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Managing Human Services Personnel (SAGE Human Services Guides)
Managing Human Services Personnel - SAGE Human Services Guides Author:Peter J. Pecora, Michael J. Austin Managing Human Services Personnel is a practical guide to personnel management aimed directly at promoting organizational excellence and productivity in the social services. The use of task-based job descriptions and performance appraisal methods are emphasised for their importance in employee recruitment, evaluation, training, career pla... more »nning and dismissal. Specific guidelines for these central personnel management functions are presented and supported by empirical research, `practical wisdom' and business and social science literature. An important addition to the book is Appendix A, the Human Services Test Bank, which includes 447 task descriptions divided into sixteen categories.« less