Assignment #2 Presentation on Global Diversity- Issues and Opportunities
FOR ASSIGNMENT 2- Your Power Point Presentation should be no more than 8-10 slides.
Suggested topics for Assignment
· Culture and gender differences, conflicts
· Issues related to spiritual beliefs and practices
· Cultural views about people with exceptionalities
· Dress code issues
· Meal practices
· Social and interpersonal relationships
· Social protocols
· Culturally based social practices
· Issues related to age, social status
· Communication practices
· Observance of special celebrations, holidays
· And … Any other topics of your own interest
Remember that slides should include only the key facts, information. Use bullets to list the main points.
In this assignment, you will develop a presentation that addresses Global Diversity and Intercultural Issues. Include the following in your presentation:
· Topic and rationale for its selection: Be sure to provide a rationale documenting why the team decided to choose the topic.
· Relevance of the topic: Provide citations and references (at least 3 references) to support your comments. Examine the related literature and present what the literature reveals about the topic.
· Cultural implications: Describe the possible implications from a cultural perspective based on the related literature.
· Issues and opportunities: Identify at least two issues facing global leadership and opportunities for global leadership. Discuss each one from the perspective of leaders.
· Implications for leaders: Describe the importance and impact of the topic from a leaders’ perspective.
· Recommended resources: Include some suggested resources to gain additional knowledge for leaders (5 or more resources).
Rubric:
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Topic and rationale for its selection (4 points) |
Provided a vague or unrelated rationale about the topic selection. |
Provided a specific and documented rationale to support the topic selection. |
Provided a specific and well documented (two or more references) rationale to support the topic selection. |
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Relevance of the topic (5 points) |
Included an unrelated or unclear description about the need and relevance of the topic from a global leadership perspective. References were missing. |
Included a description about the need and relevance of the topic from a global leadership perspective. Three references used to document comments. |
Included a well-documented description about the need and relevance of the topic from a global leadership perspective. Three or more references were used. |
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Cultural implications (5 points) |
Provided some possible implications or unrelated comments. Arguments were not based on the related literature. |
Described the possible implications from a cultural perspective with arguments based on the related literature. |
Provided an extensive description about the possible implications of the topic from a cultural perspective with valid arguments based on the related literature |
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Issues and opportunities for global leadership (3 points)
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Included an unrelated or no discussion on issues and opportunities for global leadership. |
Included a discussion on issues and opportunities that illustrated how these impact global leadership |
Included a specific discussion on issues and opportunities that clearly illustrated how these impact global leadership |
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Implications for leaders (5 points) |
Implications provided were specific and clearly related using a global leadership perspective |
Provided comments on implications provided using a global leadership perspective |
Implications provided were specific and clearly related using a global leadership perspective |
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Recommended resources (5 points) |
List of related recommended resources was fewer than five or unrelated to topic. |
Provided a list of related recommended resources (five) |
Provided a list of related recommended resources (five or more) |
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APA format (3 points) |
Paper does not evidence adherence to APA format and has multiple errors |
Paper adheres to APA format and has none or fewer than four errors |
Paper adheres to APA format and has none or fewer than two errors |
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Presentation (5 points) |
Prepared and presented the report using PowerPoint. Presentation was unclear or did not address the topic effectively. There was participation from some team members. |
Prepared and presented the report using PowerPoint. There was participation from team members. |
Prepared and effectively presented the report using PowerPoint. There was participation from all team members. |
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Total 35 points |
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