Sage Publications Public Sector Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management (HRM) is of central significance to every nation as they strive to govern well and deliver services effectively. The evolution of HRM in the public sector from personnel administration to more strategic management has transformed mechanistic views of the enterprise to ones that are more organic, interactive and collaborative. This collection provides articles and chapters that address the evolution, current state and potential future of HRM, both in terms of traditional origins and development in public administration and the more contemporary metamorphosis in public management and public policy. The articles are broadly comparative in perspective and include consideration of increasing globalization and inter-dependency among nations and their policies. Review ′This collection is a remarkable stretch, at once well-grounded in history and forward-looking into the big challenges we face in the future. The rising complexity of the world′s biggest problems brings the need for even better governance-and better governance means we′ll need even smarter people. Ingraham and Kim have created a thoughtful roadmap for understanding how to get there′ - Donald F. Kettl, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland About the Author Patricia W. Ingraham is the Founding Dean of the College of Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University. She has received numerous honours for her teaching and research, including the John Gaus Award for Career Distinction in Public Administration and Political Science from the American Political Science Association in 2004, and the Dwight Waldo Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Profession from the American Society for Public Administration in 2001. An accomplished academic researcher, her interests include the performance of public organizations, as well as managing and leading the people within them. She is the editor and author of more than one dozen volumes on governance and is co-editor of Comparative Administrative Change and Reform: Lessons Learned (McGill Queens University Press, 2010). Soonhee Kim is a Professor of the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs and a Senior Research Associate in the Campbell Institute of Public Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Professor Kim′s areas of expertise include public management, strategic human resources management, electronic government, local governance and leadership development. She is the 2010 recipient of the Julia B. Henderson Award by the American Society for Public Administration′s Section of Women in Public Administration, honouring her commitment to international public administration. She serves as an Associate Editor of international features in the Public Administration Review and is co-editor of a book, The Future of Public Administration Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective (Georgetown University Press, 2010).