Assignment on Topic Write Ups and Group Collaboration

Task 1: Topic write ups (50%)

Task 2: Overall discussion and group collaboration (50%)

This is an assignment with individual and collaborative components. It will be conducted on Canvas Discussion Board for 3 weeks. You will be awarded marks for your individual write ups in the discussion boards in Task 1. You will also be assessed on the overall quality of collaboration of the DB group in Task 2. To encourage collaborative learning, the mark weightage for both tasks is evenly distributed.

Note to Students:

All write ups and responses in DB01 must be of original work. Please refer to the Student Handbook for details regarding plagiarism. The University has strict guidelines and will enforce severe penalties for direct and unacknowledged copying of course materials or the work of any other authors as this is regarded as cheating. You are required to use in-text citations and include a reference list at the end of your write ups.

You are strongly encouraged to submit your assignments before the specified deadline. Timely submissions of posts and responses for each sub-task will facilitate group collaborate and increase the overall group score. There is strictly no extension of assignment deadlines. Please refer to the Student Handbook for more details.

In this assignment, you will discuss the various impacts of technological disruptions and social policies on selected groups of workers in order to understand how global and local conditions can affect both workers and the work they do. You are required to submit 2 write-ups of not more than 250 words each (2x250 words) to your group board.

Writeup 1 (Total 25 marks; post in Week 1)

Respond to either video #1 OR article #2, but not both, on the topic of work and human flourishing covered in Seminar 1:

Video #1: TEDx. (2017, February 17). What is the Precariat? | Guy Standing [Video].

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnYhZCUYOxs

Article #2: Ahmad Zaki Abdullah and Phua, R. (2021, February 24). MPs suggest better pay

for essential low-wage workers, unemployment insurance during Budget

debate. ChannelNewsAsia. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/budget-debate-2021-jobs-essential-low-wage-workers-unemployment-371126

Do you think that the workers described in the video or the article are experiencing work that helps them to flourish? Stateyour position on this issue by applying your understanding of flourishing at work to either the workers described in the video or in the article. (25 marks)

Writeup 2 (Total 25 marks, post in Week 2)

You are required to present your discussion on the topic of technological disruptions covered in Seminar 2:

Article #3 : Trenerry, B., Harisdas G., & Lim S. S. (2019, September 26). Diversity, Inclusion

and the Future of Work. AsiaGlobal Online.

https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/diversity-inclusion-and-the-future-of-work

With reference to Singapore society, explainhow advanced workplace technologies like AI and automation can enable inclusion or reinforce inequality.(25 marks)

You are responsible for the timely posting of your individual writeups.
You must present your writeup in nomore than 250 words (including in-text citations, but excluding references).
Push yourself to develop your argument, avoid posting 1-sentence or YES/NO answers. Elaborate, go beyond providing short answers to the questions. You should always aim to push yourself to think more, to argue more.
Please note that all deadlines are non-negotiable. You will not be able to post your writeups and responses after the discussion board is locked.
Any individual found to be unresponsive in the DB will be given a “non-submission” grade entry. As DB01 comprises 40% of the total OCAS, receiving a “non-submission” will result in a course withdrawal.
The window for discussion opens between Week 1 (for classes conducted in weeks 1-3 Term 1/Term 2) OR Week 4 (for classes conducted in weeks 4-6 Term 1/Term 2) Mon 00:00 a.m. to Week 3 OR Week 6 Sunday 11:55 p.m. Timely responses to each task will help facilitate contributions by other members in order for the group to do well in the overall collaborative learning and communication scores in Task 2.

