The Human Factor in Governance Managing People in Developing Country Governments

This book explores the ways in which governments manage public employees in developing countries and how this in turn impacts on the success of national development and governance strategies. Drawing on governance, development and HRM literature the book presents seven in-depth case studies from developing countries in Africa and Asia. Finally, it proposes ways forward for Human Resource Management in developing countries in the context of government reform strategies.

Willy McCourt is a senior lecturer in Human Resource Management at the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester, UK

The Human Factor in Governance * Better means Smaller? The Experience of 'Downsizing' in the 1980s and 1990s * Mauritius: The Outer Limits of Strategic Human Resource Management--W.McCourt & A.Ramgutty-Wong * Morocco: Waiting for Godot in the Moroccan Civil Service--K.Al-Arkoubi & W.McCourt * Swaziland: "Everything Must Change so that Everything can Stay the Same" * Tanzania: Institutional Factors in HRM--B.Bana & W.McCourt * Malaysia: Strategic or "Strategic"?--L.M.Foon & W.McCourt * Sri Lanka: "Where's the Bloody Horse?"--W.McCourt & S.Wirithamulla * The UK * Conclusion: A Way Forward for HRM in Developing Country Governments