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Human resources management for public and nonprofit organizations

Author

Pynes, Joan.

Title

Human resources management for public and nonprofit organizations / Joan E. Pynes.

Format

Book

Edition

1st ed.

Published

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, ©1997.

Description

xxv, 352 pages ; 24 cm.

URL

<Table of contents> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix06/96050184.html <Contributor biographical information> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley044/96050184.html <Publisher description> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley037/96050184.html

Uniform series

Jossey-Bass public administration series. Jossey-Bass nonprofit sector series.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and indexes.

Contents

• Part one: Human resources management in context
• Human resources management in a dynamic environment
• Strategic human resources management and planning
• Managing a diverse workforce
• Equal employment opportunity
• Part two: Methods and functions of human resources management
• Job analysis
• Recruitment and selection in the public and nonprofit sectors
• Performance evaluation
• Compensation
• Benefits
• Training and development
• Collective bargaining in the public and nonprofit sectors
• Part three: Human resources management challenges in public and nonprofit organizations
• Volunteers in the public and nonprofit sectors
• Emerging issues
• Conclusion: Challenges for public and nonprofit organizations.

Summary

Offers the guidance and techniques necessary to implement effective human resources management strategies in public and nonprofit organizations. Demonstrates how strategic human resources management is essential to managing change in an environment of tighter budgets, competition from private organizations, the need to maintain and train a more diverse workforce, and job obsolescence brought about by shifts in technology.

Subject headings

Public administration--United States--Personnel management. Nonprofit organizations--United States--Personnel management.

Other subjects

Nonprofit organizations Personnel management United States Public administration Personnel management United States

ISBN

0787908088 (alk. paper) 9780787908089 (alk. paper)