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Public Personnel Management articles from December 1997
A quarterly journal focused on human resource work in the public sector. Contains articles on trends, case studies, comparative information, and recent research. Topics include labor relations, assessment, personnel policies, government reform and other a
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Public Personnel Management archives from December 1997
The search for a new model for salary management: is there support for private sector practices?
December 22, 1997... There is rapidly growing interest in reinventing public pay programs. The pressure on government to reduce costs and improve performance is driving change in every department. Pay programs are often more difficult to change because they affect...
Benchmarks in management training.
December 22, 1997... Public management is experiencing re-invention, re-engineering, downsizing, cutback management, and close public and legislative scrutiny. The National Performance Review,(1) the Winter Commission Report,(2) the Contract with America,(3) and...
Executive coaching as a transfer of training tool: effects on productivity in a public agency.
December 22, 1997... Numerous factors have been identified that influence the extent to which knowledge acquired during classroom training transfers to the job (e.g., the work environment; the personality of the trainee).(1) There is considerable evidence that a...
The leave of absence puzzle: fitting the pieces together.
December 22, 1997... Employers today are required to operate their businesses under a variety of regulations stemming from a multitude of laws governing the workplace. Frequently, common workplace occurrences raise difficult questions under several different laws....
Why some potentially effective staffing practices are seldom used.
December 22, 1997... The usefulness of some HRM practices may vary across organizations because of differing strategies, organizational characteristics, and external factors.(22) However, the use of sound staffing practices should benefit most organizations,...
Defamation by action may "speak as loudly as words."
December 22, 1997... Have you placed your company at risk of a lawsuit? Possibly. The recent case of Bolton v. Department of Human Services should serve as a warning that an employer's actions, as well as words, may create liability for defamation. When presented...
Issues and lessons of Chinese civil service reform.
December 22, 1997... Public sector reforms have been considered by researchers and practitioners of economic development as one of the major factors contributing to successful economic development.(1) Public sector reforms refer not only to market liberalization and...
Privacy and the workplace: technology and public employment.
December 22, 1997... Autonomy, Dignity, Private Space, and First Amendment Privacy
The privacy claims of employees can vary in terms of the privacy interests involved and the conception of a need for privacy. The development of a constitutional doctrine of privacy...
Interest-based negotiation: a case study.
December 22, 1997... In September 1995, the city manager of San Marino decided to take a new approach to upcoming negotiations between management and the firefighters association. In the past, relationships had been, at a minimum strained, and at times, strongly...
Medical savings accounts: a health insurance option for the public sector?
December 22, 1997... Rising health insurance costs have forced both private and public sector employers to search for innovative methods to restrain the growth rate of insurance costs. The development of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO), Preferred Provider...
Gender and the federal senior executive service: where is the glass ceiling.
December 22, 1997... The problem. Women comprise 49 percent of the population in the United States and 46 percent of the work force.(1) Although approximately half of the work force is women, their mobility seems limited. Women tend to occupy low or middle level...
From spoils system to merit system - 60 years of progress in Jefferson County, AL.
December 22, 1997... During 1935 the United States was in the midst of the Great Depression, an economic slump during which as many as one of every four workers was unemployed. In the summer of that year in Birmingham, AL, a bill authorizing the establishment of a...