A Handbook of Personnel Management Practice

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A HANDBOOK OF

MICHAEL ARMSTRONG
Now in its fourth edition, A Handbook bf Personnel Management Practice has been radically restructured and updated to follow the IPM syllabus.
Covering in detail every aspect of the personnel management function, this highly comprehensive handbook considers the function in relation to the needs of the business as a whole, as a strategic process which recognizes that the quality of the human resources available to an organization is the key to its success.
The author discusses the latest developments in the theory and practice of personnel management, such as the greater emphasis on competences, total quality marketing, decentralized collective bargaining and harmonization of terms and conditions. Generally the book reflects greater flexibility in all aspects of human resource management, organization and job design. A wide range of important topics is covered, including:
the role of the personnel function organizational behaviour... Tovább

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A HANDBOOK OF

MICHAEL ARMSTRONG
Now in its fourth edition, A Handbook bf Personnel Management Practice has been radically restructured and updated to follow the IPM syllabus.
Covering in detail every aspect of the personnel management function, this highly comprehensive handbook considers the function in relation to the needs of the business as a whole, as a strategic process which recognizes that the quality of the human resources available to an organization is the key to its success.
The author discusses the latest developments in the theory and practice of personnel management, such as the greater emphasis on competences, total quality marketing, decentralized collective bargaining and harmonization of terms and conditions. Generally the book reflects greater flexibility in all aspects of human resource management, organization and job design. A wide range of important topics is covered, including:
the role of the personnel function organizational behaviour personnel administration employee resourcing
human resource development reward management employee relations health, safety and welfare.
In addition, the appendices include a complete set of personnel policies and examples of procedures and training techniques.
The Author
Michael Armstrong practises as an independent consultant. A graduate of the London School of Economics, a Fellow of the Institute of Personnel Management, and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants, he spent his early career in the aerospace and food industries, specializing in industrial relations as well as training and management development. He then became head of the personnel consultancy division in Coopers & Lybrand and followed this with twelve years as a general manager and executive director in a major publishing company. His publications for Kogan Page include How to be an Even Better Manager, A Handbook of Human Resource Management, A Handbook of Management Techniques and, with Helen Murlis, Reward Management. Vissza