Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process (Public Administration and Public Policy, No 44)

Fourth Edition contains up-to-date material on affirmative action and equal opportunity case law...a new chapter on work and family issues...a new chapter on comparable worth...the latest details on the Volcker Commission findings...analysis of federal pay reform and innovative classification and compensation systems currently implemented by federal agencies...a timely discussion of constitutional and legal issues facing public personnel administration in areas such as AIDS and drug testing...new figures and tables on collective bargaining laws and trends, with state-by-state comparisons...and more. A comprehensive guide, this book covers employee relations and the legacy of quality and reengineering, and discussions on the growth of public personnel management in state and local sectors. The authors discuss affirmative action and equal opportunity case law, work and family issues, the Volcker Commission findings, an analysis of federal pay reform and innovative classification and compensation systems currently implemented by federal agencies, a discussion of constitutional and legal issues facing public personnel administration in areas such as AIDS and drug testing, figures and tables on collective bargaining laws and trends, and more Just as it was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 that fostered the congressional climate essential for the passage of his previously thwarted domestic legislative goals, it was the 1881 assassination of President James A. Garfield-who was elected the year before on a platform that called for complete and radical civil service reform-that created the climate necessary for the passage of the nation's first significant reform measure-the Pendleton Act of 1883. Rev. ed. of: Personnel management in government / Jay M. Shafritz, Albert C. Hyde, David H. Rosenbloom.