Retrenchment, Human Resource Erosion, and the Role of the Personnel Manager.

Levine, Charles H.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Retrenchment, Human Resource Erosion, and the Role of the Personnel Manager.

Levine, Charles H.

Public Personnel Management, v13 n3 p249-63 Fall 1984

The purpose of this paper is to review the concepts of fiscal stress and decrementalism--a method of retrenchment management; to examine the consequences on public agencies and services; and to outline the challenges of human resource erosion for personnel managers and barriers to successful strategies. (SK)

Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Financial Problems, Government Employees, Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, Personnel Management, Public Administration, Retrenchment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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