Compensation and benefits Weighting

Assignment title: Compensation and benefits Weighting: 25 %

Programme:

Course name: Strategic Human Resources

Hand-out date:

Hand-in date for Turnitin:

Learning outcomes:

1. Analyze, defend and create people management policies linked to an. organizational strategy to increase the competitive advantage of the organization
2. Appraise the balance between cost management and motivation increase through effective HR budgeting.
3. Apply and take advantage of management measurement tools to make objective decisions and to improve labor relations within the organization.

Organisation and methodology:

With this assignment the students are encouraged to research, appraise and explain the regulations and laws concerning compensation and benefits in a given country.

Research the regulations and laws concerning compensation and benefits in student´s home country, and specifically in hospitality industry.

Write an essay explaining the following information:

Part one:

• Minimum salary applicable in this country by law (all industries)
• Minimum salary applicable in the hospitality industry
• General explanation of the cost of living in the chosen country

Part two:

• Regulations on maternity and / or paternity leave and / or any other benefits related to work- life enhancement applicable in this country by law.

The students are required to keep the following format for this project:

• Layout: Cover page, table of content, introduction, body of the assignment, conclusion, references, statement of authorship (see sample page 5), and annex/es (if applicable).
• Use clear titles and subtitles to improve the reading experience.
• Font of your preference although it should be easily legible, Size 10 to 12, single spacing.

This part will be handed in via Turnitin via Moodle, by

Failing to submit the project on time will result in a grade of 0. Additional information:

Word count:

1200 to 2500 words,

The word count is only a guideline and will have no effect on the actual grade (see Rubric).

Resources available:

Books, articles from Library or E-library Class slides or content from any class

Websites (no Wikipedia, blogs, nor non-reliable websites)

Make sure you reference your sources, both in-text citations and full referencing at the end. Use APA Style. Class slides or content needs to be referenced too!

Assessment tasks & weighting:

Content of part one – minimum salary (40%) Content of part two – benefits (30%)

Format (professionalism, layout, completion of documents) (15%) Referencing (APA Style) (5%)

English Skills in written Report (10%)

Common skills: assessed (bold) or developed (italics):

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is the act of presenting another’s ideas or words as one’s own. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the intentional falsification or fabrication of any academic activity, unauthorized copying of another person’s work, or aiding and abetting any such acts.

Particular care must be taken when presenting information that has been obtained from an internet site. Should this information not be correctly referenced, then you are guilty of plagiarism and will be penalised accordingly.

With respect to projects/assignments, faculty reserves the right to randomly call upon any student and ask them to defend their work orally.

Any assignment/exam which is found to contain plagiarism will automatically be awarded a grade of 0, and an e-mail will be sent to the student or the student’s parents/tutors/sponsors. Depending on the circumstances, additional penalties could be imposed (see LRM Academic Regulations, Section 11).

Statement of authorship

Following the title page of your assignment there should be a page on which you sign a statement that the work included in the assignment is your own work except where appropriately referenced. The following statement should be used:

Signed …………………………………………………………………….

Name……………………………………………………………………..

Student number…………………………………………………….

Rubric

		Excellent (10)	Good (8)	Pass (6)	Fail (3)	Zero (0)
10%	English skills	Excellent. Professionally written	Very Positive,Slight confusion due to minor inaccuracy.	Positive / Satisfactory – Minor grammatical or typographical errors, although they do not detract from the clarity of the answer		Poor effect on reader.
15%	Written presentation of project	Structured layout. Flawless, professional presentation. No non-respected instructions. AND Solid introduction and conclusion that underlines an excellent understanding of topic.	Structured layout. excellent presentation. Max 1 non- respected instruction.Introduction and conclusion are included.	Structured layout. / Max 2 non respected instructions OR Introduction and conclusion are provided but are not fully accurate, lack overview or are superficial.	Unstructured layout or instructions in outline not followed. 3 or more non respected instructions. Introduction or conclusion are missing	Unstructured layout or instructions in outline not followed.4 or more non respected instructions.
40%	Part one minimum salary	Exceeds expected levels of knowledge and understanding of the subject. Comprehensive and highly detailed records.Carefully structured, extensive evidence of critial and creative reflection upon almost every aspect of the content, supported by extensive readings or other sources of information.	Sound reply with analysis, significant evidence of critial reflection upon the content, supported by readings or other sources of information.(min 2 reliable sources). Coherent structure, which is easy to follow. All questions are covered.	Accurate but limited analysis or explanations. Systematically structured, supported by reasonable substantial reading and/or other sources of readings .Maximum 1 requirement not fully covered. Or tends to be descriptive rather than reflective.	Unsufficient reflection, Part of the answer missing. Explanations difficult to follow. No evidence of reliable external sources or use of unrelevant or inreliable sources.	Inaccurate or incorrect explanations. Or not submitted

		Excellent (10)	Good (8)	Pass (6)	Fail (3)	Zero (0)
30%	Part two Benefits	Exceeds expected levels of knowledge and understanding of the subject. Comprehensive and highly detailed records.Carefully structured, extensive evidence of critial and creative reflection upon almost every aspect of the content, supported by extensive readings or other sources of information.	Sound reply with analysis, significant evidence of critial reflection upon the content, supported by readings or other sources of information.(min 2 academic sources). Coherent structure, which is easy to follow. All questions are covered.	Accurate but limited analysis or explanations. Systematically structured, supported by reasonable substantial reading and/or other sources of readings .Maximum 1 requirement not fully covered. Or tends to be descriptive rather than reflective.	Unsufficient reflection, Part of the answer missing. Explanations difficult to follow. No evidence of reliable external sources or use of unrelevant or inreliable sources.	Inaccurate or incorrect explanations. Or not submitted
5%	Referencing	All references were included and there were no mistakes in the reference formatting style.	All references were included (end references and in-text citations); however, there were maximum 1 mistake in the reference formatting style.	All references were included (end references and in-text citations); however, there were maximum 3 mistakes in the reference formatting style.	*Not all references were properly referenced. ( or use of other style than APA.) There were over 3 mistakes in the reference formatting style.* or in-text citation is missing (although not considered as plagiarism)	no references or over 5 mistakes in the reference formatting stylemore than 2 in-text citations missing