Public Personnel Management articles from June 1996

Public Personnel Management archives from June 1996

A third role in performance appraisal: suggestion from the medical care quality appraisal systems.
June 22, 1996... The formal performance appraisal process has experienced a long history of critical and negative scrutiny from practitioners and theorists alike. Long ago, Douglas McGregor(1) recognized the inherent difficulty of conducting performance...

The influence of organizational constituent groups on rater attitudes toward performance appraisal compliance.
June 22, 1996... Anyone who has followed the recent public opinion polls understands the increasing demands of voters for a reduction of "the bureaucracy" at all levels of government. Public mandates for reduced budgets place pressure on virtually all public...

Public sector performance appraisal effectiveness: a case study.
June 22, 1996... Performance appraisal is perceived to be a critical human resource management function in most organizations in the U.S. Research estimates that over 90% of all large private sector organizations in this country employ some form of systematic...

To fee, or not to fee; what a question!
June 22, 1996... With apologies to William Shakespeare, to fee or not to fee may well become one of the major questions of the mid 1990's. Everyone is well aware of the sad state of the United States economy. Governmental jurisdictions in particular have suffered...

Workforce reductions and termination benefits in governments: the case of advance notice.
June 22, 1996... Widespread corruption in government resulting from the spoils system during the second half of the 19th century led to the passage of the Civil Service Reform (Pendleton) Act of 1883. To insulate public employees from partisan influences, the act...

Minority employment in U.S. federal agencies: continuity and change.
June 22, 1996... The employment of racial minorities in the federal government continues to be an important political and social issue. During the last twenty years, numerous studies have indicated that minority employment has increased in the federal civil...

Comparative E.E.O. law: pregnancy legislation in the United States and Taiwan. (equal employment opportunity law)
June 22, 1996... The Equal Pay Act of 1963 marked the beginning of modern civil rights legislation in the United States. In the past thirty years, Congress has enacted a wide-range of legislation geared to providing equal job opportunity in America: the Civil...

Sexual harassment and government accountants: anecdotal evidence from the profession.
June 22, 1996... Such homogenization of the workforce, however, can be problematic. In recent years considerable evidence has surfaced suggesting that sexual harassment of working women is quite pervasive. According to recent statistics, 90% of Fortune 500...

Implementing health and fitness programs for firefighters.
June 22, 1996... When the ADEA was amended in 1986, whether or not public safety officers should fall within the protection of the ADEA was put on hold until a review by Congress in 1993. In preparation for the review, the EEOC contracted with the Center for...

Transition - ready or not: the aging of America's work force.
June 22, 1996... Just over the horizon looms a demographic time bomb for the nation's employers and no one has figured out yet how to defuse it.(1) The demographics of the American work force have changed greatly during this century. In 1990, approximately eight...

Process reengineering formula for success for the future.
June 22, 1996... The Office of Civilian Personnel (OCP) at the Defense Distribution Region East (DDRE) located in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania provides civilian personnel servicing for approximately 8300 Federal government civilian employees at geographically...