Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns, Future Challenges

For over 30 years, Public Personnel Management has been a vital resource for public administration, political science, and public policy courses. It offers original chapters by leading scholars on social equity, labor relations, public employee rights, and nonprofit operations. The textbook covers new developments, such as remote work, the COVID-19 pandemic, work-life balance, discrimination, affirmative action, generational differences, and international HRM. It provides an in-depth understanding of key management and policy issues in public and nonprofit HRM.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 28 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

For over three decades, Public Personnel Management: An Essential Guide has been a vital resource for public administration, political science, and public policy courses. Renowned scholars in the field have authored original chapters, delving into critical and often contentious aspects of public personnel management, such as social equity, labor relations, public employee rights, and the operations of nonprofit organizations. This comprehensive textbook offers fresh and innovative chapters that explore current trends and developments of interest to both researchers and practitioners. These include discussions on remote work, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public service workforces, work-life balance, patterns of discrimination, employee perceptions of fairness, affirmative action, generational differences in the workforce, and the growing internationalization of public personnel management, with a dedicated chapter addressing human resource management across Europe. By providing a comprehensive examination of cutting-edge developments beyond standard textbook coverage, Public Personnel Management: An Essential Guide aims to cultivate a deep understanding of the key management and policy issues confronting public and nonprofit human resource management today. This textbook is an invaluable tool for professors and students alike, empowering them with the knowledge and insights necessary to excel in this dynamic field.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032516677
Edition number: 7 ed