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ZCMA6092 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SEMESTER 2 ACADEMIC SESSION 2023/2024
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (30%)
As an MBA student, you must be able to follow the instructions carefully. Therefore, please make sure that you read through the following instructions before attempting your individual assignment. It is also important to make sure that you avoid making mistakes, especially during your writing stage and submission stage.
TASK:
Write a short academic essay addressing the following theme:
Application of the new technology in human resource management:
Addressing the what, the why and the how.
Operations Research: Volume One, Introduction to Mathematical Programming, by Wayne L. Winston, and Munirpallam Venkataramanan, fourth edition [WV], or, Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms Wayne L. Winston, fourth edition [W].You must use the knowledge that you have acquired in the Research Methodology class on how to write a good literature review. There must be proper citations when you refer a fact to some published works. If you forget how to write a literature review, please revise your notes again before writing this academic essay.
Because the theme is not a topic, you are required to choose a topic. Then, write the title of your academic essay based on the topic that you have chosen. Never use the theme as the title of your paper. A theme, atopic and a title are three different aspects of an academic essay.
Please refer to the rubrics when writing your essay. It is a guideline for you on how to produce a good quality academic essay. This rubrics also serves as the standard marking scheme to ensure fairness and consistency.
FORMAT:
The length of your essay should be in between 900 and 1000 words only. Make sure to write the complete information of the resources in the Reference section. The full format is as follow:
1. Length of project paper: between 900 and 1000 words – excluding cover page, references, tables and diagrams.
2. Referencing style: APA – all information must be included. Refer to the following link for guidelines:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html
3. Font type and size: Times New Roman, 12
4. Spacing: 1.5 – same spacing to be used throughout the paper
5. Cover page must include: Semester and academic session, course code and name, student’s name, student’s matric number, and date of submission.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
1. All written works must be submitted to the course instructor by 24th May 2024 before 10 PM viae-mail:myassessment2020@gmail.comin Word format only.
. Marks will be deducted if you submit your assignment in PDF format.
. Always check that the email address written in the recipient box is correct.
. Do not send your assignment to my personal email. Any submission to my personal email will be ignored and no notification will be sent to you about it.
2. Any late submission for whatever reasons will not be accepted.
3. Submission can be done once only. Subsequent submission for whatever reasons (example: wrong file, wrong format, added information) will not be accepted.
IMPORTANT NOTE
1. Each student must make sure to avoid plagiarizing existing works. Please refer to the Internet resources (i.e. Google for it) on how to avoid plagiarism. A plagiarism check will be run through on all submitted works.
. The similarity rate must not be more than 20%. Any percentage higher than 20% indicate plagiarism.
2. Each student must also make sure to avoid copying each other’swork.
3. In case any of the two mentioned issues is found in the written work, an F will be given as the final grade to the student.
4. Plagiarism and cheating are misconducts. They are not to be tolerated for whatever reasons.
5. If you use a generative-AI writing assistance, you must declare it and describe which part of your essay have you used this tool. Failure to do so is considered cheating.
ACADEMIC ESSAY RUBRICS
Your written assignment will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
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The relevance of topic chosen to the course and the given theme, including creative title reflecting the issue to be addressed. |
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Complete information included in the essay: the what, the why, and the how, written in an essay format without sub-headings. |
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Able to use the literature review approach learned from the Research Methodology class correctly, including using the in-text citations properly. |
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Able to articulate thoughts and ideas based on the published literature/references and relate to the given tasks. |
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Language mechanics: grammatically correct, logically arrange, absence of typo, etc. |
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Adhere to the required format and no plagiarism issue (i.e., similarity rate is 20% or less). |
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