Master 1-1

QSO 640 Module One Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: Activities in this course are designed to actively involve you in various project management scenarios and help you apply the concepts covered in the course to real-world situations. They provide practice in the following:

 Differentiating common organizational structures and how they affect project processes and activities

 Describing methods for conflict resolution

 Prioritizing projects

 Communicating/distributing project information to team members and stakeholders

 Evaluating whether a team is working effectively Prompt: Empirical evidence suggests a project manager’s authority, autonomy, and conflict-management skills are essential for delivering projects within the approved schedule and budget. Create a graphic organizer that addresses the critical elements below. The following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Describe authority and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure. II. Describe autonomy and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure.

III. Describe conflict management and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure. IV. Apply theory, scholarly resources, and course concepts.

Guidelines for Submission: Your one-page graphic organizer should adhere to the following formatting requirements: Consider a free online graphic organizer tool, such as Creately, Popplet Lite, or Bubbl.us, to create this assignment, and submit your graphic organizer as a PDF, JPG, PPT, XLS, or DOC file.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Authority Meets “Proficient” criteria and

illustrates with examples Describes authority and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure

Describes authority and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure, but there are gaps in logic and/or content misconceptions

Does not describe authority and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure

25

Autonomy Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates with examples

Describes autonomy and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure

Describes autonomy and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure, but there are gaps in logic and/or content misconceptions

Does not describe autonomy and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure

25

Conflict Management

Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates with examples

Describes conflict management and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure

Describes conflict management and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure, but there are gaps in logic and/or content misconceptions

Does not describe conflict management and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure

25

Application of Theory, Scholarly Resources, and

Course Concepts

Competently incorporates concepts/theory from course material/scholarly resources

Applies theory, scholarly resources, and course concepts

Incorporates some theory, scholarly resources, and course concepts

Fails to apply scholarly resources, theory, and course concepts

15

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to- read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%