Human resource management in European public services

Article Abstract:

An introduction to eight articles based on case studies that reported and analyzed new human resource management (HRM) practices in selected European public services. The articles cover topics like staff communication and consultation, job satisfaction, HRM reforms and organizational performance, learning and development, and public services as employers of choice. The modernization of public services or reforms highlights some ambiguities, tensions and contradictions that the public managers need to be address.

Europe, Personnel administration, Company personnel management, Municipal services

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Best value reviews of human resource services in English local government

Article Abstract:

The United KingdomEs public sector modernization agenda has significant implications for human resource (HR) practices and how they contribute to organizational performance. The effects of externally imposed performance assessment process on HR practices in local government are examined as also their impact on the development of high performance model of the central government performance.

Strategy & planning, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Management dynamics, Public Administration, State & Local Government, Local Government, Management, Planning, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Company business management, Company business planning, State/local government software, Modernization

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New directions in staff consultation and communication in the British Civil service and the Prison Service

Article Abstract:

The results of a research conducted on senior managers and trade union officials indicate that there is a sweeping change in the nature of partnership agreements, staff participation and communication practices in the British civil service and the prison service.

Science & research, Research, Civil service

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