Public human resource management : problems and prospects / edited by Steven W. Hays, Richard C. Kearney, Jerrell D. Coggburn.

Contributor(s): Hays, Steven W [editor] | Kearney, Richard C [editor] | Coggburn, Jerrell D [editor]
Publisher: New York : Longman, [2009]Copyright date: c2009Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xix, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780136037699; 0136037690Uniform titles: Public personnel administration. Subject(s): Civil service -- United States -- Personnel managementDDC classification: 352.60973 LOC classification: JK765 | .P797 2009Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
CONTENTS Preface SECTION ONE: THE SETTING 1. Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service, Patronage and Privatization Donald E. Klingner, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 2. What Every Public Personnel Manager Should Know About the Constitution David H. Rosenbloom and Joshua Chanin, American University 3. Human Resource Management in the Federal Government During a Time of Change James R. Thompson and Robert Seidner, University of Illinois - Chicago 4. Personnel and Human Resource Management in the States Sally Coleman Selden, Lynchburg College 5. Local Government Personnel Administration: Heritage, Contemporary Practice and Portents Susan G. Mason, Boise State University, and Lana Stein, University of Missouri-St. Louis 6. Personnel Recruitment and Retention in the Nonprofit Sector Beth Gazley, Indiana University SECTION TWO: TECHNIQUES 7. Strategic Human Resources Management Joan E. Pynes, University of South Florida 8. The Trials and Tribulations of Performance Appraisal: Problems and Prospects in the 21st Century Dennis M. Daley, North Carolina State University 9. Employee Benefits Gary E. Roberts, Regent University 10. Challenges in Motivating the Public Sector Employee: Theory and Practice in a Dynamic Environment Gerald T. Gabris, Northern Illinois University, and Trenton J. Davis, Georgia Southern University 11. Human Resource Metrics in Government: Measuring the Impacts of HRM Steven W. Hays, University of South Carolina, and Robert Lavigna, Partnership for Public Service 12. Planning for Today and Tomorrow: Workforce Planning Willow S. Jacobson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13. Employee Rights to Address Wrongs: Trends in State Government Grievance Practices Jessica E. Sowa, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University SECTION THREE: THE ISSUES 14. Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Public Sector J. Edward Kellough, University of Georgia 15. Gender and Workplace Issues Mary E. Guy, University of Colorado Denver, and Susan Spice, Florida State University 16. HR Information Technology Systems in State Government: Findings from the 2007 Government Performance Project Robert T. Wooters, Lynchburg College 17. Ethics and Human Resource Management Jonathan P. West, University of Miami 18. Current Developments in Public Sector Labor Relations Patrice M. Mareschal, Rutgers University at Camden 19. Outsourcing Human Resources: Problems and Prospects for the Public Sector Jerrell D. Coggburn, North Carolina State University CONCLUSION 20. Turbulence in Civil Service:ÿWhither the Public Service Ethos? James S. Bowman, Florida State University Contributors Index
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Item type Current location Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK GRADUATE LIBRARY
GRADUATE LIBRARY
SUBJECT REFERENCE 		352.60973 P961 2009 (Browse shelf) Available CITU-CL-40507
Total holds: 0

Rev. ed. of: Public personnel administration. 4th ed. c2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS
Preface
SECTION ONE: THE SETTING
1. Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service, Patronage and Privatization
Donald E. Klingner, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2. What Every Public Personnel Manager Should Know About the Constitution
David H. Rosenbloom and Joshua Chanin, American University
3. Human Resource Management in the Federal Government During a Time of Change
James R. Thompson and Robert Seidner, University of Illinois - Chicago
4. Personnel and Human Resource Management in the States
Sally Coleman Selden, Lynchburg College
5. Local Government Personnel Administration: Heritage, Contemporary Practice and Portents
Susan G. Mason, Boise State University, and Lana Stein, University of Missouri-St. Louis
6. Personnel Recruitment and Retention in the Nonprofit Sector
Beth Gazley, Indiana University
SECTION TWO: TECHNIQUES
7. Strategic Human Resources Management
Joan E. Pynes, University of South Florida
8. The Trials and Tribulations of Performance Appraisal: Problems and Prospects in the 21st Century
Dennis M. Daley, North Carolina State University
9. Employee Benefits
Gary E. Roberts, Regent University

10. Challenges in Motivating the Public Sector Employee: Theory and Practice in a Dynamic Environment
Gerald T. Gabris, Northern Illinois University, and Trenton J. Davis, Georgia Southern University
11. Human Resource Metrics in Government: Measuring the Impacts of HRM
Steven W. Hays, University of South Carolina, and Robert Lavigna, Partnership for Public Service
12. Planning for Today and Tomorrow: Workforce Planning
Willow S. Jacobson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
13. Employee Rights to Address Wrongs: Trends in State Government Grievance Practices
Jessica E. Sowa, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
SECTION THREE: THE ISSUES
14. Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Public Sector
J. Edward Kellough, University of Georgia

15. Gender and Workplace Issues
Mary E. Guy, University of Colorado Denver, and Susan Spice, Florida State University
16. HR Information Technology Systems in State Government: Findings from the 2007 Government Performance Project
Robert T. Wooters, Lynchburg College
17. Ethics and Human Resource Management
Jonathan P. West, University of Miami
18. Current Developments in Public Sector Labor Relations
Patrice M. Mareschal, Rutgers University at Camden

19. Outsourcing Human Resources: Problems and Prospects for the Public Sector
Jerrell D. Coggburn, North Carolina State University
CONCLUSION
20. Turbulence in Civil Service:ÿWhither the Public Service Ethos?
James S. Bowman, Florida State University
Contributors
Index

There are no comments for this item.

to post a comment.