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Readings

Most of the course readings are contained in the following books that can be purchased at local book stores or through vendors on the internet:
   
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Patton, W. David, Stephanie L. Witt, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Patricia J. Frederickson. 2002. Human Resource Management: The Public Service Perspective. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. (Required)

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Robbins, Stephen P. & Timothy A. Judge. 2008. Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 9/E, Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN-10: 0132431521, ISBN-13: 9780132431521 (paperback) (Required)

   

Reserve Readings

The following readings are on reserve in the library and supplement the course texts.
  
Reserve #1
Government Accounting Office. 2007. Transforming Government to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century. Presentation by the Honorable David M. Walker Comptroller General of the United States. GAO-07-1188CG
  
Reserve #2
Canas, Kathryn and Harris Sondak. 2008. "Diversity in the Workplace: A Legal Perspective." in Opportunities and Challenges of Workplace Diversity: Theory, Cases, and Exercises. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 27 - 40.
   
Reserve #3
Klingner, Donald E. and John Nalbandian. 2003. "The Saga of Social Equity: EEO, AA, and Workforce Diversity." in Public Personnel Management: Contexts and Strategies. Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 160 - 183.
 
Reserve #4
Roberts, Gary E. 2003. "Issues, Challenges, and Changes in Recruitment and Selection" in Hays, Steven W. and Richard Kearney (eds.) Public Personnel Administration: Problems and Prospects. Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 106 - 125.
 
Reserve #5
Brudney, Jeffrey. 2003. Supplementing common Myths with Uncommon Management: The Effective Involvement of Volunteers in Delivering Public Services. in Hays, Steven W. and Richard Kearney (eds.) Public Personnel Administration: Problems and Prospects. Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 287 - 300.
   
Reserve #6
Klingner, Donald E. and John Nalbandian. 2003. "Performance Appraisal" in Public Personnel Management: Contexts and Strategies. Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 261 - 289.
   
Reserve #7
Canas, Kathryn and Harris Sondak. 2008. "Gender" in Opportunities and Challenges of Workplace Diversity: Theory, Cases, and Exercises. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 43 - 74.
   
Reserve #8
Klingner, Donald E. and John Nalbandian. 2003. "Safety and Health" in Public Personnel Management: Contexts and Strategies. Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 290 - 315.
  
Reserve #9
City of  Wilmington Fire Department Assessment, October 2006 (focus on objectives 4,  5, 6, 8, 11, and the recommendations)
  

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