Learning Management System

COURSE : DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

COURSEWORK 1
Year

2015

MONTH

Subject
Weightage

BDB1394 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

30% (INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT)
Submission
Date

SEPTEMBER 2015

2 November 2015

REGULATIONS
A. Late Submission

A 10% deduction per day of total coursework marks (excluding weekends and public holidays).

Late submission between 5 to 10 days, results in a 50% deduction of total coursework marks.

Late submission past 10 days results in an automatic 0% for coursework and the student will be
barred from the final examination.
B. Deliverables
Students must submit all materials supporting their coursework listed in the deliverable section.

The coursework must be done INDIVIDUALLY and must be entirely your own work. Please make
sure that you are aware of the rules concerning plagiarism. If you are unclear about them, please
consult your program coordinator/lecturer.
Plagiarism is presenting somebody elses work as your own. It includes: copying information
directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting joint coursework
as an individual effort; copying another students coursework; stealing coursework from
another student and submitting it as your own. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if
found to have occurred will be dealt with according to the procedures set down by the
university/college.

The coursework should exhibit formal research skills i.e. with a table of content, proper citations,
references, and appendixes.

The coursework write up must be able to demonstrate critical analysis and application of both theory
and practical issues to the company that you have selected.

Student may include additional relevant data/information apart from the proposed guidelines in
conjunction to your research. Additional marks will be awarded for such attempt.

Answer ALL questions from the case study and should not be more than 3,000 words.

All written reports MUST be submitted for similarity checks to Turnitin and submit turnitin report.

You should bind your coursework with the coursework cover sheet as the 1st page and standard
marking scheme (Appendix A) as the 2nd page.

A CD containing the softcopy version of your coursework should be submitted as well.

Appropriate APA Referencing System will be employed where applicable.

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COURSEWORK 1 CASE STUDY AND QUESTIONS

Case Study: Frustrated at age of 30

Although the recession has been receding for several years now, many U.S. workers still feel
pushed to the limit as they work long hours.
One consequence is that sleep has taken a back seat to other matters deemed more important. But
rather than tread through the workday in a zombie-like, sleep-deprived state, some workers are
turning to secret power naps in order to recharge. For example, Ronit Rogosziniski, a 45-year-old
financial planner, wakes up at 5 a.m. each day, works, and at noon sneaks to her car for a quick
snooze. She is not alone, as evidenced by the comments on Wall Street Oasis, a website frequently
visited by investment bankers who blog about their travails. Their advice? When power-napping on
a toilet, put the seat down and keep your pants up, for maximum comfort.
Though the thought of an investment banker napping on a toilet in a power suit might be amusing,
many believe lack of sleep is no laughing matter. Research examining the effects of sleep
deprivation has found that tired workers experience higher levels of back pain, depression, and job
dissatisfaction, along with lower levels of performance. Losing even an hour of sleep as a result of
the shift to daylight savings time is enough to prompt higher levels of cyberloafing.
Some companies are paying attention to the costs associated with sleep deprivation and are
encouraging napping at work. One survey of 600 companies conducted by the Society for Human
Resource Management revealed that 6 percent had dedicated nap rooms in 2011. In addition, a poll
of 1,508 workers conducted by the National Sleep Foundation found that 34 percent said they were
allowed to nap at work.
Sources: Based on C. Delo, Why Companies are Cozying Up to Napping at Work, CNN (August 18, 2011), (www.management.fortune.cnn.com);
D. T. Wagner, C. M. Barnes, V. K. G. Lim, and D. L. Ferris, Lost Sleep and Cyberloafing: Evidence from the Laboratory and a Daylight Saving
Time Quasi-Experiment, Journal of Applied Psychology 97 (2012), pp. 1068-1076; and D. Wescott, Do Not Disturb, Bloomberg BusinessWeek
(April 23rd-29th, 2012), p. 90.

Question 1

Should organizations be concerned about their employees being sleep-deprived? What factors
influencing sleep might be more or less under the control of an organization?
Question 2
How might reinforcement theory play a role in the extent to which employees are sleepdeprived?
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Question 3
How might sleep deprivation influence aspects of expectancy theory? How might the
incorporation of nap rooms for sleep-deprived employees influence aspects of equity
theory?
Question 4
If you were a manager who noticed your employees were sleep-deprived, what steps might
you take to help them? What theories of motivation could you use to help them?
Appendix A

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (BDB1394)

GRADING SCHEME (COURSEWORK 1 - INDIVIDUAL)

Name of Student: _________________________________

Student ID: ______________________________________

No.

Assessment Criteria

Weightings

1.

Answers to Question 1

25%

2.

Answers to Question 2

25%

3.

Answers to Question 3

25%

4.

Answers to Question 4

25%

Marks Allotted
by Lecturer

/100
/30

Comments:
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