About the Author:
Frank J. Thompson is Dean of Rockefeller College at the State University of New York at Albany. He has published extensively on issues of health policy, policy implementation, public personnel policy, and administrative politics. His books include PERSONNEL POLICY IN THE CITY; HEALTH POLICY AND THE BUREAUCRACY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: CHALLENGES, CHOICES, AND CONSEQUENCES; REVITALIZING STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICE, and most recently, MEDICAID AND DEVOLUTION: A VIEW FROM THE STATES (co-editor and contributor). Thompson is former president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration and has held offices in other professional associations. He has worked for the city of Oakland, California, and was a fellow with the U.S. Public Health Service. He has also served as consultant to various government agencies, as Executive Director of the National Commission on the State and Local Public Service, and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D. in that discipline from the University of California, Berkeley.
Review:
"Without a doubt Thompson's 3rd Edition of Classics of Public Personnel Policy is a work of enduring value. The "classics" format helps students gain an invaluable understanding of the fact that Public Personnel Administration/Human Resources Management is a continually evolving discipline and that much of what occurs in the field today is a function of its past."
"Frank Thompson's collection is really good. The Classics approach is pedagogically sound, and this volume has no competitors. Virtually anyone who is asked will give you a different list of potential entries, and I don't envy Frank for having to make the final decisions. However, I can't think of anyone who is better qualified than Frank Thompson to make such judgments."
"Thompson has done an excellent job of covering the various policy areas of public personnel. Overall, Thompson's reader has been invaluable to the field of public personnel policy and therefore a revised edition would be highly received. Thank you for the opportunity to review Thompson's reader."
"Thompson has chosen well."
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