Exam 7: Public Personnel Administration and Human Resource Development

In October 1998, state and local governments employed 41.7 percent of public-sector, full-time civilian employees residing in the United States.

The Bush Administration generally supported public-sector collective bargaining and organized labor.

Which group or law called for the decentralization of public personnel administration and permitting federal agencies to design their own performance managers and reward systems?

The issue of "comparable worth" addresses the question of "equal pay for equal work."

The pension bubble was negatively affected by

Which case or law says that it is a violation of public employees' rights to hire, promote, or transfer public employees, other than those in "confidential policy-making" jobs, on the basis of partisan affiliation or loyalty?

All the following are recommendations for change in the personnel systems of the Department of Homeland Security except

The use of Internet and information communication technology has encouraged the public sector to become more efficient.

"Scientific management," goodness, merit, morality, and neutrality were considered virtues, and job classification and the separation of politics from administration were used.These characteristics describe

The formal tasks of public personnel administration have traditionally included position classification, recruitment, examination, selection, and compensation.

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978

Labor-management relations are ultimately the framework of collective bargaining.