PREFACE

We are very happy to provide you with this Instructor’s Resource Guide to accompany the fifteenth
edition of Principles of Human Resource Management. The lecture notes contained here
reference materials in the textbook that you may wish to use in your classes. To facilitate use of the
Integrated Learning System, each chapter’s learning objectives are presented. Key terms and their
definitions are included at relevant points in the lectures. Additional cases with solutions from
previous editions are at the end of this Guide.

There are also numerous electronic resources available to instructors who adopt our textbook for
their classes. One of these is the Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation slides package, available at
our Web site (www.cengage.com/international), and will be a great addition to your classroom
presentations. We would like to thank Charlie Cook for his work on the new PowerPoint package.
The slides are arranged so that you may use them as you follow the Lecture Outline presented in
this guide; many of them are highlighted in the margins. If your classroom resources do not allow
the use of a computer to present PowerPoint, you may print out any slides directly onto
transparency acetates. Request “pure black and white” when you print out slides to be used as
handouts or one-color acetates.

The Test Bank in Microsoft® Word, the ExamView computerized Test Bank, and PowerPoint
slides are all available on the Instructor’s Resource CD or visit www.cengage.com/international.

The fifteenth edition also includes a new Teaching Assistance Manual, which is especially useful
for new instructors, graduate assistants, and teachers wanting to generate more class discussion.
You'll find invaluable chapter overviews and outlines, material for class discussion and ongoing
student interest, topics warranting special attention, and exercises and discussion topics for student
involvement. Appendices in the manual focus on presenting materials, initiating and sustaining
class discussion, quizzing, testing, and helping foreign instructors deal with some of the challenges
they face.

Scott Snell
George Bohlander

© 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. This edition is intended for use outside of the U.S. only, with content that may be different from the
U.S. Edition. May not be scanned, copied, duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

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