Practical Human Resources for Public Managers: A Case Study Approach (ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy)

While books that focus on the theory of managing public sector workers abound, Practical Human Resources for Public Managers, Second Edition, offers case studies drawn from real events, written with multiple possible endings, to foster in-class discussion and critical thinking.Incorporating the authors’ experiences in public and municipal management, and including case studies with no perfect solutions, mirroring what one would find in a real-world professional setting, this second edition is designed to bring public personnel management material to life for students and to offer public servants hands-on practice working through potential human resource issues in their workplaces. This second edition incorporates recent public personnel management changes at the state and federal levels, as well as in non-profit organizations.The new case studies reflect new realities for students and practitioners, including recent Supreme Court rulings on Affirmative Action, the dismantling of Divers