Tasks	25 – 21 marks	20-16 marks	15– 11 marks	10– 6 marks	5 – 0 marks
Do you think that the workers described in the video or the article are experiencing work that helps them to flourish? State your position on this issue by applying your understanding of flourishing at work to either the workers described in the video or in the article. (Writeup 1) (CCS Decision making)	Excellent and articulate explanation of what flourishing at work entails. Excellent consideration of social, economic, political, psychological, or philosophical factors in explaining flourishing at work. Excellent examination of the issues faced by precariat or low-wage workers in present-day society. Excellent ability to implement structured decision making processes and analyse multiple sources of information, in order to present relevant details and information about the chosen group of workers.	Good explanation of what flourishing at work entails. Good consideration of social, economic, political, psychological, or philosophical factors in explaining flourishing at work. Good examination of the issues faced by precariat or low-wage workers in present-day society. Shows good ability to implement structured decision making processes and analyse multiple sources of information, in order to present relevant details and information about the chosen group of workers.	Adequate explanation of what flourishing at work entails. Adequate consideration of social, economic, political, psychological, or philosophical factors in explaining flourishing at work. Adequate examination of the issues faced by precariat or low-wage workers in present-day society. Shows adequate ability to implement structured decision making processes and analyse multiple sources of information, in order to present relevant details and information about the chosen group of workers.	There is a superficial attempt to explain what flourishing at work entails. Poor or superficial consideration of social, economic, political, psychological, or philosophical factors in explaining flourishing at work. Poor or superficial examination of the issues faced by low-wage workers in present-day society. Shows poor ability to implement structured decision making processes and analyse multiple sources of information, in order to present relevant details and information about the chosen group of workers.	Poor explanation of what flourishing at work entails. There is little to no consideration of social, economic, political, psychological, or philosophical factors in explaining flourishing at work. There is little to no examination of the issues faced by low-wage workers in present-day society. Does not demonstrate ability to implement structured decision making processes and analyse multiple sources of information, in order to present relevant details and information about the chosen group of workers.
	25 – 21 marks	20-16 marks	15– 11 marks	10– 6 marks	5 – 0 marks
With reference to Singapore society, explain how advanced workplace technologies like AI and automation can enable inclusion or reinforce inequality (Writeup 2) (CCS Building inclusivity)	Excellent understanding of social, economic and/or technological challenges facing workers in Singapore. Excellent ability to articulate the concerns and experiences of different groups of Singaporean workers and to demonstrate sensitivity to the differences in diversity dimensions and perspectives when discussing the issues of inclusion or of inequality in AI and other advanced work technologies. Outstanding examination of the relationship between work and social-economic privileges. Demonstrates an acute awareness of the issue of inequality in Singapore.	Good understanding of social, economic and/or technological challenges facing workers in Singapore. Good ability to articulate the concerns and experiences of different groups of Singaporean workers and demonstrate sensitivity to the differences in diversity dimensions and perspectives when discussing the issues of inclusion or of inequality in AI and other advanced work technologies. Good examination of the relationship between work and social-economic privileges. Demonstrates good awareness of the issue of inequality in Singapore.	Adequate understanding of social, economic and/or technological challenges facing workers in Singapore. Adequate ability to articulate the concerns and experiences of different groups of Singaporean workers and demonstrate sensitivity to the differences in diversity dimensions and perspectives when discussing the issues of inclusion or of inequality in AI and other advanced work technologies. Adequate examination of the relationship between work and social-economic privileges. Demonstrates an adequate awareness of the issue of inequality in Singapore.	There is some attempt to explain social, economic and/or technological challenges facing workers in Singapore but the explanation is not relevant, factual or consistent. There is some attempt to articulate the concerns and experiences of different groups of Singaporean workers and demonstrate sensitivity to the differences in diversity dimensions and perspectives when discussing the issues of inclusion or of inequality in AI and other advanced work technologies, but some assumptions may be problematic or based on stereotypes. Poor examination of the relationship between work and social-economic privileges. Demonstrates a weak understanding of the issue of inequality in Singapore.	There is little attempt to explain social, economic and/or technological challenges facing workers in Singapore. There is little attempt to articulate the concerns and experiences of different groups of Singaporean workers and demonstrate sensitivity to the differences in diversity dimensions and perspectives when discussing the issues of inclusion or of inequality in AI and other advanced work technologies. There is little to no examination of the relationship between work and social-economic privileges. Demonstrates a lack of understanding of the issues of inequality in Singapore.

In this task, you are required to engage in collaborative learning. Each of you should articulate, explain and discuss your understanding of the relevant topics (from Task 1) with other group members. You should show that you are able to improve the overall quality of the discussion of your DB group. You should, in your responses, raise concerns, clarify doubts, and persuade others through sound and arguments in order to arrive at a lesson learnt about work.

