High performance work systems are effective for the performance of organisations but are not very good for employees” Critically discuss.

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Students are to write an essay (3000 words)  addressing the following:

“High performance work systems are effective for the performance of organisations but are not very good for employees” Critically discuss.. .

The essay must be correctly structured with a proper introduction (where you address the question, your stance on it, key definitions and outline the structure of the paper), body (where you address one point per paragraph using evidence) and a conclusion (where you reiterate the argument).

In academic writing you are expected to meet certain standards with regards to the level of analysis and provide evidence to support points made in developing a line of reasoning and analysis. Discussion should be based on sound research findings and expert observation and comment. The quality of your writing is determined by the credibility and authority of the sources you cite/reference.

The essay must contain at least 15 academic articles from refereed journals. Further, you must use the HARVARD system of referencing.

It is imperative that you read widely. However, you need to be aware of the credibility of all material you use. For example, while newspaper and business journals and magazines report events and comment on a variety of management issues the ‘facts’ may be reported selectively and their accuracy questionable as their purpose is to sell. Such sources are therefore useful to illustrate points or provide examples in your writing but should not be used as substitutes for peer-refereed academic work.

It is expected that you will become familiar with the relevant journals in the university serials collection. For general browsing the following journals may be useful (the list is not exhaustive):

> Academy of Management Journal
> Academy of Management Executive
> Academy of Management Review
> Administrative Science Quarterly
> Journal of Industrial Relations
> British Journal of Industrial Relations
> Industrial Relations
> Relations Industrielles
> Labour and Industry
> Australian Bulletin of Labour
> Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
> Human Resource Management
> Work, Employment  and Society
> International Journal of Human Resource  Management
> Journal of Applied Psychology
> Journal of Management Studies
> Human Relations

There are a number of electronic databases available in the Victoria University Library that are relevant to the study of management.

The most useful data base is EBSCO Megasuite but other data bases that can be useful are:

> Academic Source Premier
> AFA-FT
> AusStats
> Business Source Complete
> Econlit
> Emerald
> International Labour Organisation
> IREL
> JSTOR

The essay will be assessed using the criteria  below:

Introduction:
> Topic and purpose identified clearly
> Key terms defined / explained
> Main argument foreshadowed
> Essay structure foreshadowed

> Content:
> Evidence of wider reading and understanding
> Content relates well to question / topic
> Relevant concepts / theories identified and addressed
> Use of relevant examples to support argument
> Quality of Argument
> Argument developed in a clear and logical manner
> Relevant evidence used appropriately and critically
> Evidence from various sources integrated and synthesised

> Conclusion:
> Question restated clearly
> Argument restated clearly
> Main points supporting argument summarised

> Presentation:
> Written  expression is clear and correct / Evidence of proof reading
> Objectively written
> Clear linkages between paragraphs
> Quality of presentation ( page nos. / headings etc)

> Referencing:
> Correct and consistent in-text referencing (Harvard Method)
> Accurate Reference List (Appropriate range & number used & cited correctly in alphabetical order)

We could think of “social policy” as a set of rules or laws that deal with social issues.

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˜I has a lot of issues with the research  paper for this psychology class. This is the last step I Need the Method research part and the Bigger question part. I can upload the directions the method I am using is

Qualitative Research Method
studies things in their natural setting trying to interpret phenomena based on meanings people give them. its about quality rather than quantity.

Name 1 of the 7 research methods you will use for your proposed study.  Describe why this method you’ve chosen is a good way to answer your research question (200 words).  Then, include a detailed description of the following information.  Write all this out in complete sentences:

  1. How many participants will be in it (texts count as participants)?
  2. Why is this number a good one to use?
  3. How you will recruit participants?   Do you foresee any problems gaining access to the participants you need?  Be VERY detailed here about exactly where you will get these people and what you will say to them.
  4. EXACTLY what you will do and say with them (this part needs to be at least 1 typed page, at least 350 words).  IMPORTANT PART!!  If you will be doing interviews, list ALL the questions you will ask.
  5. Present a published study or book or book chapter that uses a methodology that is similar to yours.  Include this citation in your references section.  Describe in 90 words the similarities and differences you see.
  6. What the “data” will be that you will analyze (if you are not using human participants, describe exactly what your data sources will be, e.g., texts, movies)
  7. How will you record these data?
  8. How you will analyze these data?  Be very detailed and specific here (300 words)

Bigger Questions

We could think of a “social problem” as something that exists in our society that you or others view as undesirable, painful, unjust, harmful, damaging, etc.  When you think of your results, what social problem in the world does it touch on?  Write a paragraph of 150 words on how your research could inform approaches to this social problem?

We could think of “social policy” as a set of rules or laws that deal with social issues.  This would include rules or laws pertaining to: promoting the general welfare, politics and voting, housing, education, income maintenance, and policies for physical and mental health.  Allowing gays to marry or not marry would be a social policy.  Not allowing children to work if they are under 16 would be a social policy.  Which social policy out there does your research touch on?  Write a paragraph of 150 words on how your research would change or strengthen or weaken some existing social policy or policies.

Explain which approach to data analysis might be most effective for drug addiction.

