[IPAC-List] Question re: MQs

[Dennis Doverspike]

I have long thought this would make an interesting paper or symposium topic

my short answer - without being a lawyer or political scientist - is that
merit is often operationally defined as "the result of a competitive
examination." by definition then merit excludes having met the minimum
qualification

I have argued before, however, that we do not give enough though to the
definition of merit - especially in compensation and pay equity. It also
seems as if the Canadians have done far more in terms of defining merit -
as I remember from a previous Hammer post on the definition of merit in
Canada.






On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Bryan Baldwin <Bryan.Baldwin at doj.ca.gov>wrote:


>  No, I don’t believe so.  “Merit” in this sense refers to the decades-old

> concept that was put in place to remedy/avoid historical civil service sins

> such as political patronage.  It does, however, encompass the concept of

> being “qualified”.

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> *From:* Dennis Doverspike [mailto:dennisdoverspike at gmail.com]

> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:58 PM

> *To:* Bryan Baldwin

> *Cc:* ipac-list at ipacweb.org

> *Subject:* Re: [IPAC-List] Question re: MQs

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> Bryan - what do you mean by merit-related? would that correspond to

> job-related?

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> Dennis

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> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Bryan Baldwin <Bryan.Baldwin at doj.ca.gov>

> wrote:

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> Hi all – question sorta related to a conversation we were having a few

> weeks ago: can anyone point me to any articles, studies, etc. that analyze

> the issue of whether minimum qualifications are merit-related?  I have done

> my best to point out that I believe they are—at best—a blunt instrument.

> But I could sure use more heads on this one.

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> Thank you-

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> Bryan Baldwin

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