Reflecting contemporary political and managerial realities, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of the values, conflicts, political processes, and management techniques which provide the context for personnel administration in the public sector. A five-part organization covers an introduction to the world of public personnel management, planning, acquisition, development, and sanctions. For human resources personnel—especially managers.
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Public Personnel Management: Contexts and Strategies was first published in 1980. It continues to sell well, and we are gratified that readers and reviewers confirm its strengths. One reviewer characterized the book as having
clearly stated learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter,
Every few years, we have revised this text in response to changes in the environment (social, economic, political, and technological) of the field, changes in law, and changes in organizational policy and practice. We have tried in this edition to focus more on the manager's perspective on human resources management rather than the personnel specialist's. With a new chapter, we have provided an explicit focus on strategic thinking in human resources management and throughout the book we relate how several human resource management activities are and should be related to the strategic goals and objectives of public employers. In addition, we have gradually increased our treatment of human resources management in developing countries, taking advantage of Professor Klingner's consulting experiences in Latin America and in Egypt. Each chapter has also been updated with current references, illustrations, and some new case studies that come out of out consulting and teaching experiences.
But along with the changes, we also have tried to keep the familiar foundations. We are mindful that since its first edition this book has emphasized a coherent values perspective and is organized around four personnel functions that must be fulfilled in any complex organization. The values and the functions remain, and that framework continues to set this book apart from others.
Here are some of the changes you will see.
The new millennium marked the distribution of this text in Spanish and Chinese, as well as the English-speaking world. Under agreement with Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster, McGraw-Hill Interamericana published La Administracion de Personal Publico in Mexico City for distribution throughout Latin America; and Rennin University Press (Beijing) announced plans to distribute it in China. Given our understanding of the relationship between public personnel management and democratization and the importance of human resource management to organizational effectiveness, we are both gratified at this interest and humbled by the responsibility it entails.
We hope that you will find the book useful and a significant improvement over previous editions. As always, we invite you to share your comments and concerns with us.
Donald E. Klingner
John Nalbandian
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