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 a 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