Discuss the view that the decline in strike activity over recent years means that conflict between employers and workers is no longer a significant feature of present day human resource management.
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1. Write the title of your essay clearly. Don’t leave it for the markers to figure out what you are writing about.
2. Read widely. Do not rely on lecture notes and workshop materials alone. Doing so will result in a lower grade.
3. Read the essay question/topic several times before you start writing. Students usually end up getting low grades on their essays and exams because they fail to answer the question or directly address the essay topic. You will lose marks if you write irrelevant material.
4. Try to be as analytical as possible. Do not simply copy and paste material from text books or journal articles. Merely telling us what is written in books or journals is not good enough. Relying exclusively on lecture slides is unacceptable. You must interpret what has been written and explain it in your own words.
5. Look at all sides of the argument. Explore the essay topic from different perspectives. Try to find links between different topics that have been covered in this course. None of the topics stand in isolation. They are all linked to each other in some way.
6. Make sure your arguments are logical and coherent. Wherever possible support your arguments or claims with evidence published in respectable journals and books (not Wikipedia). Simply expressing opinions is useless. Evidence is what counts.
7. Use ‘quotation marks’ when you are quoting someone else’s work verbatim. Keep quotations to the minimum. Explain the literature in your own words. Don’t just copy.
8. You must cite all references in the main body of your essay e.g. (Kelly, 2004). Insert the page reference if you are quoting the author. For example, if the quotation comes from p.99, then cite if as follows: (Kelly, 2004: 99). If you are using any material from the lecture slides make sure you cite the appropriate lecturer.
9. You must also provide full references at the end of your essay in a bibliography. Refer to your student handbook for Harvard Style Referencing, but the basic format for books, chapters and journal articles is as follows:
Beardwell, J. and Claydon, T. (2010) Human Resource Management: A Contemporary Approach 6th Edition, FT Prentice Hall.
Allen, M.R. and Wright, P. (2010) ‘Strategic management and HRM’, in: P. Boxall, J. Purcell and P. Wright (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management. Oxford University Press.
Huselid, M.A. (1995) ‘The impact of human resource management practices on turnover, productivity, and corporate financial performance’, Academy of Management Journal, 38(3): 635-72.
You must cite a source for everything that is not your own idea. Unattributed quotations are a form of plagiarism, and any form of plagiarism – copying material that is not your own without adequate attribution – will lead to serious consequences. Please read your Student Handbook for further guidance on plagiarism, or feel free to ask me if you are still unclear.
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