Assignment 2: Addressing the Diversity Gap in Leadership Week 9 (Please follow rubic)

Points: 250

Assignment 2: Addressing the Diversity Gap in Leadership

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 70% F

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Based on your knowledge of leadership theory, specify two (2) key competencies needed to improve community relations. Provide support for your rationale.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely specified two (2) key competencies needed to improve community relations, based on your knowledge of leadership theory. Did not submit or incompletely provided support for your rationale.

Partially specified two (2) key competencies needed to improve community relations, based on your knowledge of leadership theory. Partially provided support for your rationale.

Satisfactorily specified two (2) key competencies needed to improve community relations, based on your knowledge of leadership theory. Satisfactorily provided support for your rationale.

Thoroughly specified two (2) key competencies needed to improve community relations, based on your knowledge of leadership theory. Thoroughly provided support for your rationale.

2. Examine the impact that the lack of diversity has on the community meeting national public health initiatives. Analyze two (2) of the major challenges the organization faces in improving diversity. Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely examined the impact that the lack of diversity has on the community meeting national public health initiatives. Did not submit or incompletely analyzed two (2) of the major challenges the organization faces in improving diversity.

Partially examined the impact that the lack of diversity has on the community meeting national public health initiatives. Partially analyzed two (2) of the major challenges the organization faces in improving diversity.

Satisfactorily examined the impact that the lack of diversity has on the community meeting national public health initiatives. Satisfactorily analyzed two (2) of the major challenges the organization faces in improving diversity.

Thoroughly examined the impact that the lack of diversity has on the community meeting national public health initiatives. Thoroughly analyzed two (2) of the major challenges the organization faces in improving diversity.

3. As a senior level manager, compose at least two (2) strategies designed to minimize the impact that lack of diversity may have on the organization. Recommend one (1) approach for implementing each suggested strategy. Provide support for your recommendations.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely composed at least two (2) strategies designed to minimize the impact that lack of diversity may have on the organization, as a senior level manager. Did not submit or incompletely recommended one (1) approach for implementing each suggested strategy. Did not submit or incompletely provided support for your recommendations.

Partially composed at least two (2) strategies designed to minimize the impact that lack of diversity may have on the organization, as a senior level manager. Partially recommended one (1) approach for implementing each suggested strategy. Partially provided support for your recommendations.

Satisfactorily composed at least two (2) strategies designed to minimize the impact that lack of diversity may have on the organization, as a senior level manager. Satisfactorily recommended one (1) approach for implementing each suggested strategy. Satisfactorily provided support for your recommendations.

Thoroughly composed at least two (2) strategies designed to minimize the impact that lack of diversity may have on the organization, as a senior level manager. Thoroughly recommended one (1) approach for implementing each suggested strategy. Thoroughly provided support for your recommendations.

4. Design the key resources and main communication efforts required to implement the minimizing strategies that you suggested. Justify your position.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely designed the key resources and main communication efforts required to implement the minimizing strategies that you suggested. Did not submit or incompletely justified your position.

Partially designed the key resources and main communication efforts required to implement the minimizing strategies that you suggested. Partially justified your position.

Satisfactorily designed the key resources and main communication efforts required to implement the minimizing strategies that you suggested. Satisfactorily justified your position.

Thoroughly designed the key resources and main communication efforts required to implement the minimizing strategies that you suggested. Thoroughly justified your position.

5. 4 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided.

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

6. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting

Weight: 5%

Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

7. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and reference

Weight: 5%

Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.

In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.

Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style.

In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.

8. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources

Weight: 5%

Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.

Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

9. Clarity and Coherence of Writing

Weight: 5%

Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.