University of Sussex Department of Business & Management Managing Human Resources (971N1)
University of Sussex
Department of Business & Management
Managing Human Resources (971N1)
2020-2021 A3 Period
Assessment: 30% Essay Resit
The essay has a word limit of 1,500 words (+/- 10%) excluding references. You should employ Harvard referencing and maintain professional levels of writing style, spelling and punctuation. The font size should be 12 point (Times New Roman or Arial) and you should use 1.5 or double line spacing.
Using examples, students should critically explain how home working is changing HRM, specifically the recruitment and development of individuals? What are the challenges and opportunities for line management when employees work remotely?
At least two relevant business cases are needed in the essay. These can be organisations in the private, public or voluntary sector. The assessment is an essay so headings are NOT needed. You should not have a contents page. You may have your own essay title, which is unique to your work. Further instructions have been provided on Page 2.
The suggested reading for the module can act as a starting point for the essay, but you are required to conduct additional research using a wide range of sources. Please carefully review the Library’s business and management resources for journal articles, databases and other published information.
Further instructions
All essays should be typed and e-submitted on Canvas. Note the submission date and read the procedure on how to submit your work: See http://www.sussex.ac.uk/tel/submission/students. The process will involve ‘turnitin’, which will check the originality of documents. If students have copied or plagiarised from other sources, this will be detected and dealt with accordingly (see below).
Academic misconduct and plagiarism: Students submitting essays and other coursework assessments should be aware that the penalties imposed upon students committing academic misconduct may include obtaining zero marks for the assessment unit, or even more severe penalties. For example, if a student has been found to have copied another student’s work, they will fail the assessment. See http://www.sussex.ac.uk/s3/?id=155 for further information. The most common forms of misconduct that are usually detected are plagiarism and personation. Find out more about them – and how to avoid them – here: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/s3/?id=35
Marking Criteria
Category
Mark %
Check List
Description
Distinction
70-100
Learning & Knowledge
High level of reflective learning.
Excellent knowledge of subject area.
Literature
Extensive, relevant & appropriate use of literature
Writing & structure
Very well structured, written and argued essay
Analysis & level of criticality
Critical thinking.
Evidence of in-depth analysis
Research skills
Very-well researched essay
The work demonstrates excellent understanding of the subject and provides a critical analysis of themes and issues. It draws effectively on relevant literature, which is well-referenced and cited, and concepts to build a comprehensive and cohesive argument. Work graded at 70 and above is characterised by persuasive reasoning backed up by appropriate illustrative examples.
Merit
60-69
Learning & Knowledge
Reflective learning
Good knowledge of subject area
Literature
Uses a range of relevant literature
Writing & structure
Well written, structured & argued
Analysis & level of criticality
Evidence of appropriate analysis
Attempt to be critical
Research skills
Demonstrates research skills
The work demonstrates a very good understanding of the subject. Key themes and debates in the literature are recognised and are at least referred to if not taken up throughout the essay. It makes an attempt to analyse and discuss the topic. It doesn’t however go in-depth neither does it develop critical thinking and analysis.
Pass
50-59
Learning & Knowledge
Some evidence of reflective learning.
Basic understanding of the subject & limited understanding of the academic debates in the area.
Literature
Uses relevant literature
Writing & structure
Arguments and writing style are basic and somewhat incomplete in places.
Analysis & level of criticality
Evidence of basic data analysis
Limited or lack of critical thinking
Research skills
Basic research skills
The work demonstrates a basic understanding of the subject. It draws on some relevant literature but makes limited use of it. It makes an attempt to develop some arguments which however lack critical and analytical context. Basic structure of the essay and a patchy flow of arguments.
Fail
Less than 50
Learning & Knowledge
Fails to achieve reflective learning
Literature
Very limited use or lack of bibliography and use of in-text citations.
