Public personnel administration / created by Ronald D. Sylvia.

Includes Index.

Patronage systems of personnel management The federal merit system Merit reform at the state and local level The history of equal employment opportunity in the United States Equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and the courts The off-duty rights of public employees Political limitations and job rights of public employees Human resource planning Classification and compensation systems Work-force diversity and family issues Recruitment systems Performance appraisal systems Employee development Public-sector collective bargaining. Impasse procedures in state and local government Management in a union environment Employee discipline and conflict resolution systems