POLS 2250 Chapter 17: The Management of Human Resources

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2250
• Professor: Tim Mau

Document Summary

There have been concerns expressed about the operation of the merit system that its procedures are inflexible and that the rigidity of system actually impedes the satisfaction of the merit principle. In each of these periods, human resources management has been affected by a different mix of administrative values as the priority of the various values has risen and declined. This period was dominated by efforts to promote neutrality by eliminating, or at least minimizing, political patronage in the appointment of public servants. In relation to the staffing of the public service, patronage took several forms. The most common form was appointments based on party affiliation. Most of these appointments were to lower-level positions in the public service positions, largely on the basis of partisan political consideration. A second form was appointment made by the cabinet to senior-level. Third, related to positions to be filled from within the public service some (cid:498)bureaucratic(cid:499) patronage occurred.