Add in the two boards that rule on police pay and a dedicated consultancy, the Office of Manpower Economics, and that is nine quangos, at least, whose futures look secure.

Firstly, the paper reviews the related theories and studies-especially agency theories, modern manpower capital theories and wage theory of classical economics.

The field of manpower planning and labour economics is a complex one, influenced by the many social, technological and economic changes evident in our world today.