Writing & structure
Poor or lack of structure and confusing writing style
Analysis & level of criticality
Lack of analysis and
critical thinking
Research skills
Poor research skills
The essay demonstrates poor understanding of the subject. There is limited or no use of relevant literature and significant gaps in its interpretation. The essay lacks analysis and coherent arguments.
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DDBA 8303 Small-Scale Qualitative Research Project Overview Introduction The primary Assignments for
DDBA 8303 Small-Scale Qualitative Research Project Overview
Introduction
The primary Assignments for this course (done over multiple weeks) involve the completion of a small-scale qualitative research project, which is intended to walk you through some of the conceptual challenges you will face when doing qualitative research and to help you build skills in doing such research. This series of Assignments focuses on you conducting interviews with at least two individuals and then transcribing the interviews and coding the interview transcriptions into a qualitative research format.
The purpose of this handout is to provide supplemental information to help you successfully complete this series of Assignments.
Elements of Your Study – By Week
Week 1: Selecting Your Small-Scale Project Subject
During Week 1, you should identify at least two potential interviewees and the topic for your small-scale qualitative research study. Ideally, you would seek to identify individuals who may be related to a general topic that you intend to examine for your Doctoral Study (that is, choose a “purposive sample”).
However, given the short timeframe in which you are to choose a topic and identify your interviewees, you may have to rely on what is termed “convenience sampling.” That is, you could choose a topic and people that will allow you to run through the processes of conducting a good qualitative research interview and write-up, but that have nothing to do with your Doctoral Study—or even business. In other words, you would choose a topic and people that you can access conveniently in order to complete the project in a timely manner.
What is important is that you structure the interviews to talk about an issue of substance and that you choose a topic that you can then analyze and write up. The closer you can get to conducting interviews about a topic related to business, or related directly to your Doctoral Study, the better, but that is not a formal requirement for this series of Assignments.
Once you have chosen your topic and interviewees, post (a) a two-paragraph summary of the process by which you selected your business problem, your interviewees (two or more), and how you will gain access to your participants and (b) a brief rationale for why you have chosen this topic and detailed information identifying why the interviewees are appropriate.
Week 2: The Interview Guide
During Week 2, you will prepare for your interview by completing the Interview Guide Template, which models similar activities that you will have to complete if you are doing a qualitative research design for your DBA Doctoral Study.
You will submit your completed Interview Guide Template, which will include the following components:
Primary Business Research Phenomenon
Research Question (Level 2)
Primary Research Goal(s)
Initial Probe Questions
Targeted Interview Questions (Level 1)
Targeted Follow-up Questions
Wrap-up Question
Week 3: Conducting the Interviews
During Week 3, you will begin planning the interview process and preparing for your interviews. You will review the Required Media on planning and conducting interviews in preparation for conducting your interviews and submitting your interview transcriptions next week. Remember, your interviews should last 15–20 minutes and must be audio-recorded, since this is the standard for good practice in qualitative research interviews. As a reminder, there is no submission due this week, but you should work to complete your interviews and transcriptions for next week.
Week 4: Conducting the Interviews
During Week 4 (if you have not already done so), you should conduct the actual interviews. Seek to conduct the interviews in a location that is comfortable and quiet for both you and your interviewees. Bring your prepared Interview Guide Template and a dependable recording device that can accommodate 20 minutes of interview material. Note: This does NOT have to be a tape recorder; you could use a computer, iPhone or other smartphone that has a recording application, or other recording device.
You are required to record the interviews, as that is a baseline practice for effective qualitative research. You should also take notes, however, that would allow you to reconstruct the interviews should your recording fail. This means that you should write down, within quotations, key phrases and important segments so you can reconstruct if need be. You will submit your completed interview transcriptions, which each should include no more than 20 minutes of transcribed material.
Week 5: Coding of the Interview and Theme Analysis
In Week 5, you will use your completed transcription document, and you will code your transcriptions and identify themes. You will complete and submit the Transcript and Coding Template for both interviews, to include the following components:
Your research questions for these interviews
A list of the codes you developed from your interview transcripts
A description of your thinking or working process, explaining how you developed your codes, including any evolution of your coding system
In-text coding for your interviews (This means that you are to select and identify chunks of data [codes]. Then create a list of themes and their descriptions developed from the codes. Keep your interview transcripts intact, and show where you have applied the codes to the text.)
