Public personnel management : contexts and strategies
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Public personnel management : contexts and strategies
Longman, c2010
6th ed
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Distinguished by its coherent values perspective, Public Personnel Management focuses on the conflicts, political processes, and management techniques that provide the context for personnel administration in the public sector.
Organized around the four principal personnel functions that must be fulfilled in any complex organization, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of the planning, acquisition, development, and sanctions within public personnel management.
Table of Contents
PART I INTRODUCTION
1. The World of Public Personnel Management
Exercise: Values and Functions in Public Personnel Management
Case Study: Political Clearance for "Buck" Pleake
2. Doing Public HRM in the United States
Case Study: Choosing a Municipal Personnel Director
PART II PLANNING
3. Strategic Thinking about HRM
Exercise: Evaluating Your Human Resources Management System
4. The HR Role in Planning, Budgeting, Performance Management and Program Evaluation
Case Study #1: A Day In The Life Of A City Manager
Case Study #2: Privatization
Case Study #3: Between A Rock And A Hard Place
5. Defining and Organizing Work
Case Study: Who's Most Qualified to be Minority Recruitment Director?
6. Rewarding Work: Pay and Benefits
Case Study: Reducing Unscheduled Absenteeism
PART III ACQUISITION
7. Social Equity and Diversity Management
Exercise: Equal Employment Opportunity or Affirmative Action?
Case Study #1: Social Equity vs. Employee Rights
Case Study #2: From EEO & AA to Diversity Management
8. Recruitment, Selection and Promotion
Exercise: Driving Forces of Change in Recruitment and Selection
Case Study: Information Technology Recruitment
PART IV DEVELOPMENT
9. Leadership and Performance in Turbulent Times
Case Study #1: Requiem for a Good Soldier
Case Study #2: Recruiting a Water Plant Technician
Exercise: Psychological Contracts
10. Training, Education and Staff Development
Case Study #1: Develop A Diversity Training Program
Case Study #2: Training Vignettes
Case Study #3: "How Should This Management Team Work Together?"
11. Performance Appraisal
Case Study: Evaluating Appraisal Instruments
12. Safety and Health
Case Study #1: Developing a Workplace AIDS Policy
Case Study #2: Workplace Violence: "In Hindsight, We Could See it Coming"
PART V SANCTIONS
13. Organizational Justice
Case Study: Juan Hernandez vs. The County
14. Collective Bargaining
Case Study: Good Management Or Bargaining In Bad Faith?
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