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BACHELOR’S DEGREE ASSESSMENT SPECIFICATION

IUMW BUSINESS SCHOOL
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Programme : BBA (HONOURS) IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Module COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Module Level 6
MANAGEMENT

Module Code BHE617/BHR6013 Contribution to 60%

Overall
Module Assessment
Lecturer DR. RIDZUAN Internal Verifier: Zubair Hassan

Assignment Title Assignment No (x of 1 of 1

x)
Hand Out Date Week 1 Submission deadline Task 1 : Week 7
Task 2 : Week 12

Return date of provisional marks & written feedback To be determined

Referencing In the main body of your submission you must give credit to authors on whose
research your work is based. Append to your submission a reference list that indicates
the books, articles, etc. that you have read or quoted in order to complete this
assignment (e.g. for books: surname of author and initials, year of publication, title of
book, edition, publisher: place of publication).
Submission Assignments will be submitted to Turnitin. Please Date :
make sure that you do not plagiarise by mistake. submitted
Seek help from your lecturer if you have questions to
about referencing external sources. Lecturer
Penalties for late submission: Up to one week late,
maximum mark of a pass. Over one week late,
Fail/Refer. Only the Extenuating Circumstances
Panel may grant permission for a later submission.
Please make sure that any appeal is supported by
written evidence and submitted to your faculty and
registry at or before the submission time.
Lecturer to tick to indicate if a hard copy version of the assignment must be submitted. YES √
NO

DO NOT put this form into Turnitin or it will match many similarities with other students’ submissions.
Learning Outcomes tested (from module syllabus)
MO2 Arrange the compensation and benefits plan for both internal and external forces and users.
MO3 Design the compensation and benefits plan in accordance with the system of performance management of the

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 organization.
TASK DESCRIPTION

Individual Assignment (60%)

Each student is required to complete all two (2) tasks given below.

Task 1 - Submission in week 7

Working individually, develop compensation policies for the frontliner position at any of the service
organizations (banks, hotels, ticketing, call centre etc). The compensation policies should address the
following: appraisals, raises, holidays, vacation pay, overtime pay, method of pay, garnishments, and
time cards.

Task 2 – Submission in Week 12

Working individually, access relevant web sites to determine what equitable pay ranges are for these
jobs: 1.) Academician with PhD, 2.) Marketing Manager, 3.) HR manager 4.) Engineer; all with a
bachelor’s degree and 5 years’ experience. Do so for the following countries: Malaysia, Indonesia,
Hongkong, Dubai, China, Japan, United States, Bangladesh, India and Russia. For each position in
each country, assess the the pay ranges and the average pay? Propose whether the geographical
location impacts on the salaries of the different positions? If so, how? Convert all currency into
Malaysian Ringgit.

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 GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF TASKS

NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five common assessment criteria
overleaf.

1. Research-informed Literature

Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on

the task(s) set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed a wide range of sources, which

may be academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles,

textbooks, current news articles, organisational documents, and websites. You should consider the

credibility of your sources; academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites

require careful consideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be

current and up to date, typically published within the last five years or so, though seminal works in

the field may be older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your

work, using in-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list that is alphabetical at

the end of your work. Please use the APA referencing system.

Criteria specific to this assignment:

The work requires engagement with academic literature/theory therefore you should show a wide
level of reading, a RANGE OF BETWEEN TWO (2) TO TEN (10) ACADEMIC REFERENCES, from sources
such as textbooks, academic journals and academic-based websites. Given the nature of this area,
you may also (not instead of) choose to use governmental, industrial or similar sources.

2. Knowledge and Understanding of Subject

Your work must demonstrate the growing extent of your knowledge and understanding of concepts

and underlying principles associated with the subject area. Knowledge relates to the facts,

information and skills you may have acquired through your learning. You must demonstrate your

understanding by interpreting the meaning of facts and information (knowledge). This means that

you need to select and include in your work the concepts, techniques, models, theories, etc.

appropriate to the task set. You should be able to explain the theories, concepts, etc. meaningfully

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to show your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend upon the extent to which you

demonstrate your knowledge and understanding; ideally each should be complete and detailed, with

comprehensive coverage.

Criteria specific to this assignment:

You should demonstrate a systematic understanding of key aspects of compensation and benefits
management concepts, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of
which is at, or informed by, the forefront of compensation and benefits management academic
research and practice. This involves the selection of the most appropriate and/or suitable
compensation and benefits management concepts and frameworks relevant to creating or
increasing awareness within the context of your chosen organisation, innovation/idea, product or
service.

3. Analysis

Your work must contain evidence of logical, analytical thinking, evaluation and synthesis. For

example, to examine and break information down into parts, make inferences, compile, compare and

contrast information. This means not just describing What!, but also justifying: Why? How? When?

Who? Where? At all times, you must provide justification for your arguments and judgements.

Evidence that you have reflected upon the ideas of others within the subject area is crucial to you

providing a reasoned and informed debate within your work. Furthermore, you should provide

evidence that you are able to make sound judgements and convincing arguments using data and

concepts. Sound, valid conclusions are necessary and must be derived from the content of your

work. There should be no new information presented within your conclusion. Where relevant,

alternative solutions and recommendations may be proposed.

