Public Personnel Management articles from June 2002

Public Personnel Management archives from June 2002

From performance appraisal to performance management: one agency's experience.
June 22, 2002... Managers and employees generally regard performance appraisals ambivalently, at best. Although most would acknowledge the value, in principle, of documenting, communicating about, and targeting areas of performance, many are also frustrated...

Performance appraisal systems, productivity, and motivation: a case study.(East Carolina University)
June 22, 2002... Performance Management and Appraisals Performance management systems--including performance appraisals or evaluations-are critical linchpins for human resources management. Appraisal ratings may be criteria in decisions to retain employees...

Performance management: pariah or messiah.(employee appraisals)
June 22, 2002... Background Performance Management-Performance Appraisal systems. Performance Management, or Performance Appraisal is defined as both "the process through which companies ensure that employees are working towards organizational goals"...

Assessment centers: what's new?(to train employees)
June 22, 2002... Introduction: What are Assessment Centers While assessment centers may include a variety of testing techniques, all assessment centers include job simulation exercises. In fact, the core concept in assessment centers is simulation....

The new age employee: an exploration of changing employee-organization relations.
June 22, 2002... The relationship between employees and organizations has been subject to extensive research in the organizational literature. (1) As organizations continue to attempt to socialize their employees as organizational subjects, (2) issues of...

Organizational commitment across three sectors: public, non-profit, and for-profit.
June 22, 2002... Non-profit, for profit, and public sector organizations differ from each other in mission and approach. The variety of differences between the sectors have been, and continue to be, the subject of a great deal of observation, discussion,...

Mental health benefits in New Jersey State and local government.
June 22, 2002... Adequate mental health coverage is a key element of a comprehensive employee benefits package. The absence of adequate mental health coverage imposes significant costs on employees, their families, and our society as a whole and is a larger...

Measuring return-on-investment in government: issues and procedures.
June 22, 2002... Much has happened in the human resources (HR) world since the 1980s, when trends such as total quality management (TQM) led many organizations to shift toward a performance-oriented approach to business practices. (1) The TQM movement spread...

Unintended negative effects of diversity management.
June 22, 2002... The term "diversity management" has become a buzzword for all organizations of all types and sizes. While organizations engage in diversity management out of a desire to assure that no person or group is discriminated against based on age,...

Disparate results in adverse impact tests: the 4/5ths rule and the Chi Square test.
June 22, 2002... In a Title VII sex discrimination case, a judge may be faced with the following scenario. The plaintiff claims that the organization's selection procedure has adverse impact on women, and shows that the selection ratio of women is significantly...