Week 6: Small-Scale Qualitative Research Project Write-Up
Finally, in Week 6, you will write up and submit a 5- to 7-page synthesis in which you detail the process and results for your small-scale qualitative research project. Your synthesis, which you will complete using the Small-Scale Qualitative Project Write-Up Template, should include the following components:
Background of the Problem
Research Problem
Interview Questions
Data Collection (Interview Transcripts)
Data Analysis (Coding and Theme Analysis)
Presentation of Findings
Conclusion
References (in APA format)
Conclusion
At the completion of this series of Assignments, you will have a small working model of the process that one undertakes during a qualitative research project! Remember, you worked on just a 20-minute sequence, based on two interviews. When you begin to work on your actual Doctoral Study using qualitative methods (should you use a qualitative or mixed design), the research design will be much more complicated, and you will spend considerable amounts of time preparing for multiple interviews, collecting data from various sources, analyzing and coding large segments of data, and writing up the final results.
Qualitative research is extremely rewarding, but it requires considerable planning and time to execute properly. You now have experience with some of the basic techniques required for successful qualitative research!
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Explain what is meant by a credible source? Select a topic related
Writing Assignment Help Explain what is meant by a credible source? Select a topic related to commercial construction methods or materials, research online for information related to the topic and establish one reliable/ credible source of information. Document the source as the first entry in your list of references in Harvard style.
Instructions for Q2: Indicate in your answer what topic you have selected. The topic must be related to commercial construction methods or materials.
Explain the steps in the process of determining the type of construction required for a building.
Instructions for Q3: You may prepare a flowchart or write numbered steps. You may use tables/ images from the NCC but remember to indicate a source and reference for each image/ table.
(Knowledge evidence)
Choose any 2 buildings (classes 2 to 9) and indicate the following for each building:
Provide a photo and description
Determine the building classification (single, multiple or mixed as applicable)
Characteristics of the occupants/ people using the building
Rise in storeys
Type of construction required as per the NCC 2019 (Amd 1) Volume One.
Instructions for Q4: You may choose the buildings from your neighbourhood or anywhere in Australia using Google maps/ Google street view.
(Knowledge evidence)
Select a case study of a commercial building and explain the construction process and trade sequencing using photos and drawings. You may refer to any Youtube video/ website or a project from your work experience. Please provide a reference to the source of your information.
Write a short (max 350 words) essay on how the construction methods and materials commonly used in commercial buildings in Australia have changed from traditional to current times. Also comment on the new and emerging trends in the industry. You may use photos and images in addition to the word limit.
Briefly explain the following (approx. 150 words each):
What is underpinning? List the different methods of underpinning and explain any one method in detail using photos and drawings.
What is site de-watering? List the different methods of de-watering and explain any one method in detail using photos and drawings.
What is soil/ ground stabilisation? List the different methods of soil stabilisation and explain any one method in detail using photos and drawings.
(Range of conditions + Knowledge evidence)
Research online and identify an Australian company/ subcontractor that provides:
Excavation services
Demolition services
Underpinning services
Dewatering services and
Soil stabilisation services
Provide the name and website of the company and briefly list what services they provide.( Range of conditions + Knowledge evidence)
Referring to AS 2870-2011 and AS 1726-2017, explain how geotechnical investigation is carried out for a commercial project. Using a sample report, explain what information was presented in the geotechnical report for the commercial project? You may use one from the sample reports provided by your teacher.( Range of conditions + Knowledge evidence)
Instructions for Question 10 to 14
The following questions are based on the 4 projects provided to you by your teacher.
