Assessment Task 3:Analysis of Contemporary Media Reporting on the World of Work

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 key ideas presented in the media article as they relate to concepts of work and employment raised in course lectures and readings;
*Identify the benefits and/or challenges workers confront in the article, and how these connect with the course readings for the topic;
*Reflect as a manager or policy maker and explain how appreciating worker interests as identified in the media report 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
Ability to identify the different concepts and perspectives on the changing future of work 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.

Week 5 Media article: https://theconversation.com/why-bosses-should-let-employees-surf-the-web-at-work-128444
 Essential readings: 
Sayer, Andrew (2007) ‘Dignity at Work: Broadening the Agenda’ Organization 14 (4): 565-581. Link
 
Lucas, Kristin (2017) Workplace Dignity in Scott, C. and Lewis, L (eds) The International Encyclopedia of Organisational Communication. John Wiley and Sons: 1-13 Link (Links to an external site.)  Lucas-2017WorkplaceDignityauthorcopy (1).pdf download 
Spicer, A. and Fleming, P. (2016) ‘Resisting the 24/7 Work Ethic: Shifting Modes of Regulation and Refusal in Organized Employment’ in Courpasson, D. and Vallas, S. (eds) The SAGE Handbook of Resistance. London: Sage Publications: 121-136. Link

Week 8 Media article: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54654813
 
Essential readings: 

Huang, S. and Yeoh, B. (2003) ‘The Difference Gender Makes: State Policy and Contract Migrant Workers in Singapore’ Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 12 (1-2): 75-97 (Links to an external site.).
Ong, Y (2014) ‘Singapore’s Phantom Workers’, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 44(3): 443-463.
Yea, S and Chok, S (2018) ‘Unfreedom Unbound: Developing a Cumulative Approach to Understanding Unfree Labour in Singapore’, Work, Employment and Society, 32(5): 925-941.

Week 10 Media article: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/cambodian-garment-workers-struggle-after-eu-withdraws-trade-perks
 Essential readings: 

Natsuda, K., Goto, K. and Thoburn, J. (2010) ‘Challenges to the Cambodian garment industry in the global garment value chain’ European Journal of Development Research 22: 469-493 (Links to an external site.).
Yu, X. (2015) ‘Upholding labour standards through corporate social responsibility policies in China’ Global Social Policy, 15 (2): 167-187 (Links to an external site.).
Compa, L. (2008) ‘Corporate Social Responsibility and Workers’ Rights’, Comparative Labor and Policy Journal 30 (1): 1-10. (Links to an external site.)
ILO (2018) ‘ILO and Singapore moving forward to promote decent work in South East Asia’, ILO, https://www.ilo.org/asia/media-centre/news/WCMS_631487/lang–en/index.htm