Armstrong’s Handbook of Reward Management Practice: Improving Performance Through Reward

Armstrong’s Handbook of Reward Management Practice is the essential guide to comprehending, developing and implementing effective reward strategies.

This updated seventh edition incorporates the latest research and developments within reward management, including the reward implications of Covid and the ’great resignation’ and rewarding remote and hybrid workers. Revisions will also contain updates on reward structures, equal pay, employee benefits including wellbeing benefits, total rewards and smart rewards. This book covers all the crucial aspects of improving organizational, team and individual performance through reward processes, including financial and non-financial rewards, job evaluation, grade and pay structures, rewarding specific employee groups and ethical considerations

Armstrong’s Handbook of Reward Management Practice bridges the gap between the academic and practitioner and is ideally suited to both HR professionals and those studying for HR qualifications, including master’s degrees and the CIPD’s intermediate and advanced level qualifications. Tips and checklists and can be found throughout, alongside case studies from organizations including General Motors, and the UK National Health Service. Online supporting resources include lecture slides and comprehensive handbooks for both lecturers and students, which include learning summaries, discussion questions, literature reviews and glossaries.

Michael Armstrong is the UK’s bestselling author of human resource management books including Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, also published by Kogan Page. His books have sold over a million copies and have been translated into 21 languages. He is a former Chief Examiner of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and an independent management consultant.

Duncan Brown is Head of HR Consultancy at the Institute for Employment Studies. He has more than 25 years’ experience in consulting and reward and he was previously the Assistant Director General at the CIPD. In 2021 he was named as one of the Most Influential HR Thinkers by HR Magazine.