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PAD 522, Course Syllabus

PAD 522, Human Resource Management

Instructor: Jody L. Fitzpatrick
Phones: 593-3202
Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment
Text: Nigro, L.G., & Nigro, F.A. (1994). "The new public personnel administration".
(Fourth edition). Itasca, IL: Peacock Publishers.
Thompson, F. (ed) (1991). "Classics of public personnel policy". (Second Edition). Pacific Grove ,
Ca: Brooks/Cole

Course Description: Human resource management today is no longer simply a paper-pushing department whose chief function is to protect the bureaucracy. Instead, to meet the challenges of budget cuts in the public sector, an increasingly dive rse work-force, a public demanding greater responsiveness, supervisors and managers wanting greater flexibility in managing workers, and workers needing to add many new skills over their career years, human resource managers must be innovative and creativ e in developing effective ways to manage the human resources of the public sector. These challenges have touched every area of human resource management, but most particularly recruitment and hiring, training, motivation, and reward systems.

After examining the idiosyncrasies of human resource management in the public and nonprofit sectors and the various historical trends affecting the field, we will examine the sequence of employment from job design (creating a job), recruitment (inc luding affirmative action), selection, training and development, motivation, compensation, and performance appraisal. For each step, students will learn a theory or model to provide a foundation, major techniques or applications used, and areas of contro versy or conflict.

		Grade:	Exam			40%
 		Paper				45%
		Reading presentation		15%

As in any graduate course, it is expected that students will be prepared to participate in class discussions and exercises in an intelligent and responsive manner. Students who do not meet this expectation may receive a lower grade. Routine atten dance is expected.

Class Schedule:
Class # Description

1 Introduction

2 Context and History of Public Personnel Administration Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapters 1 & 2. Thompson, F. (Ed.) (1991). Classics of Public Personnel Policy. Section I: Beginnings: Politics and Personnel Policy, pp 1-33

3 Human resource Management in the Nonprofit Sector- The Role of the Human Resource Manager Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 3. Mosher, W.E., & Kingsley, J.D. (1991). The Civil Service Commission and executive leadership. In Thompson, pp. 51-53.

4 Recruitment and Selection I Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 4. Holzer, M. (1991) Attracting the best and the brightest to government service. In Ban, C. and Riccucci, N.M. (eds.), "Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns - Future Challenges. New York: Longman. Savas, E. S., & Ginsburg, S.G. (1991). The Civil Service: A meritless system? In Thompson, pp 159-168.

5 Recruitment and Selection II Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 9. Thompson, Part IV Equal Employment Opportunity and Representation: #'s 22 & 23 ( pp. 252-270).

6 Performance Appraisal Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 5. Nalbandian, J. (1991). Performance appraisal: If only people were not involved. In Thompson, pp. 191-197.

7 Job Evaluation Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 6. Sayre, W. (1991), The triumph of techniques over purpose. In Thompson, pp 154-158. Shafritz, J.M. (1991) Position Classification: A behavioral analysis for the public service. In Thompson , pp 175-190.

8 Compensation: Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapters 7 and 13. Perry, J.L. (1991). Merit pay in the public sector: The case for a failure of theory. In Thompson pp 198-207.

9 Take-home Exam

10 Collective Bargaining Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 8. Wellington, H.H., & Winter, R.K., Jr. (1991). The limits of collective bargaining in public employment. In Thompson, pp. 335-349. Methe, D.T., & Perry, J.L. (1991). The impacts of collective bargaining on local government services: A review of Research. in Thompson, pp 361-380.

11 Productivity Readings: Holzer, M. (1990). The productivity movement. In the S.W. Hays & R.C. Kearney (Eds.), "Public Personnel Administration. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. Halachmi, A. (1991). Information technology, human resources management, and productivity. In C. Ban & N.M. Riccucci (Eds), "Public Personnel Management. White Plains, NY: Longman.

12 Training for Productivity Readings: Sylvia, R.D., & Meyer, C.K. (1990). An organizational perspective on training and development in the public sector. In S.W. Hays & R.C. Kearney (Eds.), "Public Personnel Administration". Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

13 AIDS and the Public Service; Drug and Alcohol Abuse Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapters 10 & 11. Thompson, F.J., Riccucci, N.M., & Ban, C. (1991). Biological testing and personnel policy: Drugs and the federal workplace. In C. Ban & N.M. Riccucci (Eds.), "Public Personnel Management". White Plains, NY: Longman.

14 Sexual Harassment; Women in Top Jobs Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 12. Stewart, D.W. (1991) Women in Top Jobs: An opportunity for federal leadership. In Thompson, pp. 273-282.

15 Work-Family Issues Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 14. Romzek, B.S. (1991). Balancing work and nonwork obligations. In C. Ban & N.M. Riccucci (Eds.), "Public Personnel Management". White Plains, NY: Longman.

16 The Future Personnel Readings: Nigro & Nigro, Chapter 15. The Volcker Commission (1991). Leadership for America: Rebuilding the public service. In Thompson pp. 386-390. U.S. Office of Personnel Management. (1991). Civil Service 2000: Policies for the future. In Thompson, pp. 391-396.

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