TY - BOOK AU - Naff,Katherine C. AU - Freyss,Siegrun Fox AU - Riccucci,Norma M. TI - Personnel management in government: politics and process T2 - Public administration and public policy SN - 9781466513631 (hardback) AV - JK765 .P48 2013 U1 - 352.60973 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business KW - bisacsh KW - Civil service KW - United States KW - Personnel management KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "It has been thirty-six years since the first edition of this book was published. In a note entitled "A Futuristic Prediction" that 1978 volume's authors acknowledged that many of the topics addressed were not yet mainstream, but confidently predicted they would become so. These included comprehensive human resources planning, the "automation" of human resource functions such as position classification and the growth of public personnel management as a profession. This seventh edition should make clear that these predictions have not only come to pass but have been exceeded"-- UR - http://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/websmall/978146651/9781466513631.jpg ER -