Thesis
Municipal succession planning and Millennial recruitment
Washington State University
Master of Public Affairs (MPA), Washington State University
2019
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102343
Abstract
This study sought to understand the existence and utilization of succession planning for the purposes of recruitment of Millennials and retention of institutional knowledge. For the purpose of this analysis, the theoretical perspective used was New Public Management, as developed by Christopher Hood in his 1991 article on management in the public sector. The public sector human resources focus of New Public Management was derived from the use of private-sector management techniques, the role of competition in recruitment and retention, and use of explicit standards and measures of performance. A survey of city managers, or equivalent, for cities with a population greater than 1,000 was conducted along with in-depth interviews. A total of 30 organizations responded to the survey and 5 in-depth interviews were conducted. There was found to be no support for municipal use of explicit standards and measures of performance, only minor support for the role of competition in recruitment and retention, and strong support for the use of private-sector styles of management. Further research would be beneficial to understand the connection between the use of private-sector styles of management and the role of financial and political resources in municipal succession planning.
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Details
- Title
- Municipal succession planning and Millennial recruitment
- Creators
- Alexander Raymond Van Dinter
- Contributors
- Laurie A. Drapela (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Public Affairs (MPA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525171301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis