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.
Lucas, Kristin (2017) Workplace Dignity in Scott, C. and Lewis, L (eds) The International Encyclopedia of Organisational Communication. John Wiley and Sons: 1-13 
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.
Week 8 Media article: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54654813
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- Ong, Y (2014) Singapores 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
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- ILO (2018) ILO and Singapore moving forward to promote decent work in South East Asia, ILO,
