A Handbook of Management Techniques

Michael ARMSTRONG
A Comprehensive Guide To Achieving Managerial Excellence & Improved Decision Making
A Handbook of Management Techniques
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ISBN: 9780749447663
Published date: July 2006
Paperback
Edition: Revised 3rd edition
Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Bestselling guide to modern management methods by internationally renowned author.

Now in a revised third edition, this best-selling guide to modern management techniques is an essential resource for managers in all departments and across all industries. A Handbook of Management Techniques boasts over 100 systematic and analytical methods used by managers to improve decision-making and managerial performance, covering:

marketing management;

operations management;

financial management;

human resource management;

management science;

planning and resource allocation;

efficiency and effectiveness.

Written in an accessible, easy-to-read style and supported by diagrams throughout, this is essential reading for managers and a key text for business and management students.

Michael Armstrong’s books have sold over 500,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is an independent management consultant and former Chief Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). His internationally best-selling books include A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, The Handbook of Management and Leadership (with Tina Stephens), How to be an Even Better Manager, Strategic Human Resource Management, Performance Management and Reward Management (with Helen Murlis).

REVIEWS :

“Michael Armstrong’s prolific output of handbook-style texts has been a feature of the management writing landscape for years.

“It [the book] will prove useful for people who wish to refresh ideas or rapidly glean a thumbnail sketch of a model.”
Personnel Today

“I can see this handbook resting on the shelf above the executive’s desk, never being left untouched long enough for it to gather dust.”
Economics and Business Book Review

BOOK DETAILS :

Paperback, 736 Pages, Dimensions 234 x 153 MM Language English.

CONTENTS INCLUDE :

Corporate management;

Marketing management;

Operations management;

Financial management;

Human resource management;

Management science;

Planning and resource allocation;

Efficiency and Effectiveness.

About Authors
Michael Armstrong

Michael Armstrong is a Companion and former Chief Examiner of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD), joint managing partner of e-reward and an independent management consultant.

He is the author of several best-selling HR titles including A Handbook of Human Resource Management and Practice, Performance Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, A Handbook of Management and Leadership (with Tina Stephens), Job Evaluation and Reward Management (with Helen Murlis), all published by Kogan Page.

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