The politics of federal personnel management.

详细信息   

• 作者：Hanson ; James Leon.
• 学历：Doctor
• 年：1990
• 导师：Emmert, Mark
• 毕业院校：University of Colorado
• 专业：Political Science, Public Administration.;Business Administration, Management.
• CBH：9107104
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：13335405
• Pages：286

文摘

Political patronage has always been a source of concern for those who advocate a merit system. However, little attention has been devoted to the potentially more pervasive problems of the impact of organization politics on the day-to-day vitality and integrity of the merit system.;This research study defines and explores merit system abuse in the day-to-day operation of the Federal personnel system. The study analyzes specific, sensitive aspects of the personnel management system in attempting to arrive at a composite study of the subject of merit abuse. Areas of inquiry include the organization politics involved in the agency's use (or abuse) of the classification system, the system for recruiting, the system used in reduction in force as well as other aspects of personnel management. In attempting to define the environment for the merit system, the study also analyzes the perceptions and attitudes of the personnel officers in regard to the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. Additionally, an important part of the study is the analysis of the dynamics of the working relationship between the personnel officer and the agency management. These dynamics are explored from a number of different perspectives, i.e., the degree of support for the personnel officer, the acceptance (or rejection) of the personnel officer as part of the power structure of the agency, his/her ability to make counter proposals on sensitive personnel management decisions and the organizational role that agency management has assigned to the personnel officer.;The instrument used was a 48 item questionnaire, with ample room for narrative comments, distributed to 340 Federal personnel officers. The questionnaire was distributed to four localities which were analyzed separately. They are Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA; and Washington, DC.;The analysis of the data shows that there is abuse of the merit system on a rather broad base. The extent varies according to which aspect of Federal personnel management we are discussing. For example, "fudging" the position classification (job grading) system is perhaps the most pervasive abuse.;The sharpest indictment by the personnel officers is directed toward the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. Not only is there criticism of the rationale used to "sell" the Act at the time of its passage, there is widespread criticism of many of its basic features.