Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

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trategic human resources management (SHRM) is the integration

of human resources management (HRM) with the strategic mission

of the organization. It adapts human resources policies and practices to

meet the challenges that agencies face today, as well as those they will face

in the future. What was written in the previous editions of this book is

just as important today. Human resources management departments must

take a proactive role in guiding and supporting agency efforts to meet the

changing demands of their external and internal environments.

Government and nonprofi t organizations are facing many challenges:

the tight budgets brought about by declines in tax revenues, declines in

consumer spending, increases in unemployment, and federal government

obligations in Iraq have reduced the federal dollars fl owing to programs

in state and local government programs. President Bush has proposed

reducing Community Development Block Grants, Child Care Develop-

ment Block Grants, Social Services Block Grants, the Low - Income Home

Energy Assistance Program, and other programs. Also proposed are cuts

to Medicare and Medicaid, as well as a reduction in funding for the Cor-

poration for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the

Arts ( Jensen & Perry, 2008). Reductions in public dollars and private dona-

tions have required public and nonprofi t organizations to lay off staff,

even as demands for many services continue to increase. These changes

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