Public Personnel Systems

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1993-07-01
Publisher(s): Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
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Summary

This classic, completely updated work features current experience at the federal level under the Civil Service Reform Act, new issues of employee testing for alcohol and drug abuse, and how to deal with difficult employees. It addresses essential issues facing government and public personnel systems, e.g., patronage and the merit principle, job design, pay and employee benefits, recruitment, career development, and labor-management relations. Legal aspects are emphasized, especially court decisions essential to any professional in the field.

Table of Contents

Contents
Patronage and the Merit Principle
Organizational and Job Design, Position Classification, and Personnel Planning
Pay and Employee Benefits
Recruitment, Examination, and Selection
Probation and Performance Evaluation
Careers and Career Development
Employee Rights and Responsibilities
Equal Rights and Affirmative Action
Motivation Theory
Motivation in Daily Operations
Labor-Management Relations
Critique
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