what is ILR(Industrial and Labor Relations), HR (human resources) and IR (industrial relations)

original research on all aspects of the employment relationship, including collective bargaining, labor markets, labor law, social security and protective labor legislation, management and personnel, human resources, worker participation, workplace health and safety, organizational behavior, comparative industrial relations, and labor history.

This is what HR (human resources) and IR (industrial relations) are all about: effectively and success fully managing an organization's most critical resource-its people. Specialists in HR/IR are in high demand as organizations recognize the need to maximize their human resources. Increased global competition, changes in the nature of work and the composition of the labor force, extensive governmental regulation, company restructuring, and deregulation of product markets-these factor have all intensified organizations awareness that effective use and development of human potential are critical for success.

Human resource management is an umbrella term that refers to all sorts of employee and employment issues. The bottom line is that HR/IR professionals make sure an organization makes effective us of its people. This means hiring good people who fit the organization's business strategies, making sure the administrative systems are running at maximum efficiency, helping employees overcome obstacles, and serving as persuasive change agents when new practices, structures, or cultures are needed. HR/IR professionals do these things by solving problems creatively, whether those problems involve people, technology, or some combination of the two.