PACC 503 - Organizational Theory and Public Personnel Management

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In this course, students learn human resource practices and styles of management in public organizations. Topics include sociological, economic, and political science theories of organizational behavior and management within the public sector; the values associated with the five general models of public personnel systems (patronage, civil service or merit, labor-management or collective bargaining, professional, and entrepreneurial) are considered within a historical context. Students gain an understanding of issues of equity and equality in the public personnel system’s general models and their impacts on the core concepts, institutions, and values associated with these models. This course gives an essential overview of mainstream personnel functions and processes, including position classification, job evaluation and classification, pay and compensation, staffing, performance appraisal, and discipline.