04 Oct 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 perspectiv

Assignment Three: Analysis of Contemporary Media Reporting

RMIT Classification: Trusted

Media Article One

Topic No: 1 /2 /3 /4 /5 /6 /7 /8 /9 /10 /11 /12

Title of Media Article:

What are the key ideas and arguments presented in the media article as they relate to concepts of work and employment raised in the essential readings? (max 150 word):

What are the benefits and/or challenges workers confront in the article, and how does this connect with the essential readings? (max 150 words):

Reflecting on the issues identified in the media article and relevant essential readings, what actions do you think managers or policy makers should take to resolve them? (max 200 word):

Reference List

Media Article Two

Topic No: 2  /  3  /  4  /  5  /  6  /  7  /  8  /  9 / 10  /  11  /  12

Title of Media Article:

What are the key ideas and arguments presented in the media article as they relate to concepts of work and employment raised in essential readings? (max 150 word):

What are the benefits and/or challenges workers confront in the article, and how does this connect with the essential readings? (max 150 words):

Reflecting on the issues identified in the media article and relevant essential readings, what actions do you think managers or policy makers should take to resolve them? (max 200 word):

Reference List

Media Article Three

Topic No:1 / 2  /  3  /  4  /  5  /  6  /  7  /  8  /  9 / 10  /  11  /  12

Title of Media Article:

What are the key ideas and arguments presented in the media article as they relate to concepts of work and employment raised in essential readings? (max 150 word):

What are the benefits and/or challenges workers confront in the article, and how does this connect with the essential readings? (max 150 words):

Reflecting on the issues identified in the media article and relevant essential readings, what actions do you think managers or policy makers should take to resolve them? (max 200 word):

Reference List

Media Article Four

Topic No:1 / 2  /  3  /  4  /  5  /  6  /  7  /  8  /  9 / 10  /  11  /  12

Title of Media Article:

What are the key ideas and arguments presented in the media article as they relate to concepts of work and employment raised in essential readings? (max 150 word):

What are the benefits and/or challenges workers confront in the article, and how does this connect with the essential readings? (max 150 words):

Reflecting on the issues identified in the media article and relevant essential readings, what actions do you think managers or policy makers should take to resolve them? (max 200 word):

Reference List

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Topic 2:

https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/688085/nbn-co-concedes-issues-field-service-app-amid-worker-uproar/

1. Wise, A. (2013) ‘Pyramid subcontracting and moral detachment: Downsourcing risk and responsibility in the management of transnational labour in Asia’ The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 24(3): 433-455.   

2.   Trusson, C. and Woods, F. (2017). “An End to the Job as We Know It: How an IT Professional Has Experienced the Uncertainty of IT Outsourcing.” Work, Employment and Society 31, no. 3: 542–552

https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/4t5l5f/cdi_crossref_primary_10_1177_0950017016656320

Topic 4:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/robots-gender-pay-gap-europe/

· Fleming, P (2019) ‘Robots and Organization Studies: Why Robots Might Not Want to Steal Your Job’,  Organization Studies, 40(1): 23-37. https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/4t5l5f/cdi_crossref_primary_10_1177_0170840618765568(Links to an external site.) 

https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/4t5l5f/cdi_crossref_primary_10_1177_0170840618765568

· Healy, J., Nicholson, D., & Parker, J. (2017). Guest editors’ introduction: technological disruption and the future of employment relations Links to an external site.
 .  Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work,  27(3): 157-64

Topic 5:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/women-sexually-harassed-in-the-workplace-often-suffer-job-loss-pay-cuts-aware-study

Sayer, Andrew (2007) 'Dignity at Work: Broadening the Agenda'  Organization 14 (4): 565-581. Link

Links to an external site.

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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 Lucas-2017WorkplaceDignityauthorcopy (1).pdf

  

 

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

https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/4t5l5f/cdi_credo_entries_23466256

Topic 11:

https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/how-biometric-monitoring-can-impact-on-your-career-20181203-p50jy6.html

· Jackson, D., & Chapman, E. (2012) ‘Empirically derived competency profiles for Australian business graduates and their implications for industry and business schools’,  International Journal of Management Education, 10(2), 112-128


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· Grugulis, I and Vincent, S (2009) ‘Whose skill is it anyway? soft skills and polarization’  Work, Employment and Society 23 (4): 597-615

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