Affordable Learning Solutions at CSUDH

Thomas Norman, Ph.D.

Title: Assistant Professor, Management

Department: Management
Office: SBS A-309
Phone Extension: x2146
Email Username: tnorman

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Affordable Learning Initiatives

Show All    HRM 313: Human Resource Management -- Course Materials    HRM 425: Seminar in Strategic HRM -- Supplemental Materials    

HRM 313: Human Resource Management -- Course Materials

Fall 2010
Enrollment: 51 students

Spring 2011
Enrollment: 41 students

Textbook cost to students: $237.75
Cost of Aplia.com edition: $70  
Savings per student:  $167.75


Reduced price printable/digital textbook available at Aplia.com
  • Bohlander, George W., Scott Snell, and Arthur W. Sherman. Managing Human Resources. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Pub., 2010. ISBN: 9870538786706. Aplia 

A note from Dr. Thomas Norman:

"This initative pushed me to experiment with eBooks sooner than I would have otherwise. I have learned that most students prefer this option if it saves them money which in the case of my classes it typically does.  Switching books also led to me exploring how valuable the online assessment tools are for our students.  I now firmly believe that our population needs to work with the material in my classes for 1-2 hours per week outside of class.  Doing so is increasing the overall final exam scores and the increase in pre-test to final scores.  Publishers are happy because it requires all students to purchase the text so they earn more money per class while charging $100-150 less per book.  This seems like a win-win-win to me- student, university, publisher."


 

HRM 425: Seminar in Strategic HRM -- Supplemental Materials

Fall 2011
Enrollment: 19 students

Supplemental materials:
Cost to students: $0
Savings per student: $35.00
  • Armstrong, Michael. Strategic Human Resource Management - 5th Edition. Kogan Page Ltd, 2011. ISBN: 9780749455569. Available to students free of cost through ebrary (unlimited user access) and EBSCOhost (unlimited user access).
  • Price, Alan. International Human Resource Management. Learning Object Repository. 2005. Available to students free of cost through MERLOT