Civil service reform trends in public personnel management: Experiences from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Carolyn Claralean Mabel Rolle, Florida International University

Abstract

This study has explored the potential for implementing a merit-based public personnel system in The Bahamas, a former British colony in The Commonwealth Caribbean. Specifically, the study evaluated the use of merit-based public personnel management practices in areas of recruitment, selection, promotion, training and employee development and performance evaluation. Driving forces and barriers which impact merit system successes and failures as well as strategies for institutionalizing merit system practices are identified. Finally the study attempted to apply the developmental model created by Klingner (1996) to describe the stage of public personnel management in The Bahamas. The data for the study was collected through in-depth interviews with expert observers.

Subject Area

Public administration|Management|Cultural anthropology

Recommended Citation

Rolle, Carolyn Claralean Mabel, "Civil service reform trends in public personnel management: Experiences from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas" (1996). ProQuest ETD Collection for FIU. AAI9634147.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/dissertations/AAI9634147

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