Overview
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.
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Patronage and the Merit Principle
Chapter 3. Organizational and Job Design, Position Classification, and Personnel Planning
Chapter 4. Pay and Employee Benefits
Chapter 5. Recruitment, Examination, and Selection
Chapter 6. Probation and Performance Evaluation
Chapter 7. Careers and Career Development
Chapter 8. Employee Rights and Responsibilities
Chapter 9. Equal Rights and Affirmative Action
Chapter 10. Motivation Theory
Chapter 11. Motivation in Daily Operations
Chapter 12. Labor-Management Relations
Critique
Appendix A. A Research Guide to Personnel Literature
Index
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Robert D. Lee Jr., PhD-Penn State University, Pennsylvania
Robert D. Lee, Jr. earned his Ph.D. at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He has been involved with state and local government budgeting since 1968, when he was part of a team that redesigned the Pennsylvania State government budgeting system. He currently is associate director of the School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Recreation Management at The Pennsylvania State University.
Additional Titles by this Author
ISBN-13: 9781449627904
ISBN-13: 9780763746681
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