THE HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENT OF PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Civil Service Reform through the Lens of History: Prologue: President Garfield''s Assassination and the Origins of the Merit System A Historical Perspective: Enter the Spoils System The Motivation for Civil Service Reform The Pendleton Act of 1883 The Next Ninety Years Reforming the Civil Service The Aftermath of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 Modernization as Reform The National Performance Review and Federal Workforce Restructuring The "Flight of the Bumblebee": Civil Service Reform during the Bush Administration The Civil Service in the Obama Years State and Local Institutional Arrangements: A History in Parallel Civil Service Reform and the Limits of the Commission Format Civil Service Reform at the State Level Bibliography Cases The Legal Framework of Public Personnel Management Historical Context Comparing the Legal and Managerial Frameworks of Government Merit Principals and Civil Service The Constitutional Law of Pubic Employment The Individualized Rights Approach The Public Service Model Conclusion: Know Your Law Bibliography Cases SECTION II THE PROCESSES OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Human Resources Planning The Importance of Workforce Planning Workforce Planning in an Era of Fiscal Consolidation Recent Trends in Workforce Planning A Historical Overview of Human Resources Planning Workforce Planning at the Organizational Level Forecasting Human Resources Supply Forecasting Organizational Demands Strategic Human Resources Planning: Future Prospects Bibliography Classification and Compensation The Evolution of Position Classification: The Ascendancy of Scientific Management After the War: "The Triumph of Techniques over Purpose" The Behaviorist Critique and Response The Reform Initiative of the 1990s--Broadbanding Pay Administration in Government Federal Pay Reform in the 1990s Class and Comp Reform in the Twenty-First Century: Pay-for-Performance Redux The Great Pay Comparability Debate State and Local Classification and Compensation Developments Bibliography The Importance of Pensions and Benefits in Public Sector Employment A Brief History of Pensions in the Public Sector Pensions and Public Pension Systems: Concepts and Numbers Public Sector Retirement Systems The Finances of Public Sector Pensions State Legislation Action: The Push for Retrenchment The Legal Battlefield of Public Pensions Health Benefits: The Last Frontier Bibliography Recruitment and Selection: The Importance of Public Employment Recruitment Testing and Selection The Supreme Court and Employee Selection The Development (and Decline) of the Uniform Guidelines How is Adverse Impact Determined? Examinations and Validation: A Closer Look The Next Step after Hiring: Onboarding Personal Rank versus Position Rank Federal Hiring Reform Public Service Motivation Bibliography Cases Performance Management Goal Setting Training and Development Performance Appraisal The Traditional Approach to Performance Appraisal Alternatives to the Traditional Performance Appraisal: Competency-Based Approaches and the 360-Degree Appraisal Rewarding Performance Employee Engagement Addressing Poor Performance Some State and Local Government Perspectives on Performance Management and Merit Pay Bibliography EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY IN GOVERNMENT Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Abuses of the Past The Development of Equal Employment Opportunity The Legal Aspects of Affirmative Action The Managerial Aspects of Affirmative Action The Nature of Unequal Treatment in Today''s Workplace Sexual Harassment Pay Equity and Comparable Worth Additional Equal Employment Opportunity Concerns The Future of EEO and Affirmative Action Bibliography Cases Diversity in the Workforce Workforce 2020 The Importance of a Representative Bureaucracy Social Equity Strategies for Greater InclusioR> The Legal Framework of Public Personnel Management Historical Context Comparing the Legal and Managerial Frameworks of Government Merit Principals and Civil Service The Constitutional Law of Pubic Employment The Individualized Rights Approach The Public Service Model Conclusion: Know Your Law Bibliography Cases SECTION II THE PROCESSES OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Human Resources Planning The Importance of Workforce Planning Workforce Planning in an Era of Fiscal Consolidation Recent Trends in Workforce Planning A Historical Overview of Human Resources Planning Workforce Planning at the Organizational Level Forecasting Human Resources Supply Forecasting Organizational Demands Strategic Human Resources Planning: Future Prospects Bibliography Classification and Compensation The Evolution of Position Classification: The Ascendancy of Scientific Management After the War: "The Triumph of Techniques over Purpose" The Behaviorist Critique and Response The Reform Initiative of the 1990s--Broadbanding Pay Administration in Government Federal Pay Reform in the 1990s Class and Comp Reform in the Twenty-First Century: Pay-for-Performance Redux The Great Pay Comparability Debate State and Local Classification and Compensation Developments Bibliography The Importance of Pensions and Benefits in Public Sector Employment A Brief History of Pensions in the Public Sector Pensions and Public Pension Systems: Concepts and Numbers Public Sector Retirement Systems The Finances of Public Sector Pensions State Legislation Action: The Push for Retrenchment The Legal Battlefield of Public Pensions Health Benefits: The Last Frontier Bibliography Recruitment and Selection: The Importance of Public Employment Recruitment Testing and Selection The Supreme Court and Employee Selection The Development (and Decline) of the Uniform Guidelines How is Adverse Impact Determined? Examinations and Validation: A Closer Look The Next Step after Hiring: Onboarding Personal Rank versus Position Rank Federal Hiring Reform Public Service Motivation Bibliography Cases Performance Management Goal Setting Training and Development Performance Appraisal The Traditional Approach to Performance Appraisal Alternatives to the Traditional Performance Appraisal: Competency-Based Approaches and the 360-Degree Appraisal Rewarding Performance Employee Engagement Addressing Poor Performance Some State and Local Government Perspectives on Performance Management and Merit Pay Bibliography EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY IN GOVERNMENT Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Abuses of the Past The Development of Equal Employment Opportunity The Legal Aspects of Affirmative Action The Managerial Aspects of Affirmative Action The Nature of Unequal Treatment in Today''s Workplace Sexual Harassment Pay Equity and Comparable Worth Additional Equal Employment Opportunity Concerns The Future of EEO and Affirmative Action Bibliography Cases Diversity in the Workforce Workforce 2020 The Importance of a Representative Bureaucracy Social Equity Strategies for Greater Inclusiomp;lt;BR> Classification and Compensation The Evolution of Position Classification: The Ascendancy of Scientific Management After the War: "The Triumph of Techniques over Purpose" The Behaviorist Critique and Response The Reform Initiative of the 1990s--Broadbanding Pay Administration in Government Federal Pay Reform in the 1990s Class and Comp Reform in the Twenty-First Century: Pay-for-Performance Redux The Great Pay Comparability Debate State and Local Classification and Compensation Developments Bibliography The Importance of Pensions and Benefits in Public Sector Employment A Brief History of Pensions in the Public Sector Pensions and Public Pension Systems: Concepts and Numbers Public Sector Retirement Systems The Finances of Public Sector Pensions State Legislation Action: The Push for Retrenchment The Legal Battlefield of Public Pensions Health Benefits: The Last Frontier Bibliography Recruitment and Selection: The Importance of Public Employment Recruitment Testing and Selection The Supreme Court and Employee Selection The Development (and Decline) of the Uniform Guidelines How is Adverse Impact Determined? Examinations and Validation: A Closer Look The Next Step after Hiring: Onboarding Personal Rank versus Position Rank Federal Hiring Reform Public Service Motivation Bibliography Cases Performance Management Goal Setting Training and Development Performance Appraisal The Traditional Approach to Performance Ap.