Public Human Resource Management
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Public Human Resource Management

Problems and Prospects

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Public Human Resource Management

Problems and Prospects

About this book

Public Human Resource Management: Problems and Prospects brings together exemplary contributors who provide concise essays on major contemporary public human resources management issues.  Organized into four parts – setting, techniques, issues and prospects – and covering the major process, function and policy issues in the field, the text offers valuable wisdom to students and practitioners alike. With sixteen new and eleven updated chapters authored by the leading figures in the field as well as by up-and-coming new scholars, the new edition works as a primary or supplementary text for courses in human resource management or issues in public administration.

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Yes, you can access Public Human Resource Management by Richard C. Kearney,Jerrell D. Coggburn in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Public Affairs & Administration. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table Of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Part I The Setting
  9. Chapter 1 Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service, Nonstandard Work Arrangements, Privatization, and Partnerships
  10. Chapter 2 What Every Public Sector Human Resource Manager Should Know About the Constitution
  11. Chapter 3 The Death and Life of Productivity Management in Government
  12. Chapter 4 Human Resource Management in the Federal Government During a Time of Instability
  13. Chapter 5 After the Recession: State Human Resource Management 1
  14. Chapter 6 Strategic Human Resources Management at the Local Level: Balancing Enduring Commitments and Emerging Needs
  15. Chapter 7 The Nonprofit Sector Labor Force
  16. Part II Techniques
  17. Chapter 8 Strategic Human Capital
  18. Chapter 9 Supplanting Common Myths With Uncommon Management: The Effective Involvement of Volunteers in Delivering Public Services
  19. Chapter 10 Personnel Appraisal No Matter What: Dysfunctional, Detrimental, Dangerous, Self-Defeating
  20. Chapter 11 Trends in Public Sector Compensation—Pay Administration
  21. Chapter 12 Employee Benefits: Patterns and Challenges for Public Organizations
  22. Chapter 13 Postemployment Benefits: Pensions and Retiree Health Care
  23. Chapter 14 Motivating Public Service Employees in the Era of the “New Normal”
  24. Chapter 15 Emotional Labor: The Relational Side of Public Service
  25. Chapter 16 Measuring and Benchmarking Human Resource Management
  26. Chapter 17 Managing Employee Problems: State Government Grievance and Complaint Resolution Systems and Practices
  27. Part III The Issues
  28. Chapter 18 Combating Discrimination and Its Legacy: Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Public Sector
  29. Chapter 19 Gendered Organizations and Human Resource Management Practices That Foster and Sustain Gendered Norms
  30. Chapter 20 Veterans’ Preference and the Federal Service
  31. Chapter 21 The Americans with Disabilities Act: Contradictions in Public Policy
  32. Chapter 22 Ethics and Human Resource Management
  33. Chapter 23 Public Sector Labor Issues: Rights, Retrenchment, and Democracy
  34. Chapter 24 Human Resources Management and Government Contracting
  35. Chapter 25 Human Resource Management Issues with Social Media
  36. PART IV Prospects
  37. Chapter 26 Public Sector Workplace Design: New Challenges and Future Dynamics 1
  38. Chapter 27 The Civil Service Under Siege
  39. Index
  40. About the Editors
  41. About the Authors
  42. Publisher Note