Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations of the American Society for Public Administration

• Published date: 01 April 1996
• Date: 01 April 1996
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X9601600207
• Subject Matter: Articles

687

Section

on

Personnel

Administration

and

Labor

Relations

of

the

American

Society

for

Public

Administration

~ he

Section

on

Personnel

Administration

and

Labor

Relations

is

a

group

of

over

1,000

ASPA

members

who

are

dedicated

to

promoting

wider

recogmtion

of

the

importance

of

personnel

management

and

labor

relations

m

public

policy

and

management

decisions

GOALS

Smce

its

creation

m

1979,

the

Section

has

promoted

wider

recogmtion

of

the

impor-

tance

of

human

resource

management

and

labor

relations,

from

both

an

operational

and

a

theoretical

perspective

This

includes

such

topics

as.

t

Public

personnel

administration

as a

profession

t

Affirmative

action

t

Human

resource

planmng

and

manage

ment

t Job

evaluation

and

compensation

N

Labor-management

relations

a

Constitutional

rights

of

employees

.

Total

quality

management

To

accomplish

these

goals,

the

Section

en-

gages

m

a

range

of

activities,

mcludmg

confer-

ences,

publications

and

task

forces

CONFERENCES

The

Section

sponsors

panels

and

workshops

at

regional

and

national

meetmgs

of

ASPA.

The

activities

at

professional

meetings

provide

an

opportunity

for

Section

members

to

exchange

views

on

the

latest

develop-

ments

m

the

field.

PUBLICATIONS

All

Section

members

receive

two

free

publica-

tions

The

Newsletter,

published

three

times

a

year,

contams

news

items

on

Section

activities,

interviews

with

promment

personnel

management

and

labor

relations

officials,

and

other

issues

of

mterest

m

the

field

The

Remew

of

Pubhc

Personnel

Administration,

published

four

times

a

year

by

the

Umversity

of

South

Carolina

Institute

of

Public

Affairs

m

affiliation

with

the

Section,

provides

members

with

research

and

analysis

of

current

personnel

issues

Recent

topics

have

included

affirmative

action,

productivity

improvement,

cutback

management

and

labor

relations

TASK

FORCES

The

Section

has

organized

several

task

forces

to

study

important

personnel

and

labor

relations

policy

issues

These

task

forces

have

helped

to

forge

ASPA

positions

and

to

mform

policymakers

Among

the

issues

considered

by

these

task

forces

are

N

The

Bakke

and

Weber

decisions

and

reverse

discrimination

t

Labor

relations

and

collective

bargam

mg

m

the

pubhc

sector.

A

task

force

is

currently

studymg

the

Civil

Service

Reform

Act