
Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice
Improving Performance Through Reward
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
7th Edition
Published on 3. November 2023
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-1-3986-1114-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 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.
Reviews / Votes
"That book has been my bible. This book is the Reward go-to reference point for academics and practitioners alike; the launch pad for a thousand reward schemes, research projects and student dissertations. I have drawn on it to teach Strategic Reward to Masters and MBA students. From two renowned experts in the field this latest edition has been substantially updated to cover contemporary topics. It's the only Reward book you will need."More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
947 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3986-1114-6 (9781398611146)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Michael Armstrong | Duncan Brown
Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice
Improving Performance Through Reward
Book
11/2023
7th Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€65.90
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Previous edition

Michael Armstrong | Duncan Brown
Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice
Improving Performance Through Reward
Book
02/2019
6th Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€230.26
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Persons
Author
Michael Armstrong is the UK's bestselling author of Human Resource Management books including Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, Armstrong's Handbook of Strategic Human Resource Management, Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice and Armstrong's Handbook of Performance Management and several other titles published by Kogan Page. His books have sold over a million copies and have been translated into twenty-one languages.
Michael Armstrong is a Companion and former Chief Examiner of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), a managing partner of E-Reward and an independent management consultant. Prior to this he was an HR director of a publishing company. He is based in London, UK.
ISNI: 0000 0001 2147 465X
ISNI: 0000 0001 2147 465X
Duncan Brown is an independent rewards adviser and researcher. He has more than 30 years' experience with employers including IES, Aon Hewitt, PwC and Willis Towers Watson. He also spent five years as Assistant Director General and head of research and policy at the CIPD.
His recent clients have included major firms such as Network Rail and Shell, public sector bodies such as the National Health Service and Equalities and Human Rights Commission; and not-for-profit organizations such as the Council of Europe, Church of England, Unicef and the RSPCA.
Duncan advises a number of remuneration committee including Christian Aid and the London School of Economics. He is an employer trustee for the CIPD Pension Plan. He has participated on Government taskforces concerned with fair pay (the Hutton Review), engagement, pensions and gender pay reporting. He has advised government reviews on the pay setting methods for key public sector workers including doctors and dentists, the judiciary and Armed Forces personnel.
ISNI: 0000 0001 2033 1024
ISNI: 0000 0001 2033 1024
Content
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- Chapter - 00: Introduction;
- Section - ONE: Fundamentals of reward management;
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- Chapter - 01: Reward management - An overview;
- Chapter - 02: Strategic reward;
- Chapter - 03: Total reward;
- Section - TWO: Aspects of reward management;
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- Chapter - 04: Factors affecting reward;
- Chapter - 05: Financial rewards;
- Chapter - 06: Non-financial rewards;
- Chapter - 07: Motivation and reward;
- Chapter - 08: Engagement and reward;
- Chapter - 09: Performance and reward;
- Chapter - 10: Financial well-being;
- Chapter - 11: The gender pay gap;
- Chapter - 12: The ethical approach to reward and performance management;
- Section - Section THREE: Base pay management;
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- Chapter - 13: Job evaluation;
- Chapter - 14: Market pricing;
- Chapter - 15: Grade and pay structures;
- Section - FOUR: Rewarding and recognizing performance;
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- Chapter - 16: Pay progression through contingent pay;
- Chapter - 17: Bonus schemes;
- Chapter - 18: Team pay;
- Chapter - 19: Rewarding for business performance;
- Chapter - 20: Recognition;
- Section - FIVE: Rewarding special groups;
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- Chapter - 21: Rewarding chief executives;
- Chapter - 22: Rewarding sales and customer service staff;
- Chapter - 23: Rewarding knowledge workers;
- Chapter - 24: Rewarding manual workers;
- Chapter - 25: International reward;
- Section - SIX: Employee benefits;
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- Chapter - 26: Employee pensions and benefits;
- Chapter - 27: Flexible benefits;
- Section - SEVEN: The practice of reward management;
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- Chapter - 28: Evidence-based reward management;
- Chapter - 29: Managing reward systems;
- Chapter - 30: Managing reward risk;
- Chapter - 31: Responsibility for reward;
- Chapter - 32: Reward management developments in the UK