Industrial Relations Center

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Industrial Relations Center

Founded in 1945 and awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1947, the Industrial Relations Center is an international leader in HRIR education and research. As a part of the Carlson School of Management, the center is dedicated to the study and teaching of human resources, industrial relations, and all facets of the employment relationship.

Today's organizations call for increasingly flexible structures, work systems, and employees. To meet those needs, the Industrial Relations Center has developed a dynamic model of human resources and industrial relations.

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Along with its graduate programs in human resources and industrial relations, the Industrial Relations Center maintains a specialized reference library, research institute, active alumni association, and outreach units that provide non-credit training to HR professionals and the labor movement.