The quiz is held week 4 (19th Marchl) in your tutorial session and consists of short answer and/or multiple choice questions. It is worth 10 marks and is a closed book quiz, which runs for 20 minutes under exam conditions. Questions based upon HRM and IHRM concepts examined in lectures and tutorials in weeks 1-3. In order to sit the quiz students must display their current student identification card at the time.

Non-Attendance:

Students that do not attend the class quiz time will be awarded a mark of '0' for the task, except for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved.

This is an individual essay with a maximum of 1500 words (+/- 10%, excluding reference list). All finalised essays MUST be uploaded to the iLearn ('turnitin') by the due date.  

All assignments submitted for assessment must adhere to the following standards:

a) Cover Page with full student details and exact word count at end of essay

b) Presentation of Essay should adhere to normal academic and professional standards of presentation, including: page numbers, double spacing, appropriate page margins (2.54cm default margin settings), Times New Roman font and 12 point should be used

c) Essays should be edited and free of typographical and grammatical errors

d) Harvard/APA referencing system should be used

e) A bibliography is required (this is not part of the word count)

f) Please Note: Students are required to 'individually' research and write their response to the essay question (it is not a collaborative exercise and must be the sole work of the students)

g) Students may be required to discuss submitted essay content with their tutor to ensure student authorship

h) Students may only submit their final answer once to 'turnitin' (this means that multiple submissions of essay before submitted date cut off is not allowed). Note: one final submission only to 'turnitin'.

Submission Procedure:

Students are required to submit their electronic copy of the essay to 'turnitin' via the internet as part of the submission process. Your essay will then be automatically compared to work of your classmates, previous students at Macquarie and other universities, with material available on the internet, both freely and subscription-based electronic journals

Late Submissions:

No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 20% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission - 40% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved. No submission can be accepted after solutions have been discussed.

The class participation mark is based on your performance of 10 out of 12 tutorial classes.  This includes evidencing that you have completed the readings and are prepared to contribute to the tutorial discussions in order to answer questions that requires knowledge of the allocated article/case study for the week.

No extensions will be granted. Students who have not participated in the task prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of '0' marks, except for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved.

1) The examination is an 'open-book' exam worth 50% of your overall marks. Open-book exam means that you are able to take any printed material (e.g. lecture notes, student summaries, text book, etc.) into the exam room. However, you cannot take any electronic devices into the exam room such as, for example, computers, calculators, electronic dictionaries, iPhones, iPads, iWatches, etc.(see iLearn for specific details).

2) Examination format and other relevant details will be posted on iLearn closer to the exam period

3) Students are not required to gain a pass mark in the exam to pass the subject. You need to achieve an overall grade of 50% cumulative of all the assessments.

4) Please check the examination period before booking holidays or overseas trips.

The exam is three (3) hours and you are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. This timetable is available in draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examination and in final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examination - http://mq.edu.au/exam/

The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. The Special Consideration Policy is effective from December 4th 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.  In these circumstances you are expected to consider applying for Special Consideration. Information about special consideration is available at - https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration 

If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the special consideration process the examination is scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period

The Macquarie University Examination Policy details the principles and conduct of examinations at the University. The policy is avialable at - http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/examination/