POLS 2250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Merit System, Knowledge Economy, The Roots
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The merit principle, so the notion that individuals must be qualified to do the job, has been accepted as the foundation for human resources system. The management of human resources includes the creation process that allows for, among other things the classification of jobs and training and evaluation of employees. Hrm in the public sector is about managing people within the employer- employee relationship and it entails everything from recruitment, retention, motivation and reward to development and departure. While one approach is to provide an array of disparate program to cover these various human resource elements such as recruitment plans, customized training and development programs, career planning, compensation and reward system and so on. There is a war for talent in the labour market whereby both public and private sector organizations are competing to hire the best and brightest employees. Globalization with its attendant need for rapid and constant change has had a profound effect on organizations.