This book examines and provides solutions to some of the perennial problems of performance-related pay. Brown and Armstrong review the evidence for the spread, relevance and effectiveness of PeRP on both sides of the Atlantic. They demonstrate conclusively that, while performance pay is not in retreat and is, indeed, continuing to expand, difficulties have resulted in the past from the rigid uniform, top-down approach often adopted in its implementation. The authors demonstrate that organizations today are taking a much more strategic and holistic approach to the issue, an approach which the authors term paying for contribution.
Michael Armstrong is an internationally respected writer on management topics. His Kogan Page titles include: Performance Management, Reward Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Handbook of Management and Leadership, Handbook of Employee Reward Management and Practice, Job Evaluation and How to be an Even Better Manager.