Strategic Human Resources Management: A Guide to Action [Paperback]

Michael Armstrong (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2001 | ISBN-10: 0749433310 | ISBN-13: 978-0749433314 | Edition: 2

In a book designed to fill what is often a gap between the rhetoric of strategic human resource management (SHRM) and the reality of strategy in action, Michael Armstrong characteristically provides the first guide to the realistic implementation of the high-sounding HR strategies that every practitioner, academic and consultant is now attempting to put into place.

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"As a review of current proven practices, the book is an undeniable success. Easy to read and easy to digest. Where other guides fail by overcomplicating simple issues, this simplifies complex issues in a neat and accessible package." -- The Lawyer

About the Author

Michael Armstrong is an internationally respected writer on management topics. His Kogan Page titles include: Performance Management, Reward Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Handbook of Management and Leadership, Handbook of Employee Reward Management and Practice, Job Evaluation and How to be an Even Better Manager.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Kogan Page Business Books; 2 edition (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749433310
• ISBN-13: 978-0749433314
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,195,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Meticulous guide to human resource management, February 19, 2008

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This review is from: Strategic Human Resource Management: A Guide to Action (Paperback)

This short book is an all-encompassing, comprehensive compendium of definitions of human resource (HR) management strategies and explanations about aligning such strategies with corporate goals. It provides a clear overview of the subject, but then, the topic is vast. Michael Armstrong - a frequent author on human resource subjects - emphasizes comprehensiveness over specificity or evaluation. At times, in an effort to make everything clear and understandable, he is perhaps too much like an instructor and a bit talky, but that may be the nature of a work intended for reference and training. getAbstract recommends this book to human resource professionals looking for a straightforward guide to strategic management.