Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, Tomy 1-2

"Personnel and labor relations, the predecessor of this book, appeared in the midst of widespread depression and unemployment. Today manpower is at a premium. The whole field of industrial relations is highly dynamic. Under such circumstances, the most essential characteristic of effective personnel administration is its constant self-appraisal and evaluation. Policies and practices must be constantly scrutinized and weighed in terms of their appropriateness and effectiveness. The continual testing of each phase of the industrial relations program, as a basis for constant readjustment, innovation, and adaptation, is the elementary requisite of a satisfactory program in these years of rapid change. The present book reflects the valuable suggestions of those who made extensive use of Personnel and labor relations. The techniques of statistical materials, excepting for a preliminary chapter on the simpler devices, have been brought together at the close of chapters in special sections. Another change involves the more extensive reference, throughout the book, to psychological contributions to the field, while another is the expansion of the discussion of collective bargaining. Throughout, additional questions and exercises on each chapter have been provided. They have proved especially useful in classes made up of adults, who find them helpful as a check-list to apply to their reading. Finally, a new chapter on personnel records seemed necessary to round out the description of present practice"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).