SynopsisAt the forefront of research and reporting in the fields of political science and public policy, CQ Press SAGE publishes the work of leading scholars in groundbreaking textbooks, highly influential periodicals, must-have reference materials, and innovative digital resources. Connection Our commitment to strong collaborative relationships with instructors, students, researchers, and authors enables CQ Press to support the dynamic content and digital needs across the discipline of political science. Quality We dedicate ourselves to producing trusted content complemented by original video and meaningful digital solutions.:We commit to building on our legacy of quality and innovating for the future. Purpose We strive to ignite learning by understanding and responding to the shifting needs of the political science community that we serve. Teaching political science isn't easy. Learning is a journey. CQ Press is here to help. Book jacket., Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues faced by employees and managers in the public sector, including managing under tight budgets with increasing costs, hiring freezes, contracting out, and the politicization of the civil service. Continuing the award-winning tradition of previous editions, authors Evan M. Berman, James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West, and Montgomery R. Van Wart encourage active learning through various skill-building exercises and a mixture of individual, group, and in-class tasks. The Seventh Edition includes new examples on how COVID-19 has disrupted the workplace, equity and racial discord, organizational diversity, employee engagement and motivation, leadership development training, work-life balance, gender-based inequities, behavioral biases in appraisal, and unionization trends., Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues of management in the public sector. This Seventh Edition encourages active learning for students through skill-building exercises, problem-solving tasks, and new sections on critical thinking.
LC Classification NumberJF1601.B47 2021