University of Southern California


Instructor:
LaVonna Lewis, Ph.D.
Email: llewis@usc.edu
 
Syllabus (PDF)
Spring 2004

Concepts of man and of work; workforce; government personnel systems, including merit concepts, classification, and compensation; collective bargaining; organizational justice; training and development.

At the end of the course, students will have:

  1. an understanding of public personnel management concepts, practices, and legal constraints;
  2. an awareness of values that underpin merit system principles;
  3. the ability to evaluate technical personnel practices and resources; and
  4. an appreciation of emerging trends and practices that will affect the way organizations manage their human resources in the future.