Germany delegates HRM practices to line
ministries to a slightly lesser extent than the
average OECD country. Despite having no specific
central HRM unit, many HRM issues are managed
centrally. Ministries manage their own
recruitment, the distribution of posts,
performance and working conditions, with
units/teams having no delegated responsibilities.
Overall, delegation has led to broadly comparable
employment frameworks across the whole of
federal government. Germany makes substantially
less use of strategic HRM practices compared to
the OECD average. No accountability framework
exists for management and regular assessment of
organisations’ HRM capacity is undertaken by the
organisations themselves. Reviewing and
identifying the staff needed for a specific task, and
identifying staffing needs, is a legal obligation.
Forward planning is used and considers a full range
of aspects, although no binding rules apply to the
horizon covered