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Article: The Location of Subregional Offices: An Emerging Issue for HR Managers in Government.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Public Personnel Management
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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As the 21st century approaches, HR managers are increasingly finding it necessary to "think outside the box" to find ways to deliver governmental services to users of those services who may be scattered widely throughout a region or territory. Specifically, the HR function finds itself faced with seemingly contradictory pressures: obtaining personnel to deliver top-quality service in an era of cynicism, when users are often skeptical of the ability of government to "come through" for them, and controlling costs and personnel budgets amid calls for reducing the size of government. In this paper, we propose that much progress toward dealing with these questions can be made, ...