Classics of Public Personnel Policy

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Part I: Beginnings: Politics and personnel policy. Americanizing a foreign invention: The Pendleton Act of 1833 - P P Van Riper The Pendleton Act - US Congress Merit systems and politics - F J Goodnow Merit, morality, and democracy - F C Mosher Part II: Merit systems and executive leadership. The idea of Civil Service: A third force? - H Heclo The Civil Service Commission & executive leadership - W E Mosher and J D Kingsley Reorganization & improvement of personnel administration - President's Committee on Administrative Management The Malek Manual - White House Personnel Office Testimony on Civil Service reform and reorganization - A K Campbell Brangti vs Finkel - US Supreme Court Part III: Merit systems: Triumph and discontent. The silent revolution in patronage - F J Sorauf State and local personnel administration - A H Aronson Profesionalization of personnel - M Derthick The triumph of techniques over purpose - W Sayre The Civil Service: A Meritles system? - E S Savas and S G Ginsburg New concepts for personnel management - National Academy of Public Administration Position classification: A behavioral analysis for the public service - J M Shfritz Performance appraisal: If only people were not involved - J Nalbandian Merit pay in the public sector: The case for a failure of theory - J A Perry Devoloping the will and capacity to conform - H Kaufman Part IV: Equal employment opportunity and representation.

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