Share
Human Resource Management in Public Service
Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems
Seventh Edition
- Evan M. Berman - Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Fundação Getulio Vargas’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration, Brazil
- James S. Bowman - Florida State University, USA
- Jonathan P. West - University of Miami, USA
- Montgomery R. Van Wart - California State University, San Bernardino, USA
July 2021 | 664 pages | CQ Press
Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues faced by employees and managers in the public sector, including managing under tight budgets with increasing costs, hiring freezes, contracting out, and the politicization of the civil service. Continuing the award-winning tradition of previous editions, authors Evan M. Berman, James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West, and Montgomery R. Van Wart encourage active learning through various skill-building exercises and a mixture of individual, group, and in-class tasks.
The Seventh Edition includes new examples on how COVID-19 has disrupted the workplace, equity and racial discord, organizational diversity, employee engagement and motivation, leadership development training, work-life balance, gender-based inequities, behavioral biases in appraisal, and unionization trends.
The Seventh Edition includes new examples on how COVID-19 has disrupted the workplace, equity and racial discord, organizational diversity, employee engagement and motivation, leadership development training, work-life balance, gender-based inequities, behavioral biases in appraisal, and unionization trends.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I • CONTEXT AND CHALLENGES
CHAPTER 1 • The Public Service Heritage: People, Process, and Purpose
CHAPTER 2 • Legal Rights and Responsibilities: Laws Governing the Workplace
PART II • PROCESSES AND SKILLS: FROM START TO FINISH
CHAPTER 3 • Recruitment: From Passive Posting to Social Media Networking
CHAPTER 4 • Selection: From Civil Service Commissions to Decentralized Decision Making
CHAPTER 5 • Position Management: Judicious Plan or Jigsaw Puzzle?
CHAPTER 6 • Employee Motivation: Possible, Probable, or Impossible?
CHAPTER 7 • Compensation: Vital, Visible, and Vicious
CHAPTER 8 • Employee-Friendly Policies: Fashionable, Flexible, and Fickle
CHAPTER 9 • Training and Development: Exploring New Frontiers
CHAPTER 10 • Appraisal: A Process in Search of a Technique
CHAPTER 11 • Unions and the Government: Protectors, Partners, and Punishers
CHAPTER 12 • Collective Bargaining: Structures, Strategies, and Skills
CONCLUSION • The Future as Opportunity, Not Destiny
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
This book comprehensively covers several key topics in HRM
Political Science, Kansas State University
July 18, 2023
Was recommended by department.
Public Administration Dept, Western Michigan University
September 22, 2023
This was a great textbook. The resources were wonderful. My students enjoyed the format and the materials. I am now trying to adopt the 7th edition and having challenges accessing the instructor resources through Sage Publishing.
Public Admin/Policy Analy Dept, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
July 3, 2022
I have used the earlier edition and found it ideal for my classes in public HRM. I am going to use your publication in my class this winter and need a copy of the newer edition. I found the book's coverage of latest trends in public HRM to be most appropriate for graduate students.
Political Science/Public Administration, Troy University-Troy
October 25, 2021