The projects are:
Project 1 – Childcare centre at Ashburton, Vic (Drawings available in Moodle)
Project 2 – Self-storage building at Epping (Drawings available via one drive)
Project 3 – Mixed-use building with basement car stacker at Toorak Road, Camberwell (Drawings available via one drive)
Project 4 – Retail/ Office building at Chapel Street, Windsor (South Yarra) with 2 level basements (Drawings available via one drive)
Refer to the Project 1 drawings of the childcare centre at Ashburton and answer the following questions (answer each part separately):
Give a brief description of the proposed building (including basement).
Explain the basement construction method that is proposed in the structural drawings. Support your answer with screenshots from the drawings with proper referencing.
Refer to Project 3 drawings of the mixed-use building at Toorak Road, Camberwell and answer the following questions (answer each part separately):
Give a brief description of the proposed building (including basement).
Study and summarise the recommendations of the geotechnical engineer for the footings, basement excavation and retention system in the geotechnical report.
Explain in detail the basement excavation and construction method and the retention system that is proposed in the structural drawings? Support your answer with screenshots from the drawings with proper referencing.
In your opinion, why was the proposed basement construction method chosen over the other recommended ones from the Geotechnical report?
(Range of conditions + Knowledge evidence)
Refer to the Project 4 drawings of the retail/ office building at Chapel Street, Windsor (South Yarra) and answer the following questions (answer each part separately):
Give a brief description of the proposed building (including basement).
Indicate the types of footings and slab (ground) proposed for the building in the drawings. Support your answer with screenshots of footing details from the structural drawings.
Explain in detail the basement excavation and construction method and the retention system that is proposed in the structural drawings?Support your answer with screenshots from the drawings with proper referencing.
Is the proposed basement a wet or a dry (tanked) basement? Give details of the proposed waterproofing system in the drawings including screenshot of the relevant detail?Indicate the Australian standard that is applicable to this basement waterproofing method.
(Range of conditions + Knowledge evidence)
Refer to the Project 1, Project 2,Project 3and Project 4structural drawings and complete the following comparison table:
(Range of conditions + Knowledge evidence)
Project 1 Childcare centre
Project 2 Self-storage building
Project 3 Mixed-use building
Project 4 Retail/ office building
Allowable bearing pressure indicated (kPa) for:
Strip footings
Pad footings
Slab (ground)
Bored Piers
Basement walls/ shotcrete
Grade of concrete (MPa) specified for:
Strip footings
Pad footings
Slab (ground)
Bored piers
Basement walls/ shotcrete
Damproofing/ waterproofingmethod or product used:
Under footings
Under slab
Basement walls
Research Paper Econimcs
Do not use the local newspaper as a source. Issues must be no older than six weeks (if you cannot determine the original date of the publication, do not use this article – it is irrelevant when you retrieved the article from the internet) on at least two articles that can be used to apply the macroeconomic concepts dealt with in this course. The reviews should follow the format given in the example and include a graphical application (it should deal with the more advanced concepts of aggregate demand and aggregate supply as it pertains to monetary and fiscal policy). The paper will be broken into three sections:a) summary of the main issues in the article,b) applications of economic theories (Mandatory application of fiscal and/or monetary policy) with graphical application – (Mandatory application of AD/AS – draw using MS Word or simply draw it, take a picture, and upload).c) a personal viewpoint.[supanova_question]
Research Paper Econimcs
Do not use the local newspaper as a source. Issues must be no older than six weeks (if you cannot determine the original date of the publication, do not use this article – it is irrelevant when you retrieved the article from the internet) on at least two articles that can be used to apply the macroeconomic concepts dealt with in this course. The reviews should follow the format given in the example and include a graphical application (it should deal with the more advanced concepts of aggregate demand and aggregate supply as it pertains to monetary and fiscal policy). The paper will be broken into three sections:a) summary of the main issues in the article,b) applications of economic theories (Mandatory application of fiscal and/or monetary policy) with graphical application – (Mandatory application of AD/AS – draw using MS Word or simply draw it, take a picture, and upload).c) a personal viewpoint.[supanova_question]