A handbook of personnel management practice /
Michael Armstrong.
- 4th ed.
- London : Kogan Page, 1991.
- 976 p. : ill., forms ; 24 cm. + pbk.
Previous ed.: 1984.
Includes indexes.
Introduction: personnel and human resource management - concepts and development -- Part I: Personnel management -- An overview -- The context of personnel management -- The basis of personnel management -- Strategic human resource management -- Personnel policies -- Role of the personnel function -- Part II: Organizational behaviour -- The individual at work -- Motivation -- Commitment -- How organizations function -- Corporate culture -- Part III: Organization design and effectiveness -- Organization structure -- Organization design -- Job design -- Improving organizational effectiveness -- Part IV: Employee resourcing -- Human resource planning -- Job analysis and job descriptions -- Recruitment and selection -- Assessment centres -- Part V: Human resource development -- Performance management -- Training -- Management development -- Career management -- Part VI: Reward management -- The basis of reward management -- Establishing market rates -- Job evaluation -- Pay structures -- Performance-related pay -- Wage payment systems -- Employee benefits -- Salary administration -- Part VII: Employee relations -- Industrial relations -- Participation and joint consultation -- Communications -- Part VIII: Health, safety and welfare -- Health and safety -- Employee welfare -- Part IX: Employment and personnel administration -- The legal framework -- Employment practices and procedures -- Computerized personnel information systems -- Personnel records -- Part X: Conclusions -- Personnel management - key issues and trends.