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In psychology, quantitative and qualitative  analysis are two regularly used approaches to examine phenomena and analyse data. There are many factors you must consider in order to determine the best approach to examine phenomena and analyse data. These include phenomena you plan to examine, the research question(s) you hope to answer, and the type of data you intend to collect. These factors inform which approach you may take. In this Discussion, you assess Drug addiction in the context of quantitative and qualitative data analysis. To prepare for this discussion, review this week’s learning.
Discussion Question:
1. Provide a brief description of Drug addiction.
2. Explain how data analysis of this issue might differ when you use a quantitative approach and a qualitative approach.
3. Explain which approach to data analysis might be most effective for drug addiction.

Note: To prepare for this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources (attached). 

Instructions:
1). Support the Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation (including URL where applicable).
2). All sources must be scholarly.
3. Include In-text citations and references ALL in the APA format.
Resources: Creswell, J. W. (2013). Qualitative inquiry & research design: Choosing among five approaches (3rd ed. Chapter 7). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Apply the chosen ethical theory to one of the following scenarios and explain how the theory provides a basis for rational decision making.

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Logos II Ethical Case Study – Assessment  Task 
Length: 1,000 – 1,500 words 
Grade weighting: 
TASK (you should structure the case study in the following way): 
1) Choose one of these ethical theories and explain it as clearly as you can (highlight its key aspects): 
a) Either Virtue Ethics 
b) Or Natural Law (Ethical) theory 
c) Or Deontological Ethics 
2) Apply the chosen ethical theory to one of the following scenarios and explain how the theory provides a basis for rational decision  making. You should apply parts of the theory specifically to the scenario. For example, specific virtues in Virtue Ethics or specific maxims and imperatives in Deontology or specific (basic) goods in Natural Law, and explain how these help you to solve some of the ethical challenges that arise. 
3) What are 1 or 2 major strengths and weaknesses of the theory (you should discuss at least one strength and one weakness, and you should draw on research and authoritative academic sources, not mere opinions, here) 
4) Explain (briefly) whether or not the chosen ethical theory will help you resolve ethical dilemmas in the future in your own life or in the professional sphere, and why. 

SCENARIOS 
Case study 1 
You are a conscientious, politically informed, concerned student and citizen. It comes to your attention that in a nearby country police have found thousands of children kept as slaves, some as young as 5, some as old as 16. They are traumatised and poorly fed, and kept in unsanitary conditions. You discover that they were forced to work for up to 18 hours a day and given very little food to eat. You also discover that many had been sold by their parents for less than AUS$150. 
You hear that there are many child traffickers working in towns and cities and that the network stretches overseas. 
You have shown a particular talent for ethics and ethical reasoning in your academic studies, and you are asked by a prominent newspaper to comment online on the ethical issues (and make recommendations). 
What do you think ought to be done and why? 

Case study 2 
A major study is published in a leading academic psychology journal that claims that reliance on social media is no less addictive than sex and smoking. They claim that a recurrent urge to go on social media is not just a temptation but could constitute an “addiction”. They find that almost one in every two people check their social media sites up to 12 times a day. They find a strong connection between being on social media and the activation of circuits in the brain which are associated with reward (also familiar to scientists from studies of alcohol and nicotine addiction). The “FOMO” factor, they say, is fuelling an increase in an obsessive, or near-obsessive, attachment to smart technologies at the expense of “actual-world” interactions and possibly at the expense of social skills needed for such interactions. 
In the study, the scientists kept an eye on 500 people (with their consent) over a period of 14 days and recorded their behaviour in relation to social media sites. In particular they recorded reported urges or impulses to log on and check social media pages on phones and smart gadgets. 
The subjects varied in age from 16-80. They were each given a smart phone (with internet connectivity) and asked the subjects for regular reports from each person about their desire to log onto their social media page(s). At the same time, the subjects were asked to report regularly on their urge to drink (alcohol) or smoke (if they are smokers). The subjects were given ready access to sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 
The study concludes that even though the urge to sleep, for example, is much stronger than the urge to check social media, the latter was actually very difficult to resist. They suggest that there is further scope for study here and that there may be a connection with a gene that has been linked in previous studies with nicotine addiction. 
You are an influential leader in a university community where social media are extremely popular and where some of your peers find it difficult to stop themselves from frequently checking social media. You suspect that some are addicted and are becoming social media dependent, and do not know it. 
What do you think ought to be done and why? 

Case study 3 
The government of a neighbouring country (and a close trading partner and ally of Australia) is proposing to change the laws to make it not unlawful to say things which may  offend or humiliate others on the basis of their “race” or “ethnicity”. 
The first “justification” they give in defense of the proposed change is that it is not wrong to speak even in bigoted terms about others and even if these others are likely to be offended or humiliated. The second justification given is that people in this country offend and humiliate others every day (for example in parliamentary debates or “at the football”!) The third justification given is that it is a democratic “right” to voice one’s opinions, and to do so in a public space, even if they are likely to offend or insult or humiliate others. 
You are in a position to sway the government’s view on this matter. 
What would you recommend and why? 
(Focus only on the ethical dimensions, not the legal ones.) 

Case study 4 
You are a promising, highly talented young student in health science with a large group of social media friends, colleagues and associates (including influential deans, associate deans, senior academics and professionals). 
You all become aware of an important study in a leading health science journal that concludes that almost 80% of patients who have cancer and who are on chemotherapy think that this is part of a cure (even though it is not); they also believe that health professionals are much more effective communicators when they are communicating things optimistically and positively – and the patients tend to give such health professionals much higher ratings in satisfaction surveys. 
You believe strongly that honesty is an important, indeed essential, part of your discipline and profession, and indeed, your own life. 
What do you think ought to be done in such cases and why?