Assignment 1: Discussion Leadership and Teams
In this module, you learned about the value and challenges of team leadership. Tasks: Based on your organizational leadership experience and the information accumulated in this class: - Identify three (3) possible dissertation research topics related to organizational leadership. Make sure your topics are current and relevant to the field.
- Discuss some of the leadership problems or opportunities that each of these three studies addresses.
- Offer specific suggestions for the leadership problems and/or opportunities. Support these suggestions with a rationale, research sources, and/or examples from your experience in teams/groups.
Submission Details: By Wednesday, August 3, 2016, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Friday, August 5, 2016, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Do the following when responding to your peers: - Read your peers’ answers.
- Provide substantive comments by
- contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
- building on the remarks or questions of others; or
- sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
- Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
- Make sure your writing
- is clear, concise, and organized;
- demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
- displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Grading Criteria Assignment Components | Max Points | Initial response was: - Insightful, original, accurate, and timely.
- Substantive and demonstrated advanced understanding of concepts.
- Compiled/synthesized theories and concepts drawn from a variety of sources to support statements and conclusions.
| 16 | Discussion Response and Participation: - Responded to a minimum of two peers in a timely manner.
- Offered points of view supported by research.
- Asked challenging questions that promoted discussion.
- Drew relationships between one or more points in the discussion.
| 16 | Writing: - Wrote in a clear, concise, formal, and organized manner.
- Responses were error free.
- Information from sources, where applicable, was paraphrased appropriately and accurately cited.
| 8 | Total: | 40 |
Assignment 1 Grading Criteria | Maximum Points | Response Criteria | | Provided an in-depth explanation or analysis of subject or topic. | 8 | Used a clear, logical, and organized line of reasoning. | 4 | Provided adequate justification and evidence supporting the opinion expressed. | 4 | Submitted on time. | 4 | Participation Criteria | | Participated in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with rationale, challenging a point of discussion, or making a relationship between one or more points of the discussion. | 4 | Displayed consistent sensitivity when working with individuals from varied backgrounds. | 4 | Accessed one or more of the Argosy University's online database collections and integrated findings from two to three peer-reviewed journal articles relating to the subject. | 4 | Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. | 4 | Responded to the posts of at least two classmates with meaningful and relevant responses that add value to the original post or the discussion. Offered criticism that was respectful of the other person's feelings. | 4 | Total: | 40 |
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