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Research Essay-Part B Q3 2021

Due date:	Week 10
Submission Instructions:	Submission in Canvas.
Contributes:	40%
Length	2500 words (+/- 10%), excluding references

Meets learning outcomes:

LO1- Apply International Human Resource Management (IHRM) theories and practices and identify associated challenges.

LO2- Analyse contextual elements in which IHRM practices operate to make reasoned IHRM decisions

LO3- Recommend appropriate IHRM strategies with consideration of the global, culturally diverse environment and the policies and practices of multinational corporations

Meets Graduate Attributes:

1. Disciplinary knowledge and practice

2. Critical thinking

3. Solution seeking

4. Communication (written)

5. Independence and Integrity

Research essay requirement

Building on Part A of your research essay, apply theoretical frameworks from the course to research, identify, and critically analyse the following:

a. Problems or challenges that the company faced with respect to any two of the areas of IHRM listed below, while operating in the host country that you have chosen in Part A of your research essay:

1.Sourcing (Staffing/Recruitment/Selection)

2.Performance management

3.Training and development

4.Compensation

5.Employment relations

6.Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and international alliances

b. Suggest solutions or recommendations for the company on what could the company have done to achieve a better outcome.

Research essay guidelines

A. You will need to include content from Part A into writing Part B of the research essay, however, you can rewrite it in order to fit the content with Part B.

B. Your research essay must contain in-text citations and a reference list in APA format 7th edition.

C. This is a research essay, so you are expected to use credible academic sources to support your argument.

D. The word limit for the essay is 2500 words, with +/- 10% margin (excluding references). Marks will be deducted if you are outside the word count.

E. Please indicate your name, ID number, and the ‘number of words’ on a cover page.

F. Use a research essay style (not a business report or academic report).

G. Submit your essay to Canvas. The Turnitin report will be scrutinised by the markers. Plagiarism and academic dishonesty will be penalized.

H. Students are strongly encouraged to seek assistance from the Business Communications Team (BCT) prior to the submission date of this essay.

I. The marking rubric is provided below.

	Excellent (“A” range)	Good Work (“B” range)	Needs Improvement (“C” range)	Unacceptable (“D” range)
Identification and critical analysis of Problems or Challenges	Excellent description and in-depth analysis of the problems or challenges that the company faced in the host country with respect to your two chosen IHRM areas. Exhibited excellent ability to be insightful as well as logical and systematic in presentation.	Good description and analysis of the problems or challenges that the company faced in the host country with respect to your two chosen IHRM areas. Exhibited good ability to be insightful as well as logical and systematic in presentation.	Some description and analysis of the problems or challenges that the company faced in the host country with respect to your two chosen IHRM areas. Exhibited adequate ability to be insightful as well as logical and systematic in presentation.	Company and its activities not clearly identified; no evidence of analysis or logic in presentation.
Solutions or Recommendations for the company	Solutions or recommendations are specific action‐oriented suggestions and clearly relate to the problems or challenges identified in the essay. Recommendations logically flow from the document in a manner which is clearly evident to the reader. At least three recommendations provided and well-discussed.	A good set of specific action‐oriented solutions or recommendations that mostly relate to the problems or challenges identified in the essay. Recommendations mostly logically flow from the document in a manner which is generally clearly evident to the reader. At least three recommendations provided with some good discussion.	Some of the solutions or recommendations are specific and action-oriented and somewhat relate to the problems or challenges identified in the essay. The logic behind recommendations may not always be clear to the reader. At least three recommendations provided but not adequately discussed.	The solutions or recommendations are generic and do not clearly flow from the problems or challenges identified in the essay. The logic behind recommendations is not clearly developed. Less than three recommendations provided and/or inadequately discussed.
Application of theory and appropriate integration	An excellent integration of Part A of research essay into Part B. Excellent use and engagement of relevant theoretical concepts related to the two chosen IHRM areas, which support the argument; excellent integration of theory to address the set question.	Good integration of Part A of research essay into Part B. Good use and engagement of relevant theoretical concepts related to the two chosen IHRM areas; thoughtful integration of theory to address the set question.	Adequate integration of Part A of research essay into Part B. Adequate use and engagement of relevant theoretical concepts related to the two chosen IHRM areas; satisfactory integration of theory to address the set question.	Inadequate/no integration of Part A of research essay into Part B. Very limited or no use of theory or its application to the set question.
Originality, and writing style	Ideas and their presentation show a high degree of creativity and originality; essay is well-organised, precise, engaging, with an easy flow and varied sentence structure; essay contains no noticeable spelling or grammatical errors.	Ideas and their presentation show good degree of creativity and originality; essay is reasonably organised engaging, and the flow and language structure are acceptable; essay contains very few noticeable spelling or grammatical errors.	Adequate amount of originality and creativity; essay presentation needs a better flow and language structure; essay contains noticeable spelling or grammatical errors.	No evidence of originality or creativity; essay structure, flow and language are inadequate; essay contains many noticeable spelling or grammatical errors.
Sources and Referencing	References are excellent and show an ability to examine academic material to support critical analysis; all sources are correctly cited according to APA 7 referencing protocol.	There are adequate quality references and citations; all sources are cited according to APA 7 referencing protocol.	References and citations are included but lack quality and/or are applied in a limited or superficial manner; some sources are correctly cited according to APA 7 referencing protocol.	References and/ or citations are inadequate or incorrect; all or many sources are incorrectly cited according to APA 7 referencing protocol.