Criteria specific to this assignment:

You should devise and sustain arguments, and/or solve practical real-world problems, using principles
of compensation and benefits management ideas and techniques, some of which are at the
forefront of the compensation (human resource) management) discipline.
Recommendations/proposals should be convincing, persuasive, possibly challenging and derived from
evaluation of the evidence.

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4. Practical Application and Deployment

You should be able to demonstrate how the subject-related concepts and ideas relate to real world

situations or a particular context. How do they work in practice? You will deploy models, methods,

techniques, and/or theories, in that context, to assess current situations, perhaps to formulate plans

or solutions to solve problems, some of which may be innovative and creative. This is likely to

involve, for instance, the use of real world examples and cases, the application of a model within an

organisation and/or benchmarking one organisation against others based on stated criteria. You

should show awareness of the limitations of concepts and theories when applied in particular

contexts.

Criteria specific to this assignment:

You should deploy your chosen techniques, models and/or theories of compensation management, to
the organization chosen, to identify which strategies they could use and the challenges they are
facing, giving real-life examples to illustrate the points you make. Where possible you should show
awareness of the limitations of the model used when applied to the organisation.

5. Skills for Professional Practice

Your work must provide evidence of your attributes in the application of professional practice. This

includes demonstrating that you are highly capable of individual and collaborative working. You

must communicate effectively in a suitable format, which may be written and/or oral, for example,

essay, management report, presentation. Work should be coherent and well-structured in

presentation and organisation.

Criteria specific to this assignment:

You should use a report of a recognised format. It should include an executive summary,
introduction, main findings and conclusions. Recommendations are also required. All writing should
be academic in style, formal, focused, concise and subject specific. It should use a font of Times New
Roman 12. All graphs, charts and figures in the main body must be clearly referenced beside or
beneath. Where possible they should not be on separate pages but should be incorporated within the
text.

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 MARKING CRITERIA AND STUDENT FEEDBACK
This section details the assessment criteria. The extent to which these are demonstrated by you determines your mark. The marks
available for each criterion are shown. Lecturers will use the space provided to comment on the achievement of the task(s), including
those areas in which you have performed well and areas that would benefit from development/improvement.

Marks
Common Assessment Criteria Applied Marks available
awarded

1. Research-informed Literature
Extent of research and/or own reading, selection of credible sources including good choice of
supporting articles; and application of appropriate referencing conventions including in footnotes.
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2. Knowledge and Understanding of Subject

Extent of knowledge and understanding of concepts and underlying principles associated with the 12
discipline.

3. Analysis
Analysis, evaluation and synthesis; logic, argument and judgement; analytical reflection; organisation 18
of ideas and evidence; and convenient flow of discussions.

4. Practical Application and Deployment

Deployment of methods, materials, tools and techniques; application of concepts; formulation of
innovative and creative solutions to solve problems; and adherence to the report submission 18
requirements.

5. Skills for Professional Practice

Attributes in professional practice: individual and collaborative working; deployment of appropriate
media including proper usage of tables and appendices in supporting the report; presentation and 6
organisation, evidence of good language or proof-reading done.

Late Submission Penalties (tick if

Assignment Mark (Assessment marks are subject to ratification appropriate)
at the Exam Board. These comments and marks are to give feedback on Up to one-week late −
module work and are for guidance only until they are confirmed. )
Over one week late

GROUP TOTAL (POST-PENALTY DEDUCTION):

60

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 COMMON ASSESSMENT AND MARKING CRITERIA
Conditional
pass/very
OUTRIGHT
likely to SATISFACTORY GOOD VERY GOOD EXCELLENT EXCEPTIONAL
FAIL
require
resit.

Assessment
Criteria 0-44% 45-49% 50-59% 60-69% 70-74% 75-79% 80-100%

1. Research- Little or no Poor References to a Inclusion of a Inclusion of a A Outstanding

informed evidence of evidence of limited range of range of wide range of comprehensive knowledge of
Literature reading. reading mostly relevant research- research- range of research-
Extent of Views and and/or of sources. Some informed informed research informed
research findings reliance on omissions and literature, literature, informed literature
and/or own unsupported inappropriat minor errors. including including literature embedded in
reading, and non- e sources, Referencing sources sources embedded in the work.
selection of authoritative. and/or conventions retrieved retrieved the work. Outstanding
credible Referencing indiscrimina evident though independently. independently. Excellent selection of
sources, conventions te use of not always Referencing Selection of selection of relevant and
application largely sources. applied conventions relevant and relevant and credible
of ignored. Referencing consistently. mostly credible credible sources. High-
appropriate conventions consistently sources. Very sources. High- level
referencing used applied. good use of level referencing
conventions inconsistentl referencing referencing skills
y. conventions, skills, consistently
consistently consistently and
applied. applied. professionally
applied.

