Masters by course work.
Masters by course work.
Subject: Human Resource Management in the New World of Work
General Information:
Word count:Maximum of 2000 words (excluding reference list)
Due date: Thursday, Sept 1st, 2022 (Week 6) by 1 PM.
This assignment is worth 30% of your grade.
Instructions for the assignment:
Each student will need to write an essay on ONE (1) of the TWO (2) topics listed.
The marking criteria for this essay are listed below (see rubric).
Late submissions will attract a marking penalty of 10% per day
Your essay needs to bebased on research reported inacademic journals.For examples of suitable academic publications see the journal list in the subject guide (see below) .At a minimum, you need to draw on SEVEN (7)academic journal articlesin your essay.
Format and layout:
12-point font
Double spacing
Pages numbered
Reference list on last page(s) of your essay
APA referencing style
Options for the individual essay:
Essay Option 1)
Recent technological progress has provided employers with new options for employee monitoring and surveillance. Because management has only the best interests of the workforce at heart, employees have nothing to fear from this development. Discuss.
Essay Option 2)
The rise of the blended workforce is one of the top global trends reshaping business. A blended workforce combines a variety of people on different contracts within one organisation: permanent staff (full-time or part-time), fixed-term or casual employees, temporary agency workers, contractors and freelancers.In this essay, discuss the challenges that managing a blended workforce can pose for HRM. In your answer, also cover ways in which these challenges could be addressed.
General requirements to be followed for the assignment.
You should try and plan your assignment and write in paragraphs (not dot point form!).
Once you have an idea of what you want to say (i.e. a list of key points, issues or themes), you need to organise them into a logical sequence. What key terms need defining? What point should come first, second, third etc?
Paragraphs should be based around one key idea and try and look for links between ideas to help you develop a flow in your writing.
It is a good practice to begin each paragraph with a sentence that tells the reader what the paragraph is about.
Use further sub-headings sparingly (as these tend to break up the flow of your writing).
List of academic journals to draw analysis from for the assignment
Relevant academic journals You might find articles in leading journals such as the following useful when preparing your assignments: Academy of Management Journal Academy of Management Review Academy of Management Perspectives Administrative Science Quarterly American Sociological Review British Journal of Industrial Relations Economic and Industrial Democracy Human Relations Human Resource Management Human Resource Management Journal (UK) Industrial and Labor Relations Review (ILR Review) Industrial Relations Journal International Journal of Human Resources Management Journal of Applied Psychology Journal of Industrial Relations Journal of Management Journal of Management Studies Journal of Organizational Behavior Journal of Vocational Behavior New Technology, Work and Employment Organization Organization Science Organization Studies Personnel Psychology Personnel Review Work, Employment and Society Work and Occupations
Criteria Excellent (H1) High standard (H2A / H2B) Sound work (H3) Satisfactory work (Pass) Unsatisfactory (Fail)
Conceptual understanding
What is written: content of essay (ideas, theory), critical engagement, interpretation & analysis Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the essay topic
Presents in depth understanding of & engagement with perspectives & theories in the course
Offers a highly systematic critical engagement, interpretation & analysis of ideas, & concepts
Content is highly appropriate, relevant, on task & achieves aim of each element of task Demonstrates understanding of essay topic, but parts could have been more focused or specific
Presents understanding of perspectives, & theories in the course; minor gaps may be evident &/or links could have been more explicit
Offers critical engagement, interpretation & analysis of ideas, & concepts, though may have offered more with parts being more descriptive than analytical
Content is appropriate & relevant, may diverge from task occasionally Demonstrates some understanding of essay topic,, but needed to be more focused
Presents some understanding of perspectives, & theories in the course, though gaps are evident or links needed to be more explicit
Offers some critical engagement, interpretation & analysis of ideas & concepts, though this could have been more evident; parts may be overly descriptive
Content is generally appropriate & relevant, but may diverge from task Demonstrates limited understanding of the essay topic,
Presents a degree of understanding of perspectives, & theories in the course, though significant gaps are evident & links needed to be more explicit
Attempts critical engagement, interpretation & analysis of ideas & concepts but this is limited; tends to rely on description
