Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems - Hardcover

Berman, Evan M.; Bowman, James S.; West, Jonathan P.; Van Wart, Montgomery R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1483340031 ISBN 13: 9781483340036

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2015

Synopsis

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 Fifth 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.

• 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.

About this title

Review:

“This text is current, topical and extremely comprehensive in its approach to the world of HR. It is an instructors dream!” (Joseph C. De Laduranty)

“With its latest edition, Human Resources Management in Public Service offers up a text that is both comprehensive and student friendly.” (Craig P. Donovan)

“This is one of the most comprehensive textbooks available on public sector human resource management.” (Kurt Fenske)

“The award-winning textbook is a most exciting and comprehensive resource for teaching upper division and graduate courses in Human Resource Management in the market. While covering all appropriate issues, the new edition provides opportunities for learners to hone the skills necessary for understanding and solving paradoxical issues in the field.” (Eric Otenyo)

“Because it identifies the paradoxes in the public human resource management arena, Human Resource Management in Public Service provides students with a strong appreciation for the complexities of public sector employment issues.” (Anna Marie Schuh)

“This book truly helps our students to understand democratic principle and provides a great tool for the human resource professionals.” (Melvin Rogers)

About the Author:

Evan M. Berman is Professor of Public Management and Director of Internationalization at Victoria University of Wellington, School of Government. Prior, he was the Huey McElveen Distinguished Professor at Louisiana State University. His areas of expertise are human resource management, public performance, local government, and public governance in Asia. He is past Chair of the American Society for Public Administration’s Section of Personnel and Labor Relations. He has over 125 publications and 12 books, including People Skills At Work (CRC Press, 2011), Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts, Third Edition (CQ Press, 2012), and a trilogy of books on Public Administration in Asia (2010, 2011, 2013, CRC Press). He has published in all major journals of the discipline, is Senior Editor of Public Performance & Management Review, a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar,  past University Chair Professor at National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan), and a former policy analyst with the National Science Foundation.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1483340031
• ISBN 13: 9781483340036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 584