Reforming (Transforming?) a Public Human Resource Management Agency: The Case of the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama

This book offers a first—hand look at the importance of human resource management (HRM) processes to not just one public agency but a large group of public administration entities that rely on a public HRM agency (the Personnel Board of Jefferson County) for its HRM processes. More specifically, the book describes a more than three—year effort undertaken by the author as a federally—appointed court receiver to reform (or what some have referred to as “transform”) a public HRM agency from a ...