You should address the following in this task:

Comment on and discussothers’ posts in Task 1 (writeup #1 and #2) to discuss the value of workers in our current society through your application of Karl Marx’s alienation. (max. 100 words per response)

You are responsible for the timely posting of your responses to other posts by group members.
You are encouraged to provide concise and coherent responses of no more than 100words per post to further the discussion in your board.
You should post at least 2 responsesto the Discussion Board, or you will receive a “no submission” for Task 2. YES/NO, or “I agree” posts with no further elaboration will be considered non-submissions.
Push yourself to develop your argument, avoid posting 1-sentence or YES/NO answers. Elaborate, go beyond providing short answers to the questions. You should always aim to push yourself to think more, to argue more.
Interact with your classmates consistently. Go beyond simple responses to generate fruitful discussions.
Please note that all deadlines are non-negotiable. You will not be able to post your writeups and responses after the discussion board is locked.
Any individual found to be unresponsive in the DB will be given a “non-submission” grade entry. As DB01 comprises 40% of the total OCAS, receiving a “non-submission” will result in a course withdrawal.
The window for discussion opens between Week 1 (for classes conducted in weeks 1-3 Term 1/Term 2) OR Week 4 (for classes conducted in weeks 4-6 Term 1/Term 2) Mon 00:00 a.m. to Week 3 OR Week 6 Sunday 11:55 p.m. Timely responses to each task will help facilitate contributions by other members in order for the group to do well in the overall collaborative learning and communication scores in Task 2

Tasks	25-21 Marks	20-16 Marks	15-11 Marks	10-6 Marks	5-0 Marks
Appropriateness of responses to posts or questions by other group members. (CCS Problem solving)	Members display an excellent understanding of the main ideas and arguments put forth in the various writeups and responses. Members demonstrate an excellent understanding of Marx’s alienation and provide consistent applications of the theory to the various posts to generate active discussions about work and our society. Responses are highly relevant and within word limit, demonstrating members’ ability to implement guidelines and procedures to solve problem of limiting parameters.	Members display a good understanding of the main ideas and arguments put forth in the various writeups and responses. Members demonstrate good understanding of Marx’s alienation and provide a mostly consistent applications of the theory to the various posts to generate active discussions about work and our society. Responses are mostly relevant and within word limit, demonstrating members’ ability to implement guidelines and procedures to solve problem of limiting parameters.	Members display adequate understanding of the main ideas and arguments put forth in the various writeups and responses. Members demonstrate superficial understanding of Marx’s alienation and provide inconsistent applications of the theory to the various posts to generate adequate discussions about work and our society. Responses are relevant but with some superficial comments. Responses are mostly within word limit, demonstrating members’ ability to implement guidelines and procedures to solve problem of limiting parameters.	Members display a poor understanding of the main ideas and arguments put forth in the various writeups and responses. Members demonstrate a poor understanding of Marx’s alienation and provide highly inconsistent applications of the theory to the various posts. The discussions about work and our society are intermittent. Responses are sometimes relevant and mostly superficial. Responses are not within word limit, demonstrating members’ poor ability to implement guidelines and procedures to solve problem of limiting parameters.	Members display little to no understanding of the main ideas and arguments put forth in the various writeups and responses. Members demonstrate a lack of understanding of Marx’s alienation and provide little to no applications of the theory to the various posts to generate discussions about work and our society. Responses are highly irrelevant. Responses are not within word limit, demonstrating members’ poor to no ability to implement guidelines and procedures to solve problem of limiting parameters.
Tasks	25-21 Marks	20-16 Marks	15-11 Marks	10-6 Marks	5-0 Marks
Engagement in discussions to actively discuss and arrive at a lesson learnt about work. Displays an ability to synthesise information and inputs to communicate an overarching discussion. (CCS Communication)	There is an excellent exchange of ideas. There is also a demonstration of outstanding abilities to synthesise information and inputs to communicate an overarching discussion about the value of workers in order to arrive at a lesson learnt about work.	There is a good exchange of ideas. There is also a good demonstration of abilities to synthesise information and inputs to communicate an overarching discussion about the value of workers in order to arrive at a lesson learnt about work.	There is an adequate exchange of ideas. There is adequate demonstration of abilities to synthesise information and inputs to communicate an overarching discussion about the value of workers in order to arrive at a lesson learnt about work.	There is an uneven exchange of ideas. There is a poor demonstration of the ability to synthesise information and inputs to communicate an overarching discussion about the value of workers in order to arrive at a lesson learnt about work.	There is limited to no exchange of ideas. There is also no demonstration of the ability to synthesise information and inputs to communicate an overarching discussion about the value of workers in order to arrive at a lesson learnt about work.