Public Personnel Management articles from January 2001

Public Personnel Management archives from January 2001

Creating a Leadership Development Program: Nine Essential Tasks.
January 1, 2001... Empirical research supports common sense--leadership matters to an organization's effectiveness. Leadership skills can be learned; although learning on the job is too haphazard a way to ensure an organization's viability. A leadership...

Communication Theory and Training Approaches for Multiculturally Diverse Organizations: Have Academics and Practitioners Missed the Connection?(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... While a number of articles have looked at the importance of multicultural training in the workplace over the past 30 years, there is little concrete agreement that documents the common fundamental elements of a "successful" diversity...

Rudeness at Work: Impulse over Restraint.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Office rudeness is on the rise. Catcalls, disparaging remarks whispered behind closed doors, and raging e-mails are testaments to the fact that many of us are overworked and stressed out. While much has been written about violence in the...

Developing a Drug Testing Policy at a Public University: Participant Perspectives.(University of Virginia)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Employee drug testing has been around for more than 30 years. The practice was embraced by private employers early on and is now widespread, particularly among larger companies. The development of drug testing programs in the public sector,...

Ask Me No Questions, Tell Me No Lies: Examining the Uses and Misuses of The Polygraph.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... This paper examines the use and misuse of polygraph examinations. Due to increasing polygraph use by government agencies, the paper focuses particularly on the public sector. Should a government employee be subjected to a polygraph examination...

Outsourcing and Political Power: Bureaucrats, Consultants, Vendors and Public Information Technology.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The rapidly growing governmental IT outsourcing trend raises different questions: Who, inside bureaucracy, governs computer systems after outsourcing? Which actors gain or lose political clout when the government begins to aggressively...

The Location of Subregional Offices: An Emerging Issue for HR Managers in Government.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... As the 21st century approaches, HR managers are increasingly finding it necessary to "think outside the box" to find ways to deliver governmental services to users of those services who may be scattered widely throughout a region or territory....

Differential Approaches to Human Resource Management Reform : in the public services of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The introduction of New Public Management in the public services of many countries brought with it not only changes in epistemology but new methods and techniques for managing resources.[1, 2, 3, 4] With the advent of New Public Management, for...

2000 Agency Awards for Excellence.
January 1, 2001... Large Agency Federal Aviation Administration Q: The FAA implemented personnel reform to allow for tailored personnel systems based on unique business needs, to enhance productivity and efficiency. The agency also established a...