Student Achievement Series‎:‎ Human Relations focuses on the immediate personal application of human relations principles and practices‎.‎ The SAS Edition combines the authors‎'‎ innovative Total Person approach toward the field with an emphasis on real‎-world application‎.‎ Topics include effective communication‎,‎ self‎-development‎,‎ ways to help students achieve insight‎,‎ knowledge and the relationship skills needed to deal with a wide range of people‎-related problems‎,‎ diversity‎,‎ and strategies that can be used to resolve work/life tensions‎.‎ The Student Achievement Series was developed in partnership with over 600 teachers and students from across the country to meet the learning‎,‎ study‎,‎ and assessment goals necessary for student success‎.‎ Through extensive research and focus groups conducted with a diverse cross‎-section of students‎,‎ Human Relations presents a groundbreaking solution for skills mastery‎,‎ understanding‎,‎ and retention‎.‎ Feedback from students has been instrumental in all aspects of development‎-‎-from design and pedagogy to testing and assessment to title and packaging‎.‎ These elements culminate in a textbook program that reflects the way students learn and study best‎.‎