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ACHEK031

Influences on the ways people work and factors that might affect work in the future

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ACHEK020

Why individuals work, types of work and how people derive an income

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Elaboration (1) ACHEK020

exploring different types of work such as full-time, part-time, casual, at home, paid, unpaid, unrecognised, volunteer

investigating the contribution that work can make to an individual (for example, earning an income, contributing to an individual’s self-esteem, contributing to the community, material and non-material living standards and happiness)

Elaboration (2) ACHEK031

predicting changes to work in the future and possible outcomes (for example, ‘What could be the effect of a changing attitude to work–life balance or the decline of some industries?’)

Elaboration ACHES034

interpreting data in tables, charts and graphs to identify relationships (for example, correlations between the location of groups and access to work opportunities)

Elaboration (1) ACHES023

using data to make predictions about future trends (for example, the trend of shopping online, trends in working hours or how people work)

Elaboration ACHEK031

investigating present influences on the ways people work, such as technological change, outsourced labour in the global economy, rapid communication changes, casualisation of the workforce

Elaboration (3) ACHEK042

discussing the responsibilities of government in improving the conditions of workers (for example, work health and safety, equal employment opportunity, anti-discrimination laws)

Elaboration ACHES023

interpreting tables, charts and graphs containing economic or business data to identify trends (for example, to answer the question: ‘To what extent has the number of people in casual work increased?’)

Elaboration ACHEK052

identifying examples of fiscal and monetary policy options designed to improve the standard of living, such as productivity policy, training and workforce development, taxation, work visas, migration, buying or selling government securities

Elaboration ACHES021

developing questions to form the basis of an economic or business investigation (for example, ‘Why do people work?’, ‘Why is it important to plan ways to achieve personal financial objectives?’, 'Why are consumers and producers reliant on each other?', …

Elaboration (1) ACHEK031

identifying changes to the workforce over time, such as the jobs available, the way individuals or communities value particular work, career length and human resource development, changing demography, corporate social responsibility and sustainability …

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