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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 363.370683 EAN: 9780131177666 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0131177664 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: July 08, 2004 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Not a good choice...I was required to read/study Fire Service Personnel Management for a promotional exam. I found it inadequate for several reasons. First, it does not represent the large plurality of Civil Service departments. Second, it is not well written nor well edited; numerous mispellings, misused words, merged and run-on sentences, and confusing and obtuse constructions. I sincerely hope there are better texts for this subject and I will be urging my department to seek one. BB, LP/Operator ... Read More Rating:  - Assistant Visiting Professor, Southern Illinois UniversityAs part of a commmittee including active fire chiefs, we reviwed this book for use in the Southern Illnois University program for Fire Service Management. We found the breadth of subjects covered to be excellent. We also found that the "real world" type problems presented at the end of each chapter were excellent opportunities for class discussions and/or essay tests. The book was compared against a general local government HR text and found to be superior for a fire service setting. Rating: - Firefighter's Do Not read !!!This book is not for firefighter's or fire officer's. This title is very misleading. A more appropriate title would be, Human Resource Managers Manual. This book was put on my departments Lt. and Capt. promotional test strictly by its deceiving title. I asked our Chief to read it and he agreed that it is horrible. I will never read another book or article by Steven T. Edwards. Rating: - Read like a cookbook.I bought this book as a text book for a college course. I was extremely dissappointed because the style in which Mr. Edwards writes is an excellent example of what a text book should not be. I wondered if I had bought the clif note version. I felt this book was written like a cookbook. It left a bad taste in my mouth, and I wanted to throw the recipe away. I felt that Mr. Edwards book was an excellent example of "easy way out" management. He limited the examples in the text to only the those ... Read More Rating: - A fire service managers guidebook for success.Fire Service Personnel Management is a timely an effective tool in dealing with personnel issues in the 21st century. Specific fire service scenarios throughtout the book highlight the challenges associated with a changing fire service. The book exposes the manager to the reality of a new workforce comprised of more and more minorities and females. It concisely explains the legal issues that a supervisor needs to be familiar with as well as guidelines for the selection of recruits and developing ... Read More 
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