Human resource management in public service; paradoxes, processes, and problems, 2d ed

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

JF1601

2004-029458

1-4129-0421-8

Human resource management in public service; paradoxes, processes, and problems, 2d ed.

Title main entry. Ed. by Evan M. Berman et al.

Sage Publications, [c]2006

368 p.

$79.95

Scholars of public administration Berman (Louisiana State U.), James S. Bowman (Florida State U.), Montgomery Van Wart (U. of Central Florida) and Jonathan P. West (U. of Miami) offer a textbook on managing human resources for students planning to become managers in public service. Among the topics are legal rights and responsibilities, recruitment, compensation, employee-friendly policies, training and development, unions and the government, and productivity. No date is noted for the first edition.