Human resource management in public service : paradoxes, processes, and problems

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berman, Evan M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE , c2013
Edition:4th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The public service heritage: context, continuity, and change
  • 2. Legal rights and responsibilities: laws governing the workplace
  • 3. Recruitment: from passive posting to social media networking
  • 4. Selection: from civil service commissions to decentralized decision making
  • 5. Position management: judicious plan or jigsaw puzzle?
  • 6. Motivation: possible, probable, or impossible?
  • 7. Compensation: vital, visible, and vicious
  • 8. Employee-friendly policies: fashionable, flexible, and fickle
  • 9. Training, learning, and development: exploring new frontiers
  • 10. Appraisal: a process in search of a technique
  • 11. Unions and the government: protectors, partners, and punishers
  • 12. Collective bargaining: structures, strategies, and skills