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The human factor in governance [electronic resource] : managing public employees in Africa and Asia / Willy McCourt ; with contributions from Khadija Alarkoubi and Benson Bana.

This book explores the ways in which governments manage public employees in developing countries and how this in turn impacts on the success of national development and governance strategies. Drawing on governance, development and HRM literature the book presents seven in-depth case studies from dev...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: McCourt, Willy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Civil service > Africa > Personnel management > Case studies.
Civil service > Asia > Personnel management > Case studies.
Public administration > Africa > Case studies.
Public administration > Asia > Case studies.
Civil service > Personnel management.
Public administration.
Africa.
Asia.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Human Factor in Governance
  • HRM as Downsizing: From Cost to Strategy
  • Mauritius: Economic Growth and Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Tanzania: Laws and Institutions; B. Bana & W. McCourt
  • Morocco: The Politics of HRM; W. McCourt & K. Alarkoubi
  • Swaziland: Political Commitment
  • Sri Lanka: Political Patronage
  • Malaysia: History and Path Dependence
  • Namibia: The Human Resource Crisis in Health in Africa
  • Conclusion: Improving HRM in Developing Country Governance.

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