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Assignment 1—Due Sunday 26thth March to Turnitin by 6pm
All assignments must use the Assignment cover sheet (available from the SAIBT Student Portal)—whether submitted electronically or in hard copy.
To pass the course you must satisfactorily complete its assessment requirements. Achievement of a pass in the course will be secured by obtaining 50 marks overall. Details of assessment submission and return are listed under each assessment task.
Re-marking and re-submission are not permitted except for Assignment 1 If you get a Fail 1 result in Assignment 1 you can resubmit to your lecturer and may get a Pass 2 result capped at 50%.
Purpose This assignment is designed to explore ambiguities associated with work. It also serves as an introduction to research and the concept of “triangulation of research sources”. It requires you to collect information from multiple sources and use it to develop and support an argument (in the form of an essay). Task Description In this assignment, you will consider a statement about work, research information which relates to it, and discuss the statement, supporting the discussion with information from research. The assignment will be in the form of a short essay of 500 words.
This assignment is designed to explore ambiguities associated with work. It also serves as an introduction to research and the concept of “triangulation of research sources”. It requires you to collect Courformation: BUSS1057 5 Trimester 20170
information from multiple sources and use it to develop and support an argument (in the form of an essay). You are required to write a short essay (of 500 words) on:
Svendse writes that “Work can be regarded as a curse or a blessing”. In what ways is work a curse or blessing in modern society?
You need to develop and support your argument using multiple sources of information. These sources should include: 1. Textbook (some of the relevant chapters are chapters 1 – 5. But you can go beyond the suggested chapters). And any two of the following sources: 2. Academic journal articles 3. Art/Film/TV/Newspapers 4. Books – other than the textbook Note; You must use three different sources. One source MUST be the textbook then two other sources from the ones identified above.
How to go about it? 1. Read the statement in the context of the relevant chapters of the textbook. 2. Make notes about your views on this topic. 3. Select any two of the additional sources listed above – to consider and evaluate different views on the topic. 4. Discuss these ideas in a short essay of 500 words.
Resources A number of resources are available to assist you with this assignment: 2. A guide to the writing of essays at UniSA is available at A guide to the writing of essays at UniSA is available at https://resource.unisa.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=23926 3. Assistance is also available to help in structuring an argument from your lecturer. 4. The referencing style to be used in this assignment is the UniSA variant of the Harvard style. This can be accessed from the University’s referencing website at https://resource.unisa.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1572&topic=4 The Roadmap to referencing is particularly helpful. .
Submission instructions Submit your assignment 1 through the Moodle site available on course site under assessments heading. Use word format.
Feedback Feedback will be given within two weeks of the submission date. Complete the ‘rubrics’ at the bottom of the Feedback form available on the course site,, indicating your self-evaluation of the assignment against the criteria. Include the Feedback form in Word format at the end of the assignment. Feedback forms are provided on the course site. For assessment criteria refer to the Feedback sheet on course site. Due date The completed assignment is due on 26th March to Turnitin online submission 2017 by 6pm to Course Moodle site.
Assessment criteria
• Clear conclusion to the essay, related to the topic/question
• Clearly identify values
• Identify ways values are contextual, ambiguous
• Convey an understanding of history of ideas
• Assignment must be predominantly from the allocated source.
Proper referencing using the Harvard system and three different reference sources including Svendsen. Course Information: BUSS1057 6 Trimester 201701
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