Booknotes

• Published date: 01 June 2001
• Date: 01 June 2001
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X0102100206
• Subject Matter: Articles

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REVIEW OF PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION / Summer 2001
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Barnow, Burt S., & King, Christopher T. (Eds.). (2000). Improving the odds:
Increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. Washington, DC: The
Urban Institute, 363 pp., $24.00 (paper).
Barnow and King review research on training program effectiveness for
key groups of disadvantaged workers. They present detailed recommenda-
tions for improving training program efficacy for such groups as disadvan-
taged youth, welfare recipients, and dislocated workers.
Hatry, Harry P. (1999). Performance measurement: Getting results. Washing-
ton, DC: The Urban Institute, 300 pp., $28.00 (paper).
The author presents a comprehensive overview of the performance mea-
surement process based upon more than two decades of research. Each step
in the performance measurement process is supported by charts, tables, def-
initions and practical examples. A separate chapter discusses strategies for
maintaining the quality of performance information.
Kaufman, Bruce E., & Taras, Daphne Gottlieb. (Eds.). (2000). Nonunion
employee representation. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharp, 592 pp., $87.95 (cloth),
$35.95 (paper).
A compendium of 18 articles by academics, practitioners, and policy
makers on the history and contemporary practice surrounding nonunion
employee representation in the United States and Canada. The authors
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