Human Resource Management

Professionalism in local government human resource (HR) management is associated with seven fundamentals:

the use of merit principles in employment and pay decisions, and in personnel rules;

the administration of the personnel function by a human resources department;

the use of performance appraisal and evaluation processes for employee development and performance improvement;

coordinated efforts to recognize and retain capable employees and to prepare the organization for orderly succession in the supervisory and management ranks;

formal disciplinary and grievance procedures;

policies promoting diversity and prohibiting harassment; and

concerted efforts to anticipate the organization’s human capital needs and to align personnel policies and practices with strategic objectives. ¹