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Analyzing the historical development of the American civil service; great thinkers in personnel management; assuring equal employment opportunity in the organization; public personnel administration and the law; public personnel administration outside the United States; a comparative examination of national civil service and personnel reforms; politicians and development of China's civil service system; the economy and public personnel administration; demographic changes and diversity in personnel - implications for public administrators; human resource planning; recruitment of personnel; a review of research regarding criteria used to select job applicants; placing the individual into the organization - staffing and classification in human resource management; the practice of performance appraisal; compensation administration and the human resource management function; pension fund management; budgeting human resource requirements; comparable worth and pay equity - from legal principle to negotiating point; race norming, validity generalization, and employment testing; personnel training and development; promotion of personnel - career advancement; turnover of personnel; motivation of personnel - a synthesis of current research; the practice of employee discipline; productivity and quality management; strategic human resource management; management of volunteers; professionalism and the public sector.