Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns, Future Challenges

by Riccucci; Norma M.

• ISBN13: 9780205012671
• ISBN10: 0205012671
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Updated in a new 5th edition, Public Personnel Management,by Norma M. Riccucci,#xA0;is a concise and accessible reader containing all original articles addressing the most current issues in public personnel management.#xA0;#xA0;Written expressly for the text by leading scholars, all of the articles are either new to this edition or substantially revised. Each article focuses on specific#x13;often controversial#x13;issues in public personal management, such as comparative personnel management, pensions, sexuality, health, succession planning, unions, and the multi-generational workforce.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Public Human Resource Management: How We Get Where We Are Today	p. 1
Building Public HRM Capacity in Fragile and Transitional States: Linking Theory, Research, Practice, and Teaching	p. 14
Generational Differences and the Public Sector Workforce	p. 28
Affirmative Action and the Law	p. 39
Diversity and Cultural Competency	p. 50
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Employees in the Public Sector Workforce	p. 60
Chronic Health Issues and the Public Workplace	p. 77
Public Employee Unions in a New Era	p. 95
Public Employees' Liability for ôConstitutional Tortsö	p. 104
Strategic Human Resource Management	p. 120
Hiring in the Federal Government: Balancing Technical, Managerial, and Political Imperatives	p. 135
The Challenges of Succession Planning in Turbulent Times	p. 148
Public Sector Pensions and Benefits: Challenges in a New Environment	p. 157
Managing Human Resources to Improve Organizational Productivity: The Role of Performance Evaluation	p. 173
Privatized Prisons and Unions: Personnel Management Implications	p. 186
Human Resources Management in Nonprofit Organizations	p. 196
Ethics Management and Training	p. 213
Index	p. 228
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