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Differences in Human Resources in the Public Sector

INTRODUCTION

In this unit, you will be introduced to human relations systems that have developed in this country since 1700

and explore the traditional values of working in the public sector (Klingner, Nalbandian, & Llorens, 2010). You

will discover that the patrician age has given way to the partnership era, and you will explore its popularity. This

understanding of the past is critical for you to begin the development of a job design in today’s public

workplace climate. A part of that understanding is knowing what is similar and what is dissimilar between the

public sector and the for-profit sector. A major part of the difference is embedded in the ethics of delivering

services to the public.

To conclude this unit, you will explore a case study of the management failures of the CIA during a time of crisis

caused by failures in the understanding and enforcement of a culture of public service ethics and methods of

delivering services to the nation.

Klingner, D. E., Nalbandian, J., & Llorens, J. (2010). Public personnel management: Contexts and strategies (6th

ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

OBJECTIVES

To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:

1. Evaluate traditional value differences between an organization that serves the public and a for-profit

organization.

2. Apply value principles in personnel management of public organizations.

3. Identify potential consequences of failing to observe traditional values in public sector personnel

management practices.

Studies – Readings

Use your Public Personnel Management text to complete the following:

• Read Chapter 1, “The World of Public Personnel Management.” Traditional values in public employee

management are responsiveness, efficiency, employee rights, and social equity. The text explores

different HR systems employed since the 1700s that have embraced these values in different ways.

This background is crucial to an understanding of these values.

Use your Public Human Resource Management text to complete the following:

• Read Chapter 1, “Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service,

Nonstandard Work Arrangements, Privatization, and Partnerships.”

• Read Chapter 14, “Motivating Public Service Employees in the Era of the “New Normal”.”

Discussion 2 

George Tenet and the CIA

Review the case study materials and consider the traditional values and ethical issues that confronted

George Tenet. How did these values contribute to his failures in managing the CIA during a time of crisis?

With the benefit of hindsight, what could or should have been done differently? Support your comments

with appropriately cited references to the readings.