The authors report on their initial findings from their major work investigating the changing nature of personnel management during the recession. They point to the key importance of employee relations for the personnel function. They discuss top management influence, the use of specialized personnel skills, computers, consultants, and changes in…

In the 1970's Rural Development Counselors and Community Affairs Specialists of the Manitoba Department of Agriculture were part of an effort to reverse trends of economic depression and rapid outward migration from rural to urban centers by assisting rural Manitobans individually, in groups, and as communities. Low- to moderate-income farmers and…