HANDBOOK OF HR MANAGEMENT PRACTICE 5TH ED. - Softcover

Michael Armstrong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074942964X ISBN 13: 9780749429645

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2001

Synopsis

"...this handbook is very clearly written and complex concepts are simplified. It is very up to date in its subject matter... The text deals mainly with best practices and deserves to be read widely." MANAGER

The seventh edition of the best selling Handbook of Personnel Management Practice has been re-titled A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. The new and thorough update has been amended to take account of the move towards HRM that has been gathering force over the period since the fourth edition (1991) and covers the considerable developments in HRM practice during this period. One third of the book has been completely rewritten to incorporate these new areas in HR practice and thinking. This practitioner's book will now appeal to those taking a masters degree in HRM as well as IPD students. There are major revisions to areas such as: ? The role of the HR practitioner and the HR function ? Recruitment and psychological testing ? Employee relations (to include the findings of the Workshop Employee Relations Survey published in 1998) New chapters have been included on: The employment relationship The psychological contract Selection interviewing Performance management (to reflect the outcome of IPD research 1997/98) Organisational culture The book also deals with the emerging issue of new partnership agreements with the trade Unions. Recognizing human resource management as a strategic process, Michael Armstrong offers clear, practical advice on how companies can maximize the effectiveness of their HR function and ensure that it makes a major contribution to organizational success.

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Review

Before such workplace innovations as e-mail and microwaves in the staff rooms, there were personnel departments who placed job adverts, dutifully sorted applications and passed round the odd memo on staff incentive schemes. Today we have HR divisions, as business finally realises that its best resource is the human element of its organisation. This book is a complete manual for the new breed of manager who sees staff as something more than numbers on the payroll. Everything you need to develop strategies for recruiting, training and motivating staff is here. From the job description to the golden handshake. Beginning with the basics of what makes an effective HR manager, through to recognising your staff's needs and meeting them, to overcoming barriers to organisational motivation and rewarding good employees. This book is filled with useful models on everything from how to formalise policies (such as health and safety), training, equal opportunities monitoring and keeping good HR records. At its basic level, it is an invaluable tool for anyone who has staff to deal with as it sets out simply and practically how to manage your company's most important asset--its people. This is the seventh edition of this manual and the author has included new chapters on the employment relationship, selection interviewing, performance management and organisational culture. --Kristen Bowditch

From the Publisher

The latest edition of this outstanding textbook has been fully revised to take account of the current syllabus of the Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD)and is essential reading for all those studying for the IPD Diploma. Retitled and presented in an enlarged, easier-to-read format, the book is as comprehensive and detailed as ever, covering the entire span of HRM practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074942964X
• ISBN 13: 9780749429645
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1000