Content could have been more appropriate, relevant or on task, or is lacking in parts Demonstrates minimal understanding of essay topic,
Attempts at presenting understanding of perspectives, & theories in the course but not successful; or links between areas not clear
Critical engagement, interpretation & analysis of ideas, & concepts not in evidence, not successful, or relies on description
Content is inappropriate, irrelevant & diverges from task
Criteria Excellent (H1) High standard (H2A / H2B) Sound work (H3) Satisfactory work (Pass) Unsatisfactory (Fail)
Structure, Organisation & Writing
How task is presented & completed; genre or task type; logic, flow, intra-text links; quality of writing Completes all required aspects of task
Presents ideas in consistently coherent (logical) & cohesive (linked) manner
Organises & sequences response appropriate to genre (e.g. clear paragraphing; use of headings or sections where appropriate; any extra-text elements, e.g. figures, are relevant, formatted appropriately & referred to)
Presents ideas concisely & succinctly
Message is clear; language errors rare, minor & non-distracting Completes required aspects of task, though some parts could have been more detailed or balanced
Presents ideas in mostly coherent & cohesive manner with minor inconsistencies or gaps evident
Organised appropriate to genre; minor errors or gaps may be evident, or could have been completed more thoroughly
Ideas concise & succinct for the most part
Message is mostly clear; language errors minimal, infrequent & almost always non-distracting Completes required aspects of task, though some parts needed to be more developed (e.g. underlength or lack detail) or balanced
Presents ideas in coherent & cohesive manner, occasional inconsistencies evident in logic & links between sections
Organised mostly appropriate to genre, though some inconsistencies, errors or gaps may be evident (e.g. short conclusion)
Ideas generally concise & succinct, though there is a sense that parts are verbose
Overall, message is clear, though language errors evident & at times distracting Completes most required aspects of task, though some inconsistencies, errors or gaps are evident (e.g. missing elements)
Ideas mostly presented in coherent & cohesive manner; at times logic or sectional links lacking in clarity
Organised approximate to genre, though inconsistencies, errors or gaps are evident (e.g. missing or incorrect elements) & affect overall quality of response
Ideas needed to be more concise or succinct; sections may be overly long in parts
Overall, the message is clear, however, language errors are distracting Task not completed or displays major gaps in required elements
Ideas not presented with coherence or cohesion; logic not evident or hard to follow; links between sections not clear
Organised somewhat according to genre; though errors or gaps are evident (e.g. missing sections, lack of expected elements) & effect quality of writing or engagement with message
Conciseness or succinctness of ideas not evident; contains irrelevant material
Overall, message is not evident or clear, errors distract significantly
Research & Referencing
Referencing conventions in use of external sources & citation; depth & breadth of research; use of sources Systematic research evident, uses expected/required literature with high currency
Relevant evidence collected from range of sources
Systematically integrates & engages with source information, synthesised with own thoughts
Applies referencing conventions accurately; errors, if any, minor & infrequent Evidence of research, uses expected/ required literature with currency
Evidence collected from range of mostly relevant sources, though may over-rely on some
Integrates & engages with most sources; synthesis with own ideas evident though may rely at times on external ideas;
Applies referencing conventions mostly appropriately & accurately Evidence of research, though may not include some expected/required references, may lack currency
Sources needed to be more diverse, relevant or may be overly reliant on some sources
Offers integration & reference to sources though could have been more evident; attempts to synthesise with own ideas though may rely on external ideas
Applies referencing conventions mostly appropriately & accurately; inaccuracies at times distracting
Evidence of research; uses some expected / required literature though gaps evident in source currency
Limited evidence from a narrow range of sources, mostly appropriate to the task, though texts lacking relevancy may have been used
Attempts integration & reference to sources though needed to be more evident; attempts to synthesise with own ideas though tends to rely more on external ideas
Applies referencing conventions; inaccuracies frequent & distracting Very limited evidence of research; major gaps evident or expected/required works not used or have low currency
Relies on narrow range of sources; some irrelevant
May not attempt integration & synthesis or attempts not successful
May attempt to apply referencing conventions but not successfully
Required number of references may not be evidenced**
