PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY emphasizes the importance of moving beyond reform to a future-oriented stance. The text identifies several themes central to public administration, including the importance of globalization, diversity, intergovernmental relations, and the critical significance of public law as a central defining feature of public life. Through these and other important concepts, this book acknowledges that public administrators not only consider and implement new directions in policy, but thereby play important roles in shaping it as well.

Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century

Cooper, Philip J.

Naff, Katherine C.

Ott, J. Steven

Brady, Linda P.

Hardeman, Olivia Hidalgo

Administrative Law

Cengage Learning'

To Look Like America: Dismantling Barriers For Women And Minorities In Government

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Routledge

"To Look Like America" is designed to contribute a unique perspective to those interested in the challenges presented to public sector organizations -- particularly in the federal sector -- by an increasingly diverse workforce. Current projections are that the American workforce will become more and more diverse over the next decade, forcing employers to respond to real or perceived barriers to the participation and advancement of women and minorities in their organizations. This book provides a means for identifying and taking steps to dismantle such barriers. It shows how empirical measures can identify the extent to which such barriers exist. The measures are applied to a broad cross-section of the federal civil service through the use of employment, focus group, and interview data, as well as responses to surveys administered to representative samples of federal employees. The analysis examines the consequences that result when barriers are left unaddressed, and concludes with an assessment of interventions that can be effective in dismantling barriers and promoting true participation.

To Look Like America

To Look Like America is designed to contribute a unique perspective to those interested in the challenges presented to public sector organizations -- particularly in the federal sector -- by an increasingly diverse workforce. Current projections are that the American workforce will become more and more diverse over the next decade, forcing employers to respond to real or perceived barriers to the participation and advancement of women and minorities in their organizations. This book provides a means for identifying and taking steps to dismantle such barriers. It shows how empirical measures can identify the extent to which such barriers exist. The measures are applied to a broad cross-section of the federal civil service through the use of employment, focus group, and interview data, as well as responses to surveys administered to representative samples of federal employees. The analysis examines the consequences that result when barriers are left unaddressed, and concludes with an assessment of interventions that can be effective in dismantling barriers and promoting true participation.

Perseus

A comprehensive guide, this book covers employee relations and the legacy of quality and reengineering, and discussions on the growth of public personnel management in state and local sectors. The authors discuss affirmative action and equal opportunity case law, work and family issues, the Volcker Commission findings, an analysis of federal pay reform and innovative classification and compensation systems currently implemented by federal agencies, a discussion of constitutional and legal issues facing public personnel administration in areas such as AIDS and drug testing, figures and tables on collective bargaining laws and trends, and more.

Personnel Management in Government: Fifth Edition, Politics and Process (Public Administration and Public Policy)

Business & Money

Rosenbloom, David H.

Hyde, Albert C.

Riccucci, Norma M.

Shafritz, Jay

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Human resources represents one of the largest shares of government budgets at every level. The management of people who carry out the government's work is therefore a critical issue to politicians and government managers and leaders, as well as citizens. Regardless of which administration is in office or which reforms are being touted as necessary, personnel are always at the heart of government and governing. Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process highlights the rapid developments in public personnel administration and management. As one of the bestselling texts in the field, this sixth edition reflects the major changes that have occurred recently in government personnel administration, including the authorization given to the new Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to develop their own personnel management systems. Addressing reforms in federal and state governments to illustrate the employment scene in public sector workforces, this book continues to provide updated information on the political, legal, and managerial aspects of public personnel systems and policies. Features 
<li>Reflects the changing nature of public personnel administration 
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<li>Provides up-to-date knowledge on the political, legal, and managerial aspects of public personnel management 
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<li>Addresses developments in the Department of Homeland Security and in the Department of Defense 
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<li>Presents major reforms in personnel policy and administration across federal, state, and local governments</li>

Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, Sixth Edition (Public Administration and Public Policy)

Education & Reference

With over 20 million people on its payroll, the government is the largest employer in the country. Managing people who do the nation’s work is of critical importance to politicians, government leaders, and citizens alike. Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, eighth edition, examines the progress and innovations that public personnel professionals are making to address changes in the political, legal, and managerial environment of government. It provides students with a comprehensive understanding of human resource management within its historical and political context in the public sector. A number of new developments are addressed in the eighth edition, including discussion of: <ul>
<li>Human resource management in nonprofit organizations in an all-new, dedicated chapter</li> <li>Current and future challenges to recruitment and hiring, including the use of social media in recruitment</li> <li>Privatization and contracting out</li> <li>The rise of employment "at will" policies</li> <li>Digital technology or "digitalization" in HRM and the need to enhance cybersecurity</li> <li>Managing performance with human capital analytics</li> <li>Increased reliance on telework</li> <li>States’ attacks on public sector labor unions</li> <li>HRM changes under the Trump administration</li> </ul> Since publication of the first edition in 1977, Personnel Management in Government has addressed issues not yet considered mainstream, but that have proven central to the development of the field over time. This long-standing but no less innovative textbook is required reading for all students of public, government, and non-profit personnel management.

Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process (Public Administration and Public Policy)

Hamidullah, Madinah F.

Economics

With over 20 million people on its payroll, the government continues to be the largest employer in the country. Managing people who do the nation’s work is of critical importance to politicians and government leaders as well as citizens. The great recession of 2008 put enormous strains on governments, highlighting the key role personnel play in managing under times of austerity as well as prosperity. A thorough examination of political and historical aspects, Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, Seventh Edition provides students with a comprehensive understanding of human resource management within its historical and political context in the public sector. It discusses the development of public sector human resource management, the present status of best practices, and important insights from current scholarship on all three levels of government: federal, state, and local.
See What’s New in the Seventh Edition: <ul>
<li>Personnel reforms under the Obama administration</li> <li>Pension developments at state and local levels of government</li> <li>Labor relations reforms at state and local levels, e.g. recent experiences in Michigan, Ohio, and other states making big changes to labor laws and policies</li> <li>Changes to diversity and affirmative action initiatives across the nation</li> <li>Developments in performance outcome initiatives at all levels of government</li> </ul>
During the 36 years since the publication of the first edition, the authors have addressed issues that were not yet considered mainstream, yet have become so over time. The seventh edition is no different. It examines progress that public personnel professionals are making to address changes in the political, legal, and managerial environment of the current decade. Exploring developments and innovations in the management of people who carry out the government's work, the book introduces students to public sector personnel management.

Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, Seventh Edition (Public Administration and Public Policy)

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