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Introduction For human resource personnel looking to broaden their perspective, the text Public Personnel Administration is a compilation of articles from leading writers in the field of public personnel management. The subjects treated run the gamut of personnel issues, but most noteworthy are the articles on public ethics, and civil service reform. The history of human resource management can be traced back to the early 1900s. Human resource managers' original function was to control and …

…free market principles if it genuinely desires to also be known as a world class provider of goods and services. Change will be slow, as the problems discussed in this book are very real obstacles. And change cannot come without conflict. But the purpose of the conflict is to create a system which is more responsive to the clients it serves, and more responsible to the public who inevitably fund it with their tax dollars.