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Fire Service Personnel Management with MyFireKit, 3rd Edition
- By Steven T. Edwards
- Pub. Date: Aug 5, 2009 by Pearson.
- ISBN-10: 0-13-512677-0
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-512677-6
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Features
- New section on fire service personnel development along with professional qualifications at the end of each chapter
- Expanded section on managing diversity in the fire service
- Information on distance education and other training techniques
- More information on how to handle workforce issues, training and development, and performance appraisals
- Fire department health and safety covered in detail
- Case studies at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning and discussion
- Electronic reference sites for further information
- Focus on the management of increasing diversity and personnel issues of the 21st century
- Personnel management is explored as it relates directly to fire department operations with relevant examples
- More legal analysis involving sexual harassment, ADA, and other complex issues
Fire Service Personnel Management is written with basic public personnel management concepts and incorporates fire service applications and examples throughout, while serving as both a successful text in the classroom and as an excellent resource for promotional officer candidates. Updated topics include: fire service personnel development, professional qualifications, recruitment, and diversity issues. The book is a top-notch resource for promotional officer candidates and current managers in the fire service.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview of Personnel Management
Chapter 2 Workforce Issues of the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 3 Legal Issues
Chapter 4 Job Analysis and Design
Chapter 5 Fire Service Recruitment
Chapter 6 Selection for Employment and Promotion
Chapter 7 Training and Development
Chapter 8 Performance Appraisal
Chapter 9 Discipline
Chapter 10 Health and Safety
Chapter 11 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
Chapter 12 Productivity and Performance
Chapter 13 Fire Service Professional Development
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