematically and others unsystematically. But despite the longstanding practice of strategic public personnel administration, the systematic study of this field is a fairly new development in the modern world. Today, the need for strategic thinking in public personnel administration and human capital development is more urgent than ever before. Managing and coping with the challenges of transworld migrations of capital and labor, cyber-employment and virtual workplaces, and relentless global pressures for results-oriented performance through outsourcing all require the development of human capital as a key asset of modern governments and private organizations. Governments and public administration organizations must confront these challenges if they are to survive and thrive in the 21st century, and Strategic Public Personnel Administration provides a comprehensive analysis of the past development and current function of the field so as to give a clearly balanced picture of public personnel administration in both theory and practice. Today, strategic public personnel management is a central component of strategic governance and administration in public and nonprofit organizations. Strategic personnel administration aims to lead organizations along the right paths with the necessary people on hand to achieve strategic goals and objectives in modern governance and public administration. This two-volume set fills a major gap in the current literature, and it will serve as a key work that addresses the history, knowledge, policy, management, process, and culture of public personnel administration with a strategic perspective.

Public Personnel Administration

Public Personnel Administration
Author: Steven W. Hays
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Civil service
ISBN: 9780130413789

Table of Contents Preface Sect. 1 The Setting 1 1 The Political Context of Public Personnel Administration 3 2 Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Patronage, Civil Service, and Privatization 16 3 What Every Public Personnel Manager Should Know About the Constitution 29 4 Personnel Management in the Local Government Setting 46 5 The American Federal Bureaucracy: A Retrospective Look at Reinvention and Reform 62 6 Deregulating the Public Personnel Function 75 Sect. 2 The Techniques 91 7 Strategic Human Resource Management 93 8 Issues, Challenges, and Changes in Recruitment and Selection 106 9 Why Public Managers Hate Position Classification 126 10 Compensation, Merit Pay, and Motivation 143 11 The Trials and Tribulations of Performance Appraisal: Problems and Prospects on Entering the Twenty-First Century 154 12 Public Employee Benefits and the Changing Nature of the Workforce 167 Sect. 3 The Issues 181 13 Productivity and Privatization: The Human Resource Management Connection 183 14 Privatizing Personnel: Outsourcing Public Sector Functions 196 15 Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action in the Public Sector 209 16 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 225 17 Working Together: Meeting the Challenge of Workplace Diversity 238 18 The Difference That Gender Makes 256 19 Disabled or Not Disabled: How Does the Americans With Disabilities Act Affect Employment Policies? 271 20 Supplementing Common Myths With Uncommon Management: The Effective Involvement of Volunteers in Delivering Public Services 287 21 Ethics and Human Resource Management 301 Sect. 4 Reform and the Future 317 22 Problems and Prospects for Public Employee Unions and Public Managers 319 23 Facing Fundamental Challenges in Reforming Public Personnel Administration 334 24 Reforming Public Sector Human Resource Management: Best Practices From the Practitioner's View 352 25 The Reform Agenda: Where Do We Go From Here? 367 Index 379.

Handbook of Public Personnel Administration

Handbook of Public Personnel Administration
Author: Jack Rabin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 750
Release: 1994-09-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780824792312

Offers in-depth analyses spanning the entire field of public personnel administration--from a history of the American civil service as characterized by competing perspectives to the contemporary application of total quality management by human resources practitioners. Addresses the major laws that regulate worker compensation.

The New Public Personnel Admin Istration

The New Public Personnel Admin Istration
Author: Felix (Emeritus Nigro, University of Georgia)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780357671344

Prepare for your career in public personnel management with THE NEW PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION! With coverage of public policies, law rulings, and court rulings, this text gives you a solid foundation for advanced studies in specialized areas of public personnel management. Major policy trends and debates are discussed including affirmative action, compensation and benefits, sexual harassment, workplace violence, substance and alcohol abuse, performance appraisal, and collective bargaining. Discussion questions, suggested readings, chapter appendices, informative illustrations, and examples are just a few of the tools that will help you succeed in this course.