Human Resource Management in the Public Sector: Systems and Strategy (4th Edition)

Author: (USA) Klingler
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Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Features: On Amazon's academic book rankings, this book, "Public Sector Human Resource Management: Systems and Strategies" (4th Edition), written by Professor Ronald Klingler of Florida International University and Professor John Narbandi of Kansas State University, has long been at the forefront and has become a standout research work in the field of public sector human resource management. Why has "Public Sector Human Resource Management: Systems and Strategies" garnered such widespread attention from both industry and academia? Perhaps as the authors stated in the English edition's preface, "Writing the fourth edition is like writing the first edition—everything seems completely new." Strategic human resource management in the public sector and the cultivation of human capital have become one of the key strategies for enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the public sector.
Starting from this perspective, the authors of this book address the complex external environment and the background of diverse value conflicts in public sector human resource management. Building on a critique of the shortcomings and unsuitability of traditional civil service systems, they conduct a comprehensive analysis at both the political process and management technology levels, revealing the new trends in the current development of public sector human resources, exploring the mechanisms for balancing the diverse interests of public personnel management, proposing various policies and strategies for developing strategic human resource management in the public sector, and providing practical experiences and pathways to solve human resource development issues through classic case studies.
This textbook organically links the technical issues of public personnel management with the policy issues of public policy formulation. To highlight the realities of politics and management, this textbook comprehensively and systematically explores the systems and strategies of public personnel management: its values, conflicts, political processes, and management techniques. For anyone interested in public personnel management or human resource management, this textbook is an excellent choice.