personnelbut
Personnelbut is a term used in organizational policy studies to describe a mechanism for expressing general rules with explicit exceptions in personnel policies. It refers to clauses that use the word but to limit or override a broader rule in specific circumstances, creating a flexible but formally governed approach to workforce management.
Origin and use of the term are primarily in management and policy analysis literature. It is not
Examples illustrate its typical structure. A rule might state that all staff must submit reports by Friday,
Implications of personnelbut are debated among scholars and practitioners. Proponents argue that but-clauses improve clarity about