Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 300 |
Assignment 2: Leadership Assessment |
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Criteria |
Unacceptable Below 60% F |
Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
1. Analyze the leadership style(s) of a senior executive (CEO, CFO, COO, Director, etc.) in your current or previous organization who made a positive or negative impact on you. Weight: 10% |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the leadership style(s) of a senior executive (CEO, CFO, COO, Director, etc.) in your current or previous organization who made a positive or negative impact on you. |
Insufficiently analyzed the leadership style(s) of a senior executive (CEO, CFO, COO, Director, etc.) in your current or previous organization who made a positive or negative impact on you. |
Partially analyzed the leadership style(s) of a senior executive (CEO, CFO, COO, Director, etc.) in your current or previous organization who made a positive or negative impact on you. |
Satisfactorily analyzed the leadership style(s) of a senior executive (CEO, CFO, COO, Director, etc.) in your current or previous organization who made a positive or negative impact on you. |
Thoroughly analyzed the leadership style(s) of a senior executive (CEO, CFO, COO, Director, etc.) in your current or previous organization who made a positive or negative impact on you. |
2. Analyze the organizational structure and culture of the company for which you work (or would like to work) to determine its approach to team development, and whether that approach helped to enhance your relationship skills in the workplace. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the organizational structure and culture of the company for which you work (or would like to work) to determine its approach to team development, and whether that approach helped to enhance your relationship skills in the workplace. |
Insufficiently analyzed the organizational structure and culture of the company for which you work (or would like to work) to determine its approach to team development, and whether that approach helped to enhance your relationship skills in the workplace. |
Partially analyzed the organizational structure and culture of the company for which you work (or would like to work) to determine its approach to team development, and whether that approach helped to enhance your relationship skills in the workplace. |
Satisfactorily analyzed the organizational structure and culture of the company for which you work (or would like to work) to determine its approach to team development, and whether that approach helped to enhance your relationship skills in the workplace. |
Thoroughly analyzed the organizational structure and culture of the company for which you work (or would like to work) to determine its approach to team development, and whether that approach helped to enhance your relationship skills in the workplace. |
3. Evaluate the performance of your selected leader based on his or her ethical conduct and effective communication to determine if this leader was successful in motivating and empowering you to improve on your work performance. Explain your answer. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely evaluated the performance of your selected leader based on his or her ethical conduct and effective communication to determine if this leader was successful in motivating and empowering you to improve on your work performance. Did not submit or incompletely explained your answer. |
Insufficiently evaluated the performance of your selected leader based on his or her ethical conduct and effective communication to determine if this leader was successful in motivating and empowering you to improve on your work performance. Insufficiently explained your answer. |
Partially evaluated the performance of your selected leader based on his or her ethical conduct and effective communication to determine if this leader was successful in motivating and empowering you to improve on your work performance. Partially explained your answer. |
Satisfactorily evaluated the performance of your selected leader based on his or her ethical conduct and effective communication to determine if this leader was successful in motivating and empowering you to improve on your work performance. Satisfactorily explained your answer. |
Thoroughly evaluated the performance of your selected leader based on his or her ethical conduct and effective communication to determine if this leader was successful in motivating and empowering you to improve on your work performance. Thoroughly explained your answer. |
4. Determine three (3) best practices organizational leaders can use to motivate employees and discuss their potential benefits. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely determined three (3) best practices organizational leaders can use to motivate employees and did not submit or incompletely discussed their potential benefits. |
Insufficiently determined three (3) best practices organizational leaders can use to motivate employees and insufficiently discussed their potential benefits. |
Partially determined three (3) best practices organizational leaders can use to motivate employees and partially discussed their potential benefits. |
Satisfactorily determined three (3) best practices organizational leaders can use to motivate employees and satisfactorily discussed their potential benefits. |
Thoroughly determined three (3) best practices organizational leaders can use to motivate employees and thoroughly discussed their potential benefits. |
5. Discuss some of the challenges leaders encounter when managing diversity and how diversity helps business organizations better compete in global markets. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely discussed some of the challenges leaders encounter when managing diversity and how diversity helps business organizations better compete in global markets. |
Insufficiently discussed some of the challenges leaders encounter when managing diversity and how diversity helps business organizations better compete in global markets. |
Partially discussed some of the challenges leaders encounter when managing diversity and how diversity helps business organizations better compete in global markets. |
Satisfactorily discussed some of the challenges leaders encounter when managing diversity and how diversity helps business organizations better compete in global markets. |
Thoroughly discussed some of the challenges leaders encounter when managing diversity and how diversity helps business organizations better compete in global markets. |
6. Develop an effective business strategy to address the challenges and issues you have identified above. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely developed an effective business strategy to address the challenges and issues you have identified above. |
Insufficiently developed an effective business strategy to address the challenges and issues you have identified above. |
Partially developed an effective business strategy to address the challenges and issues you have identified above. |
Satisfactorily developed an effective business strategy to address the challenges and issues you have identified above. |
Thoroughly developed an effective business strategy to address the challenges and issues you have identified above. |
7. 5 references Weight: 5% |
No references provided |
Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices. |
Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices. |
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% |
More than 8 errors present |
7-8 errors present |
5-6 errors present |
3-4 errors present |
0-2 errors present |