New Professionals on tap? The human resource challenges in developing a new generation of municipal and local government managers in Nova Scotia

Canadian governments are facing significant human resource management challenges due to pending retirements, projected labour market shortages and the workplace expectations of New Professionals. This paper explores human resource recruitment planning initiatives, which have been undertaken by Nova...

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Main Authors: Andrew Molloy, David Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2010-03-01
Series:Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/1474
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spelling doaj-6692672db9ea4b848b010f9e05ff63df2020-11-24T21:45:55ZengUTS ePRESSCommonwealth Journal of Local Governance1836-03942010-03-01510.5130/cjlg.v0i5.1474983New Professionals on tap? The human resource challenges in developing a new generation of municipal and local government managers in Nova ScotiaAndrew Molloy0David Johnson1Department of Political Science, Cape Breton University, Nova ScotiaDepartment of Political Science, Cape Breton University, Nova ScotiaCanadian governments are facing significant human resource management challenges due to pending retirements, projected labour market shortages and the workplace expectations of New Professionals. This paper explores human resource recruitment planning initiatives, which have been undertaken by Nova Scotia municipalities, in order to attract and retain a new generation of municipal government managers. We will argue, in line with a recent Association of Municipal Administrators (AMA) of Nova Scotia municipal report that Nova Scotia municipalities must take intergenerational issues into account, for management succession planning to be successful. Our exploration of municipal succession planning will take place in the context of a larger study, which we have done on “New Professional” recruitment, retention and development initiatives in Canadahttps://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/1474
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New Professionals on tap? The human resource challenges in developing a new generation of municipal and local government managers in Nova Scotia
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title_short New Professionals on tap? The human resource challenges in developing a new generation of municipal and local government managers in Nova Scotia
title_full New Professionals on tap? The human resource challenges in developing a new generation of municipal and local government managers in Nova Scotia
title_fullStr New Professionals on tap? The human resource challenges in developing a new generation of municipal and local government managers in Nova Scotia
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series Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
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description Canadian governments are facing significant human resource management challenges due to pending retirements, projected labour market shortages and the workplace expectations of New Professionals. This paper explores human resource recruitment planning initiatives, which have been undertaken by Nova Scotia municipalities, in order to attract and retain a new generation of municipal government managers. We will argue, in line with a recent Association of Municipal Administrators (AMA) of Nova Scotia municipal report that Nova Scotia municipalities must take intergenerational issues into account, for management succession planning to be successful. Our exploration of municipal succession planning will take place in the context of a larger study, which we have done on “New Professional” recruitment, retention and development initiatives in Canada
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