Human Resource Management in Public Service (Hardcover: 448 pages)

New and Continuing Features

Offers additional practical tools for managers and student job seekers, more international examples, and more examples from hospitals and social servicesIncludes new sections on ethics training, motivation, psychological contracts, civil service reform, and workplace violence Incorporates unique chapters on family-friendly benefits and HRM issues relating to productivity improvement strategiesDraws relevant managerial examples and cases from local, state, and federal governmentBalances coverage of big picture topics with the development of hands-on, technical skills Encourages active learning through carefully crafted questions at the end of each chapter and a mix of individual, group, and in-class exercises that ensure student mastery of key concepts

Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems, Third Edition is intended for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in Human Resource Management in departments of management, public administration, and political science.