Human Resources Administration in Education: A Management Approach, 8th edition
Ronald W. Rebore

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The author is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Graduate School and a tenured professor at Saint Louis University located in Saint Louis, Missouri. His professional experience includes twenty-two years as an administrator: nine years as an assistant superintendent of a medium size suburban school district, five years as the superintendent of schools in a small suburban school district, and approximately eight years as the superintendent of schools for a large metropolitan special school district employing approximately three thousand and eight hundred staff members with an annual budget of approximately 170 million dollars.

The author has a bachelor's degree in philosophy, which has continued to be an area of research and study since attaining that degree. He has a master's degree in counseling and guidance along with significant experience as a counselor, and a doctor of philosophy degree in educational leadership.

He has taught graduate level courses in educational leadership for approximately twenty-five years including courses dealing human resources administration, school law, central office administration, and ethics. He has numerous publications; nine of which are books published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. and Allyn and Bacon. Two of the books have been published in multiple editions. The eighth edition of Human Resources Administration in Education: A Management Approach was released in 2006.


This text presents a very practical, comprehensive treatment of the human resources function as it operates from a central office or school district level.
The text utilizes a management approach that reflects current ISLLC Standards and is organized around the processes and procedures necessary for implementing effective human resources administration. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the context in which human resources administration takes place. Treated in separate chapters are the eight essential dimensions of the human resources function: human resource planning, recruitment, selection, placement and induction, staff development, appraisal, rewarding, and collective negotiations. The final chapter presents legal, ethical, and policy issues in human resources administration.


Table of Contents

Preface.
1. Organizational Dimensions

2. Human Resources Planning

3. Recruitment

4. Selection

5. Placement and Induction

6. Staff Development

7. Performance Evaluation

8. Compensation

9. Collective Negotiations

10. Legal, Ethical, and Policy Issues in the Administration of Human Resources

Epilogue.

Glossary.

Index.

Appendix A: Selections from the ISLLC Standards



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