
How to Manage People
Fast, Effective Management Skills that Really Get Results
Michael Armstrong(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 3. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-3986-2120-6 (ISBN)
Description
Bestselling author Michael Armstrong provides valuable insight into the skills required to be an effective manager, helping you get the best from your staff through motivation, reward and leadership.
This fully updated 6th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips, alongside advice on managing virtual teams, enhancing employee engagement and managing conflict. Essential reading for anyone who wants to get the best from their teams,
How to Manage People
distils the essence of good management into one handy, easy-to-use book.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
303 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3986-2120-6 (9781398621206)
Schweitzer Classification
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05/2025
6th Edition
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07/2022
5th Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
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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
Content
- Section - 00: Preface;
- Section - 01: What managers do;
- Section - 02: Treating people right;
- Section - 03: Leadership;
- Section - 04: Motivating people;
- Section - 05: Enhancing engagement;
- Section - 06: The process of organizing;
- Section - 07: Defining roles;
- Section - 08: Team building;
- Section - 09: Managing remote workers;
- Chapter - 10: Performance leadership;
- Section - 11: Performance leadership skills;
- Chapter - 12: Delegating;
- Section - 13: Selection interviewing;
- Section - 14: Developing people;
- Section - 15: Rewarding people;
- Section - 16: Managing change;
- Section - 17: Managing conflict;
- Section - 18: Approaches to handling people problems;
- Section - 19: Dealing with disciplinary problems;
- Section - 20: Managing under-performers;
- Section - 21: Dealing with negative behaviour;
- Section - 22: Dealing with absenteeism and timekeeping issues;
- Section - 23: Handling challenging conversations;
- Section - 24: Giving bad news;
- Section - 25: Managing bias;
- Section - 26: Dealing with bullying and harassment;