Human resource management : the public service perspective / W. David Patton ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

New roles, directions, and issues in public human resource management -- Changing work environment -- Development of civil service systems in the United States -- Rights, restrictions, and laws of the public workplace -- Labor-management relations in the public sector -- Strategic planning for human resources -- Job design, analysis, and classification -- Recruitment and selection -- Salary and wage management -- Benefits -- Performance management -- Human resource training and development -- Discipline and termination of public employees -- Developing a policy and procedure manual -- New roles and competencies for human resource management -- Case appendix: City of Franklin versus AFME; Conflicting perceptions, "I'm afraid to work with him"; Downsizing at the Ada County Highway District; A Family and Medical Leave Act puzzler; Flextime; Governor Pat Ronage's hiring freeze; Helping hands; Liberty police department; Negotiator's dilemma; A quandary over accepting the job; Radicals in the rank-and-file; Salary comparison at State University; Scheduling software case; Three strikes and you're out.

[This book] is a combination text, reader, and casebook. It includes techniques and practices, as well as an overview of basic concepts and excerpts from professional literature.-Back cover.