SCO105 Transforming Work

In this assignment, you are asked to respond to a statement concerning work that may challenge current assumptions but encourage you to connect ideas and information (CCS Creative thinking) to test the statement. In working through this statement, you will demonstrate how you evaluate relationships, patterns and trends about the changing nature of work to generate wider insights (CCS Sense-making).

 

“All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. Plato, The Republic. Discuss the statement above with reference to a type of work that you consider to be significant. In your discussion, you should also make reference to two relevant theories (Aristotle, John Locke or Émile Durkheim. In your single essay including in-text citations but excluding references you should:

 

• Identify a specific type of work and outline the nature of this work. (10 marks)

• Describe the current social and economic context of the type of work you have chosen and show its impact on our society – whether socially, culturally, technologically or economically. (20 marks)

• Explain how the statement above applies to this type of work. You must use two relevant theories from this course (i.e. Aristotle, John Locke, or Émile Durkheim) to help you discuss about the meaning and value of labour in this type of work. (60 marks)

• Articulate your ideas clearly and grammatically. Include proper in-text citations and references. (10 marks)