Human Resource Management in Public Service Organizations Contributor(s): Beattie, Rona S. (Author), Waterhouse, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415411548 ISBN-13: 9780415411547 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2024 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration - Business & Economics | Management - General |
Dewey: 352.6 |
Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management |
Physical Information: 270 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The latest instalment of the successful Routledge Masters in Public Management series: Human Resource Management in Public Service Organizations addresses a significant gap in texts that are available to practitioners and scholars of public sector management. There has been an extensive adoption of private sector human resource management (HRM) techniques within the public sectors of various countries. This transformation has had its genesis in public choice theory which has argued that government is inefficient and non-responsive. Beattie and Waterhouse combine practical techniques of human resource management within the context of the public sector focussing on a number of key areas:
Human Resource Management in Public Service Organizations seeks to equip public sector managers and students of public management with the necessary skills and knowledge to more effectively manage their human resources. |