The executives and officers of the University of Dayton have been vested with the exclusive responsibility to operate, manage and direct its assets and employees so as to legally achieve its objectives.

            This right to manage, direct and control the operations of the University of Dayton and its employees remains vested exclusively with its executives and officers, notwithstanding that this handbook has been published to reflect the exercise of this exclusive management function.

            The rights to manage include, but are not necessarily limited to, the right to establish or change terms and conditions of employment, plan, control and direct all of our operations, hire, transfer employees, maintain efficiency, and to determine and control the methods, processes and procedures used to meet our objectives.

            Management in meeting its responsibilities need not necessarily exercise all of the rights reserved to it, or if it exercises them in a particular way, it shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of its right to exercise such rights from time to time in ways that differ from this handbook. From time to time in the event that changes in this handbook are deemed to be in the best interest of the University of Dayton, such changes will be published as revisions to this handbook for purposes of informing and communicating such changes to all employees of the University of Dayton.

            The employee understands and acknowledges that the University of Dayton, as the employer, from time to time, will make changes in the terms and conditions of employment contained in this handbook just as it will do so, from time to time, in the rate of pay.

            The employee, by accepting employment at the University of Dayton and by receiving the wages and benefits attributable to his/her position at the University of Dayton, acknowledges these payments and benefits as consideration for the management prerogatives retained above and for the right inherent in the University of Dayton to make changes in this employees' handbook and the terms and conditions of employment, including the assignment of duties or the reassignment of the employee to a different position, with any appropriate changes in compensation, in the event it deems this to be necessary. By continuing employment after such changes, the employee ratifies and consents to such changes, and the payment of wages and benefits thereafter shall be further consideration for such changes.