Reforming (transforming?) a public human resource management agency : the case of the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama / authored Ronald R. Sims.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sims, Ronald R., author.

Series:

Contemporary human resource management.

Contemporary human resource management, issues, challenges, and opportunities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson County (Ala.). Personnel Board.

Jefferson County (Ala.).

Civil service reform--Alabama--Jefferson County.

Civil service reform.

Jefferson County (Ala.)--Officials and employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 317 p. )

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010.

Summary:

This book offers a first-hand look at the importance of human resource management (HRM) processes to not just one public agency but a large group of public administration entities that rely on a public HRM agency (the Personnel Board of Jefferson County) for its HRM processes. More specifically, the book describes a more than three-year effort undertaken by the author as a federally-appointed court receiver to reform (or what some have referred to as "transform") a public HRM agency from a model of inefficiency to one now considered "best in the business".The book provides the details of the reform or transformation effort in addition to offering suggestions on how to bring about similar civil services and HRM reform in particular and government agencies in general. The book is intended to fill a gap in the current literature while serving as a key work that highlights the importance of bringing about change in a public HRM entity. Timely and topical, the book will be of great interest both to public administration personnel in general, and others in the fields of HRM and public sector management, and to management practitioners and others keen to inform their ability to bring about successful change.

Contents:

Chapter 1. A general overview of change management, reform, and the personnel board / Aaro Toomela

Chapter 2. Civil service reform and public human resource management

Chapter 3. The personnel board of jefferson county, alabama: A first look

Chapter 4. Understanding the situation at the personnel board: The diagnosis and receiver's 90-day report

Chapter 5. Restructuring the personnel board

Chapter 6. Infrastructure reform: Revamping the personnel board's policies and procedures

Chapter 7. Implementation of a new human resource information management system at the personnel board

Chapter 8. Hrd efforts at the personnel board

Chapter 9. Consent decree compliance (developing and administering lawful selection) procedures

Chapter 10. The five-year classification and compensation survey project

Chapter 11. Renovating the personnel board's physical facilities

Chapter 12. Transition of leadership from the receiver to the three member board, personnel director and the citizens supervisory committee

Chapter 13

Epilogue: Post-receivership and keeping the personnel board reform momentum going

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317).

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-60752-438-4