A handbook of human resource management practice [printed text] / Michael Armstrong, Author  . -  10th Edition . - London : Kogan Page, 2006 . - xxvi, 982 p. : ill (b & w) ; 25 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-7494-4631-4
A fully updated and revised tenth edition of this classic, best selling textbook. It remains the primary text for all students studying HRM - both undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as for students of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) diploma.

Class number:	658.3
Abstract:	The Handbook also continues to be an essential reference source for all managers concerned with personnel and HRM issues. This new edition of A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice contains a number of significant additions and revisions including substantial revisions to seventeen chapters and new chapters on: Human Capital Management, the Role of the Front Line Manager; HR Strategies; Developing and Implementing HR Strategies and Learning and Development. The new edition also contains updated material based on recent developments in HRM policy and practice and a wide range of surveys and research projects conducted by professional associations and research bodies.
Contents note:	Part I Managing People 1 Human resource management; 2 Human capital management; 3 Role of the HR function; 4 The role of the HR practitioner; 5 Role of the front line manager; 6 International HRM Part II Human Resource Management Processes 7 Strategic HRM; 8 HR Strategies; 9 Developing and implementing HR strategies; 10 HRM policies; 11 Competency-based HRM; 12 Knowledge management; 13 Analysing roles, competencies and skills Part III Work and Employment 14 The nature of the work; 15 The employment relationship; 16 The pyschological contract Part IV Organizational Behaviour 17 Characteristics of people; 18 Motivation; 19 Organizational commitment and engagement; 20 How organizations function; 21 Organizational Culture Part V Organization, design and development 22 Organization design; 23 Job design and role development; 24 Organizational development, change and transformation Part VI People Resourcing 25 Human resource planning; 26 Talent management; 27 Recruitment and selection; 28 Selection interviewing; 29 Selection tests; 30 Introduction to the organization; 31 Release from the organization Part VII Performance Management 32 The basis of performance management; 33 The process of performance management; 34 360-degree feedback Part VIII Human Resource Development 35 Strategic human resource development; 36 Organizational learning and learning organization; 37 How people learn; 38 Learning and development; 39 E-learning; 40 Management development; 41 Formulating and implementing learning and development strategies Part IX Rewarding People 42 Reward management; 43 Strategic reward; 44 Job evaluation; 45 Market rate analysis; 46 Grade and pay structures; 47 Contingent pay; 48 Employee benefits, pensions and allowances; 49 Managing reward systems Part X Employee Relations 50 The framework of employee relations; 51 Employee relations processes; 52 Negotiating and bargaining; 53 Employee voice; 54 Communications Part XI Health, Safety and Welfare 55 Health and safety; 56 Welfare services Part XII Employment and HRM Services 57 Employment practices; 58 HRM procedures; 59 Computerized human resource information systems