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

• DOI: 10.1177/0734371X8700700209
• Date: 01 April 1987
• Published date: 01 April 1987
• Subject Matter: Articles

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SECTION

ON

PERSONNEL

ADMINISTRATION

AND

LABOR

RELATIONS

OF

THE

AMERICAN

SOCIETY

FOR

PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION

WHAT

IS

SPALR?

The

Section

on

Personnel

Administration

and

Labor

Relations

is

a

group

of

over

1,000

ASPA

members

who

are

dedicated

to

promoting

wider

recogni-

tion

of

the

importance

of

personnel

management

and

labor

relations

in

public

policy

and

management

decisions.

GOALS

Since

its

creation

in

1979,

the

Section

has

promoted

wider

recognition

of

the

importance

of

human

resource

management

and

labor

relations,

from

both

an

operational

and

a

theoretical

perspective.

This

includes

such

topics

as:

~

Role

of

the

Public

Personnel

Manager

~

Affirmative

Action

~

Recruitment,

Selection

and

Promotion

~

Human

Resource

Planning

~

Job

Analysis

and

Classification

~

Job

Evaluation

and

Compensation

.

Performance

Evaluation

.

Job

Satisfaction

and

New

Methods

of

Designing

Work

.

Labor-Management

Relations

.

Constitutional

Rights

of

Employees

.

Discipline

and

Grievances