About the Author

Angela Baron is a chartered member of the CIPD, for whom she is currently an adviser on organisation and resourcing. She has been responsible for numerous research programmes ranging for corporate culture to recruitment practice. Michael Armstrong is a Companion and former chief examiner of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), a joint managing partner of E-reward and an independent management consultant. He is the author of several bestselling HR books including Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice, and Armstrong's Handbook of Performance Management.