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Throughout this edition, emphasis is placed on employment relationships as a field of major interest and concern for all students of management, not merely for those who contemplate careers as staff managers in personnel or labor relations. Decisions with respect to manpower policies are recognized as inescapable responsibilities of all managers. Only when all managers understand the philosophical and theoretical foundations of modern employment policy can industrial relations staff managers function effectively. To encourage such understanding, the new edition gives added attention to theory and policy, with less detailed descriptions of practice than earlier editions. (Extensive footnote references, however, suggest convenient sources of in -formation on current practice.) Theory is recognized as providing the essential bridges that connect the basic goals of working organizations to appropriate policies. It also permits managers to make rational choices among programs designed to implement selected policies. Professional competence for mangers requires an understanding of both theory and practice.
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