Human Resource Management in Public Service

Recognizing the inherent tensions and contradictions that result from managing people in organizations, Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex ... Read more

Recognizing the inherent tensions and contradictions that result from managing people in organizations, Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues of management in the public sector. Continuing the award-winning tradition of previous editions, this Sixth Edition helps students to understand complex managerial puzzles and covers all of the stages of the employment process, including recruitment, selection, training, legal rights and responsibilities, compensation, and appraisal. Grounded in real public service experiences, the book emphasizes hands-on skill building and problem solving.New and Continuing Features Extensive skill-building exercises help you practice and apply the material and develop hands-on, technical skills that will help you in the workplace. A broad range of examples from local, state, federal, and international settings provide you with examples of the issues in a variety of public sector contexts. Questions at the end of each chapter, along with a mix of individual, group, and in-class exercises, encourage active learning and mastery of concepts.Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems, Sixth Edition is intended for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in Human Resource Management in departments of management, public administration, and political science  Less