2. Major gaps in Gaps in Evidence of Knowledge is Knowledge is Excellent Highly detailed

Knowledge knowledge knowledge, basic accurate with a extensive. knowledge and knowledge and
and and with only knowledge and good Exhibits understanding understanding
Understandi understandin superficial understanding understanding understanding of the main of the main
ng of g of material understandi of the relevant of the field of of the breadth concepts and theories/conce
Subject at this level. ng. Some concepts and study. and depth of key theories. pts, and a
Extent of Substantial significant underlying established Clear critical
knowledge inaccuracies. inaccuracies. principles. views. awareness of awareness of
and challenges to the ambiguities
understandi established and limitations
ng of views and the of knowledge.
concepts limitations of
and the knowledge
underlying base.
principles
associated
with the
discipline.
3. Analysis Unsubstantiat Some Evidence of Evidence of Sound, logical, Thoroughly Exceptional
Analysis, ed evidence of some logical, some logical, analytical logical work, work;
evaluation generalisatio analytical analytical analytical thinking; supported by judiciously
and ns, made intellectual thinking and thinking and synthesis and evaluated selected and
synthesis; without use skills, but for some attempts synthesis. Can evaluation. evidence. High evaluated
logic, of any the most to synthesise, analyse new Ability to devise quality analysis, evidence. Very
argument credible part albeit with and/or abstract and sustain developed high quality
and evidence. descriptive. some data and persuasive independently analysis,
judgement; Lack of logic, Ideas/findin weaknesses. situations arguments, and or through developed
analytical leading to gs Some evidence without to review the effective independently
reflection; unsupportabl sometimes to support guidance. reliability, collaboration. or through
organisation e/ missing illogical and findings/ views, An emerging validity & Ability to effective
of ideas and conclusions. contradictor but evidence awareness of significance of investigate collaboration.
evidence Lack of any y. not consistently different evidence. contradictory Ability to
attempt to Generalised interpreted. stances and Ability to information investigate
analyse, statements Some relevant ability to use communicate and identify contradictory
synthesise or made with conclusions and evidence to ideas and reasons for information
evaluate. scant recommendatio support the evidence contradictions. and identify
evidence. ns, where argument. accurately and Strong, reasons for
Conclusions relevant Valid convincingly. persuasive, contradictions.
lack conclusions and Sound, conclusions, Highly
relevance. recommendatio convincing justifiable persuasive
ns, where conclusions / recommendatio conclusions
relevant recommendatio ns.
ns.
4. Practical Limited or no Rudimentar An adequate A good and A very good An advanced Outstanding

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Application use of y application awareness and appropriate application of a application of a levels of
and methods, of methods, mostly application of range of range of application and
Deployment materials, materials, appropriate standard methods, methods, deployment
Effective tools and/or tools and/or application of methods, materials, tools materials, tools skills.
deployment techniques. techniques well- materials, tools and/or and/or Assimilation
of Little or no but without established and/or techniques. techniques. and
appropriate appreciation consideratio methods, techniques. Very good The context of development of
methods, of the context n and materials, tools Good consideration the application cutting edge
materials, of the competence and/or appreciation of of the context is well processes and
tools and application. . Flawed techniques. the context of of the considered, techniques.
techniques; appreciation Basic the application, application, with extensive
extent of of the appreciation of with some use with perceptive use of relevant
skill context of the context of of examples, use of examples.
demonstrat the the application. where relevant. examples, Application and
ed in the application. where relevant. deployment
application Evidence of extend beyond
of concepts some established
to a variety innovation and conventions.
of processes creativity. Innovation and
and/or creativity
contexts; evident
formulation throughout.
of
innovative
and creative
solutions to
solve
problems.
5. Skills for Communicati Media is Can Can Can Can Can
Professional on media is poorly communicate communicate communicate communicate communicate
Practice inappropriate designed in a suitable effectively in a well, professionally with an
Demonstrat or and/or not format but with suitable format, confidently and and, exceptionally
es attributes misapplied. suitable for some room for but may have consistently in a confidently in a high level of
expected in Little or no the improvement. minor errors. suitable format. suitable format. professionalism
professional evidence of audience. Can work as Can work Can work very Can work .
practice autonomy in Poor part of a team, effectively as well as part of a professionally Can work
including: the independent but with limited part of a team, team, with very within a team, exceptionally
individual completion of or involvement in with clear good showing well and
initiative tasks. collaborativ group activities. contribution to contribution to leadership skills professionally
and Work is e initiative. Work lacks group activities. group activities. as appropriate, within a team,
collaborativ poorly Work lacks coherence in Mostly Work is managing showing
e working; structured structure, places and coherent work coherent and conflict and advanced
deployment and/or largely organisation could be better and is in a fluent and is meeting leadership
of incoherent. , and/or structured. suitable well structured obligations. skills.
appropriate coherence structure. and organised. Work is Work is
media to coherent, very exceptionally
communicat fluent and is coherent, very
e (including presented fluent and is
written and professionally. presented
oral); clarity professionally.
and
effectivenes
s in
presentation
and
organisation
.