Heather Getha-Taylor – författare

Effective public personnel management (also known as human resource management, HRM, or human capital management) is essential for successful government. Now in a thoroughly revised 8th edition, Public Personnel Management: Contexts and Strategies focuses on the critical issues and common processes in the management of public sector personnel. In keeping with prior editions, the text centers on the essential elements of public human resource management: strategic workforce planning, effective recruitment and retention, workforce development, and employee relations. Designed to further address the ways in which expectations for human resource managers have changed and developed over the last few years, this 8th edition includes several new features and improvements:All-new, substantially restructured, and updated case studies and applied work assignments.Examination and discussions of the impact and promise of artificial intelligence adoption on all aspects of the human resource management process.Careful exploration of the evolving characterizations of diversity, equity, and inclusion in public workforces, and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on employee working conditions and expectations.A fully updated online Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading to make it easier to assign and use this classic text in the classroom.Providing the most up-to-date and thorough overview of the history and practice of public human resource management, Public Personnel Management, 8th Edition reflects the need to navigate change – while preserving enduring values – to effectively manage the public service workforce. It serves as an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate introductory courses in public personnel management, public human resource management, and nonprofit personnel management.

Effective public personnel management (also known as human resource management, HRM, or human capital management) is essential for successful government. Now in a thoroughly revised 8th edition, Public Personnel Management: Contexts and Strategies focuses on the critical issues and common processes in the management of public sector personnel. In keeping with prior editions, the text centers on the essential elements of public human resource management: strategic workforce planning, effective recruitment and retention, workforce development, and employee relations. Designed to further address the ways in which expectations for human resource managers have changed and developed over the last few years, this 8th edition includes several new features and improvements:All-new, substantially restructured, and updated case studies and applied work assignments.Examination and discussions of the impact and promise of artificial intelligence adoption on all aspects of the human resource management process.Careful exploration of the evolving characterizations of diversity, equity, and inclusion in public workforces, and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on employee working conditions and expectations.A fully updated online Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading to make it easier to assign and use this classic text in the classroom.Providing the most up-to-date and thorough overview of the history and practice of public human resource management, Public Personnel Management, 8th Edition reflects the need to navigate change – while preserving enduring values – to effectively manage the public service workforce. It serves as an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate introductory courses in public personnel management, public human resource management, and nonprofit personnel management.