BAWB 4013 / BWB 4013 LABOUR LAWS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

VIDEO PROJECT (20%)

THEME:
Labour Laws and Industrial Practice in Malaysia

THE TASK:
This video presentation assignment will represent 20% of your total coursework marks for this semester. Students will work
together in assigned teams to create a video project that address the theme of the video assignment. The presentation should
include appropriate photographs, video, music, graphs, and other visual aids. The final project should be burned to DVD in an
appropriate format. You can search the Internet / You Tube for a wealth of materials and instructions on how to produce your
own video and to get an idea of what other students are doing for their class.

THE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Working together in the assigned team of 4 to 5 students, the students are required to conduct an interview with a
Human Resource practitioner currently working with any company in Malaysia.
i.

The purpose of the interview is to find out about the actual legal and regulatory issues or cases that the company
HR Department faces in their daily operation as well as any in-house mechanism that the company has in resolving
such matters and / or the outcome of such cases

ii.

You may narrow down the topic of your interview to specific areas of labour laws and IR that we have discussed in
class like termination and retrenchment, disciplinary matters, maternity leaves, issues on retirement age,
implementation of minimum wage, sexual harassment etc

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iii.

You are required to identify and get the consent of the HR practitioner who will be the subject of your interview. A
business card of the said HR practitioner must be included in the final video submission as proof.

2. The team can choose to add short sketches or any other supplementary materials to the video to make it more
interesting
3. The completed video must contain:
i.

an introductory segment by a member / members of the group may be in form of sketches, narration etc

ii.

the main content i.e. the actual interview with the practitioner

iii.

concluding segment concluding remarks made by the group, feedback from public on the issues discussed in the
video etc

4. Length of video: 15 MINUTES MAXIMUM

5. All group members MUST participate in the making of the interview video. Marks will be given based on the group effort
however any member has the right to object to the allocation of marks if he or she feels that any particular member of
the group did not contribute anything/ contribute very little to the project. Any objection will be kept anonymous and the
person complained of will be called to hear his/ her side of the story before final decision is made on the grade.
6. Your final video will be evaluated based on the criteria enumerated in the rubrics given below.
7. Submission Date: 12 DECEMBER 2014

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ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR VIDEO PROJECT

15- 12 MARKS

QUALITY OF
INTERVIEW

Questions
asked
Understandin
g of Topic
Organization
and flow of
interview

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Questions reflect
thorough research
and depth of
understanding of
topic
Majority of
questions are
open-ended
Student always
asks follow up
questions resulting
in an in-depth,
complete
interview
Interview is
logically organized
and flows naturally
due to student skill

11 - 8 MARKS

7 4 MARKS

Questions show
research and
understanding
of topic

Questions show
some research and
understanding of
topic

Usually openended questions

are asked

Some open-ended
questions are asked

Student sometimes
asks follow up
questions resulting
in a somewhat
incomplete
interview

Student usually
asks follow up
questions
resulting in a
complete
interview
Interview is
organized and
flows
appropriately

Interview is
somewhat
disorganized and is
sometimes
awkward in flow

3 0 MARKS

Questions show
little or no
research and
understanding of
topic

Few or no openended questions

are asked

Student rarely
asks follow up
questions
resulting in an
incomplete
interview

Organization of
interview makes
no sense and is
awkward

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QUALITY OF
VIDEO

VIDEO
CONTENT
AND
ORGANIZATIO
N

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Video is complete
with top quality
editing, video
transitions are
smooth
Music and sound
support the
content and
footage, added to
the overall affect
of the film on the
audience
The content
includes a clear
statement of
purpose or theme
A rich variety of
supporting
information in the
video contributes
to the
understanding of
the projects main
idea.
Events and
messages are
presented in a
logical order.

Complete video,
editing is done,
video transitions
are present but
not entirely
smooth

Music and
sounds were
present

Information is
presented as a
connected
theme with
accurate,
current
supporting
information.
Details are
logical and
persuasive
information is
effectively used.

Edited but missing

video elements,
transitions were
rough if present

Music and sounds

were present but
either were a
distraction to the
audience or did not
match the footage

The content does

not present a
clearly stated
theme, is vague,
and some of the
supporting
information does
not seem to fit the
main idea or
appears as a
disconnected series
of scenes with no
unifying main idea.

No complete
video or unedited
footage

Music and
sounds were not
present in the
video

Content lacks a
central theme,
clear point of
view and logical
sequence of
information.
Much of the
supporting
information is
irrelevant to the
overall message.

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Another 20 MARKS will be allocated for the conduct of the interview itself where students will be evaluated
based on:
5 MARKS
Greeting is present. Use of
eye contact is appropriate.
INTRODUCTIO
Body language used is
N
pleasant.

APPEARANCE

VOICE

3.5 MARKS
Greeting is present.
Use of eye contact is
appropriate.

0.5 MARKS

Greeting is present.
Begins with little or
no eye contact.

Greeting absent.
Begins with little or no
eye contact.

Student
wears
appropriate clothing;
some inappropriate
body language.

Student is not dressed

appropriately;
inappropriate
body
language.

Good volume, grammar, Good

volume, Speech is too soft or
and
vocabulary
used. grammar,
and mumbles.
Poor
Spoken with a determined vocabulary used.
grammar is used.
confidence.

Inappropriate
vocabulary
and
grammar are used.
Speech is difficult to
understand

Appropriate
dress
and Student
wears
manners
are
used; appropriate clothing;
appropriate body language little
Inappropriate
body language.

It is obvious that a great It is

deal of preparation was above
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1.5 MARKS

obvious that It is
average some

obvious that It is obvious that no

preparation
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PREPARATION done

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preparation was done

was done.

preparation was done.

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