Word Count 2,000 words
Course Learning Objectives
CLO2 Describe and explain the impact of changing legal and institutional arrangements and preferences on the regulation of work and employment; CLO3 Critically examine and assess the impact of different management practices on workers and the nature of work;
CLO5 Comprehend and apply different social science theories to understand contemporary work and employment issues;
CLO6 Value the ways in which employee interests and ideas can contribute to more socially responsible management practices.
Task: Analysis of Contemporary Media Reporting on the World of Work
Students will choose four media articles discussed in four different tutorials between week 2-12 and complete a template (see Canvas) for each individual article which asks them to:
*Identify the challenges workers confront in the article, and how these connect with the essential course readings and key concepts for the topic;
*Reflect as a manager or policy maker and explain how appreciating worker interests as identified in the media report and essential course readings might contribute to certain actions by you to address it.
Assessment criteria will be:
Ability to identify the main issues/arguments presented in the media articles and how they relate to essential course readings.
Ability to identify the different concepts and perspectives on the changing future of work as discussed in essential course readings and how they can be applied to understand the issues raised in the media article.
Ability to clearly and concisely respond to the questions presented in the assignment template.
Ability to reflect as a manager or policy maker and explain how appreciating worker interests as identified in the media report might contribute to certain actions to address it.
！Attached below is the submission template format, and links to media articles in Lessons 2-12.