Michael Armstrong (human resources)

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Michael Armstrong is an honours graduate in economics from the London School of Economics, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultancy.^[1]

He has had over 25 years experience in personnel management, including 12 as a personnel director. He has also practised as a management consultant for many years and is a former Chief Examiner, Employee Reward, for the CIPD (1997 -2001).

His career covers hands on experience within the engineering industry specialising in Employee Relations, then as an Employee Development specialist with engineering and the food sector.

He was Executive Director with HR responsibility in a publishing firm for twelve years (three of which were as General Manager). This was followed by heading up the consultancy division of Coopers & Lybrand for a further ten years. He is a Managing Partner of e-reward.uk and also practices as an independent consultant.

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He has written a number of successful management books, including:

A handbook of Human Resource Management Practice ISBN 0-7494-4631-5
The Job Evaluation Handbook (1995)- co-written with Angela Baron
Strategic Human Resource Management: A Guide to Action Kogan Page Ltd; 3 Rev Ed edition (3 Jan 2006) ISBN 0-74944-511-4
Strategic Human Resource Management CIPD (2002) - co-written with Angela Barron ISBN 0-85292-923-4
Managing Performance, Performance management in action (2004)- co-written with Angela Baron. CIPD (2004) ISBN 1-84398-101-7
Employee Reward (People & Organisations) 3rd edition CIPD (2002) ISBN 0-85292-938-2
Rewarding Teams (2000)
New Dimensions in Pay Management (2001)
Management Processes and Functions (1996) IPD (1996) ISBN 0-85292-438-0
How to Be an Even Better Manager: A Complete A to Z of Proven Techniques and Essential Skills. Kogan Page Ltd; 6 Rev Ed edition (2004) ISBN 0-74944-262-X
Managing for Results - co written with Kevin Gallagher and Gillian Watson. CIPD 2 Rev Ed edition (2005) ISBN 1-84398-014-2