Public Human Resource Management
Problems and Prospects
6th Edition
Published on 21. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-4833-9345-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Two leading scholars of public human resource management have assembled an impressive set of authors to address comprehensively the critical developments and issues in the field." -- Frank J. Thompson "Public Human Resource Management covers all the bases. Kearney and Coggburn bring together leading scholars writing, in clear and persuasive ways, on core themes and leading issues in public sector HRM. The leading compendium just got better! An excellent find." -- Evan Berman "Once again Kearney and Cogguburn have assembled a useful reader. The pieces are nicely balanced between providing up-to-date overviews of current debates and providing guidance to practitioners on policy options. Chapters on strategic management, performance, dispute resolution, and labor relations go beyond material in the leading public personnel textbooks." -- Dr. Ellen V. RubinMore details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 187 mm
Weight
776 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4833-9345-2 (9781483393452)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Richard C. Kearney is professor and director of the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University. He was previously on the faculty of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, East Carolina University, and the University of South Carolina. His research on human relations management, public administration, and state and local politics and administration has been published in Public Administration Review, Public Personnel Management, Administration and Society, Publius, Urban Affairs Review, Policy Studies Journal, and many other journals. The 9th edition of his book (with Ann O'M Bowman) State and Local Government will be published in 2012. He received his Ph. D in political science from the University of Oklahoma in 1977.
Content
Part 1: The Setting
1. Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service, Nonstandard Work Arrangements, Privatization, And Partnerships - Donald E. Klingner
2. What Every Human Resource Manager Should Know about the Constitution - David H. Rosenbloom, Joshua Chanin
3. The Death and Life of Productivity Management in Government - Albert Hyde, Frederik Uys
4. Human Resource Management in the Federal Government During a Time of Instability - James R. Thompson, Robert Seidner
5. After the Recession: State Human Resource Management - Sally Coleman Selden
6. Strategic Human Resource Management at the Local Level: Balancing Enduring Commitments and Emerging Needs - Heather Getha-Taylor
7. The Nonprofit Sector Labor Force - Beth Gazley
Part 2: Techniques
8. Strategic Human Capital - Joan E. Pynes
9. Supplanting Common Myths With Uncommon Management: The Effective Involvement of Volunteers In Delivering Public Services - Jeffrey L. Brudney
10. Personnel Appraisal No Matter What: Dysfunctional, Detrimental, Dangerous, Self-Defeating - James S. Bowman
11. Trends in Public Sector Compensation-Pay Administration - Jared J. Llorens
12. Employee Benefits: Patterns and Challenges for Public Organizations - Rex L. Facer II, Lori L. Wadsworth
13. Postemployment Benefits: Pensions and Retiree Health Care - Thad Calabrese, Justin Marlowe
14. Motivating Public Service Employees in the Era of the "New Normal" - Gerald T. Gabris, Trenton J. Davis
15. Emotional Labor: The Relational Side of Public Service - Mary Ellen Guy, Meredith A. Newman
16. Measuring and Benchmarking Human Resource Management - David N. Ammons
17. Managing Employee Problems: State Government Grievance and Complaint Resolution Systems and Practices - Jessica E. Sowa
Part 3: The Issues
18. Combating Discrimination and Its Legacy: Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Public Sector - Edward J. Kellough
19. Gendered Organizations and Human Resource Management Practices that Foster and Sustain Gendered Norms - Sharon Mastracci, Lauren Bowman
20. Veterans' Preference and the Federal Service - Gregory B. Lewis
21. The Americans with Disabilities Act: Contradictions in Public Policy - Bonnie G. Mani
22. Ethics and Human Resource Management - Jonathan P. West
23. Public Sector Labor Issues: Rights, Retrenchment, and Democracy - Patrice Mareschal, Patricia Ciorici
24. Human Resources Management and Government Contracting - Sergio Fernandez, Deanna Malatesta, Craig Smith
25. Human Resource Management Issues with Social Media - Shannon H. Tufts, Willow S. Jacobson
Part 4: Prospects
26. Public Sector Workplace Design: New Challenges and Future Dynamics - Katherine C. Naff
27. The Civil Service Under Siege - Richard C. Kearney, Jerrell D. Coggburn
1. Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service, Nonstandard Work Arrangements, Privatization, And Partnerships - Donald E. Klingner
2. What Every Human Resource Manager Should Know about the Constitution - David H. Rosenbloom, Joshua Chanin
3. The Death and Life of Productivity Management in Government - Albert Hyde, Frederik Uys
4. Human Resource Management in the Federal Government During a Time of Instability - James R. Thompson, Robert Seidner
5. After the Recession: State Human Resource Management - Sally Coleman Selden
6. Strategic Human Resource Management at the Local Level: Balancing Enduring Commitments and Emerging Needs - Heather Getha-Taylor
7. The Nonprofit Sector Labor Force - Beth Gazley
Part 2: Techniques
8. Strategic Human Capital - Joan E. Pynes
9. Supplanting Common Myths With Uncommon Management: The Effective Involvement of Volunteers In Delivering Public Services - Jeffrey L. Brudney
10. Personnel Appraisal No Matter What: Dysfunctional, Detrimental, Dangerous, Self-Defeating - James S. Bowman
11. Trends in Public Sector Compensation-Pay Administration - Jared J. Llorens
12. Employee Benefits: Patterns and Challenges for Public Organizations - Rex L. Facer II, Lori L. Wadsworth
13. Postemployment Benefits: Pensions and Retiree Health Care - Thad Calabrese, Justin Marlowe
14. Motivating Public Service Employees in the Era of the "New Normal" - Gerald T. Gabris, Trenton J. Davis
15. Emotional Labor: The Relational Side of Public Service - Mary Ellen Guy, Meredith A. Newman
16. Measuring and Benchmarking Human Resource Management - David N. Ammons
17. Managing Employee Problems: State Government Grievance and Complaint Resolution Systems and Practices - Jessica E. Sowa
Part 3: The Issues
18. Combating Discrimination and Its Legacy: Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Public Sector - Edward J. Kellough
19. Gendered Organizations and Human Resource Management Practices that Foster and Sustain Gendered Norms - Sharon Mastracci, Lauren Bowman
20. Veterans' Preference and the Federal Service - Gregory B. Lewis
21. The Americans with Disabilities Act: Contradictions in Public Policy - Bonnie G. Mani
22. Ethics and Human Resource Management - Jonathan P. West
23. Public Sector Labor Issues: Rights, Retrenchment, and Democracy - Patrice Mareschal, Patricia Ciorici
24. Human Resources Management and Government Contracting - Sergio Fernandez, Deanna Malatesta, Craig Smith
25. Human Resource Management Issues with Social Media - Shannon H. Tufts, Willow S. Jacobson
Part 4: Prospects
26. Public Sector Workplace Design: New Challenges and Future Dynamics - Katherine C. Naff
27. The Civil Service Under Siege - Richard C. Kearney, Jerrell D. Coggburn