Assessment 2: Case Study
Word Limit: 2000 words (you can go over or under the word limit by 200 words > 10% of the overall word count)
Submission: Students are required to submit their assignment s via the Final tab on Turnitin. Assignments not submitted via Turnitin Final Tab will not be marked. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have submitted to the correct tab as failure to do so could result in late penalties being imposed. Late submissions will attract a penalty of 5% on the due day and 10% for every day that the assignment is late. There is no need for a hardcopy submission.
Samsung Case Study
As a business, Samsung is currently experiencing some challenges from the external environment. Using the following media releases (that is hyperlinked to the media release title) and your research on the company write an essay addressing the two questions below.
Media releases (see in attachments)
Acknowledging a crisis, Samsung is trying to improve its corporate culture
Samsung Techwin Payment System
Samsung Elec to freeze salaries in South Korea for first time since 2009
Samsung to Freeze South Korean Salaries in 2015 as Profit Slumps
1. Critically analyse the company’s approach toward setting pay rates.
In doing so, students should:
b. Clearly identify the company’s approach toward setting pay rates
c. Explain two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of this approach
2. Provide recommendations on how Samsung can retain and motivate employees in the face of external challenges.
In doing so, students should:
b. Clearly identify two (2) external challenges
c. Provide two (2) recommendations on how Samsung could retain and motivate employees using non-financial based incentives and approaches
It is important for students to keep in mind that your essay needs to be well structured and coherent such that it clearly communicates insightful and critical thinking in relation to HR issues.
Your essay will be assessed primarily on the ability to recognise, analyse and discuss the key issues, theories and practices relevant in the case study as well as the inter-linkages between HR issues. Please see these specific criteria and other criteria in following rubric:
Case Study Essay Rubric
Please note that the referencing style for this unit is Chicago (16th Edition) referencing style. The minimum amount of academic (peer-reviewed journal articles) sources is 10 and the word limit is 2000 words. Access the following hyperlink to view the Chicago referencing handout:
Chicago Referencing
Students are required to attach an assignment cover sheet. Relevant sections of the assignment cover sheet need to be filled. Cover sheet sheet can be downloaded from the following link:
Assignment Cover Sheet
Other relevant information include:
Your tutor’s name must be written on the front of the cover sheet or your essay may not be marked. Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure you know who your tutor is before the assignment due date.
Students are encouraged to use headings and subheadings in their essay;
Essays must only be submitted to Turnitin and there is no need for hardcopy submission. You are advised to retain the email receipt that you receive when you submit to the Final Tab in Turnitin.
Turnitin can be access via the ‘Assessment’ section of Blackboard. Once you are in this section, click on ‘Assessment 2….’ which is highlighted in red. Please submit your work to Turnitin which checks your work for any evidence of Plaigirism. You can submit two drafts which should be submitted to the ‘DRAFT – Case Study Essay’ section and the FINAL copy goes to ‘FINAL – Case Study Essay’ section.
Access the following hyperlink for key information on the Written Assignment:
Key information – Case Study Essay
Important written assignment information
Late submissions and penalties
• A student must apply for an assessment extension on the Assessment Extension Form, as prescribed by the Academic Registrar. The form is available on the Forms page at http://students.curtin.edu.au/administration. The student will be expected to lodge the form and supporting documentation with the unit coordinator before the assessment date/time or due date/time.
• If a late submission of assignment is accepted, students will be penalised by ten percent per calendar day for a late assessment submission (eg a mark equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be deducted from the marked value for every day that the assessment is late).
Word count: 2000
• All sections except the title page and reference list are included in the 2,000 word count.
• Students are allowed to go over (2,200) or under (1,800) the word count by 10%
Conventions of academic writing
• The assignments must be typed on white A4 paper with 1.5 spacing, and a 2.5cm margin at the top and bottom of the page, and on the right-hand and left-hand sides. You should use 12 point font for the text (14 point font for headings, if you like), Times New Roman (preferred).
• The assignments should be grammatically correct and well punctuated. As a tertiary level student, a high standard of written English is expected. Your assignments should be clear, concise, neatly presented, and easy to read. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in a significant loss of marks.
Assignment submission:
• Essays must be submitted via the Final Case Study Tab in Turnitin
• There is no need for hardcopy submission
Turnitin:
• Turnitin can be access via the ‘Assessment’ section of Blackboard.
• Two tabs have been created in Turnitin; the Draft and the Final tab.
• Students are given one opportunity to submit the draft copy of their assignment to the DRAFT tab for which they will receive an originality report. Students are encouraged to submit the draft copy of the assignment to the DRAFT tab and use the feedback from the originality report (that will be emailed to students) to amend the assignment to ensure that plagiarism has not occurred.
• Students are also advised to exercise extreme caution when submitting into the FINAL tab as there is only ONE opportunity to upload the correct copy which will be marked.
• There is no acceptable maximum percentage for Turnitin. Turnitin is merely a tool for checking similarities between documents and is therefore not an indication of plagiarism. Students may have a high percentage match but they may also have referenced appropriately in which case the student will be penalised for the inability to demonstrate independent thought – this is not plagiarism. On the other hand, students may have a low percentage match but can be considered to have plagiarised if they did not acknowledge the sources accordingly.
Students will need to check their assignments to ensure that they have referenced correctly. Failure to reference correctly and adequately could result in plagiarism.
Samsung Techwin Payment System
http://www.samsungtechwin.com/recruit/benefit.asp
Samsung Elec to freeze salaries in South Korea for first time since 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/26/us-samsung-elec-wage-idUSKBN0LU0C020150226
Samsung to Freeze South Korean Salaries in 2015 as Profit Slumps
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-26/samsung-to-freeze-south-korean-salaries-in-2015-as-profit-slumps
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