HC004
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HC004: Resources to Inform Strategic Plans: Apply resources to inform strategic plans
Assessment Rubric
Rubric Criteria 0
Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
Module 1: Stakeholders and Change Champions
Strategic Plan Section 4: Proposed Core Team of Change Champions
Write a 1- to 2-page description of your
core team of change champions. Include the following in your
description:
Identify internal and external stakeholders.
Learning Objective 1.1: Identify internal and
external stakeholders to support strategic planning
Identification of internal and external stakeholders
is missing.
The response vaguely or partially identifies internal
and external stakeholders to support the strategic planning process.
The response clearly and comprehensively identifies
internal and external stakeholders to support the strategic planning process.
Explain why
stakeholders were selected.
Learning Objective 1.2: Justify stakeholder
selections to support strategic planning
Justification of the
selection of stakeholders is missing.
The response vaguely or
partially justifies the selection of included
stakeholders.
The response clearly and
comprehensively justifies the selection of included
stakeholders.
Explain how
stakeholders will be Explanation of how to
involve stakeholders in the
The response vaguely or
partially explains how
The response clearly and
comprehensively explains
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Rubric Criteria 0
Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
involved in the
strategic planning process.
Learning Objective 1.3: Explain stakeholder
involvement in strategic planning
strategic planning is
missing.
stakeholders will be
involved in the strategic planning process.
how stakeholders will be
involved in the strategic planning process.
Explain how you will collaborate and
communicate with stakeholders.
Learning Objective 1.4: Formulate plans to
collaborate and communicate with
stakeholders during strategic planning
Explanation of how to collaborate and
communicate with stakeholders is missing.
The response vaguely or partially explains the plan
to collaborate and communicate with
stakeholders.
The response clearly and comprehensively explains
the plan to collaborate and communicate with
stakeholders.
Explain how you will keep stakeholders
motivated and engaged.
Learning Objective 1.5: Explain how to motivate
and engage stakeholders in strategic
planning
Explanation of how to keep stakeholders motivated
and engaged is missing.
The response vaguely or partially explains how to
keep stakeholders motivated and engaged in
the strategic planning process.
The response clearly and comprehensively explains
how to keep stakeholders motivated and engaged in
the strategic planning process.
Module 2: Financial and Efficacy Tools
Strategic Plan Section 5: Budgeting and Timeline Tools
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Rubric Criteria 0
Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Write a 1- to 2-page
description of your budget and timeline for your strategic plan.
Include the following:
Provide an analysis of the financial impact of the strategic plan.
Learning Objective 2.1:
Analyze the financial impact of a strategic plan
Analysis of the financial
impact of a strategic plan is missing.
The response vaguely,
partially, and/or with some errors analyzes the financial impact of the
strategic plan.
The response clearly,
comprehensively, and accurately analyzes the financial impact of the
strategic plan.
Create tables, charts, and/or graphs to
visually support the financial analysis of
your strategic plan.
Learning Objective 2.2:
Visually present financial data and analysis
Visual support of financial analysis is missing.
The response vaguely, partially, and/or with some
errors includes visual support of tables, charts,
and/or graphs to support the financial analysis of the strategic plan.
The response clearly, comprehensively, and
accurately includes visual support of tables, charts,
and/or graphs to support the financial analysis of the strategic plan.
Explain the timeline for
implementation of your strategic plan.
Learning Objective 2.3: Create timelines for
implementation of strategic plans
Timeline explanation for
strategic plan is missing.
The response vaguely or
partially explains the timeline for the implementation of the
strategic plan.
The response clearly and
comprehensively explains the timeline for the implementation of the
strategic plan.
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Rubric Criteria 0
Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Explain how the
timeline for your strategic plan can allow leeway for
variance.
Learning Objective 2.4: Analyze strategic plan timelines to
accommodate variance
Explanation of how the
timeline for a strategic plan can allow for variance is missing.
The response vaguely or
partially explains how the timeline for the strategic plan can allow for variance.
The response clearly and
comprehensively explains how the timeline for the strategic plan can allow for
variance.
Module 2: Financial and Efficacy Tools
Strategic Plan Section 6: Balanced Scorecard
In 1–2 pages:
Create a balanced scorecard for your strategic
plan.
Learning Objective 2.5:
Create balanced scorecards for strategic plans
Balanced scorecard is missing.
The balanced scorecard is vague or incomplete.
The balanced scorecard is clear and comprehensive.
Explain how your balanced scorecard could be used to measure and evaluate
impacts of your planned change.
Explanation of how balanced scorecard could measure and evaluate the
impacts of the plan is missing.
The response vaguely or partially explains how the impacts of planned change
could be measured and evaluated using the
balanced scorecard.
The response clearly and comprehensively explains how the impacts of planned
change could be measured and evaluated using the
balanced scorecard.
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Rubric Criteria 0
Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Learning Objective 2.6:
Explain how balanced
scorecards can be used to measure and evaluate impacts of strategic plans Explain how the balanced
scorecard could be used to determine if the outcomes
of your strategic plan justify the costs.
Learning Objective 2.7:
Explain how balanced
scorecards can be used to determine whether the outcomes of strategic plans
justify the costs
Explanation of how the
balanced scorecard could be used to determine
whether the outcomes of the strategic plan justify the costs is missing.
The response vaguely or
partially explains how the balanced scorecard could
be used to determine whether the outcomes of the strategic plan justify the
costs.
The response clearly and
comprehensively explains how the balanced
scorecard could be used to determine whether the outcomes of the strategic
plan justify the costs.
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Professional Skills Assessment
In this Competency Assessment, you will be assessed on the following Professional S kills: Written Communication, Applied and Collaborative Learning, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, and Information Literacy. These skills count
toward your achievement of the Competency and the Professional Skills.
0 Not Present
1 Needs Improvement
2 Meets Expectations
PS001: Written Communication: Demonstrate graduate-level writing skills.
Learning Objective
PS 1.1:
Use proper grammar, spelling, and
mechanics
Multiple major and
minor errors in grammar, spelling, and/or mechanics are
highly distracting and seriously impact
readability.
Multiple minor errors in
grammar, spelling, and/or mechanics are distracting and negatively impact
readability.
Writing reflects competent use of
standard edited American English.
Errors in grammar, spelling, and/or mechanics do not
negatively impact readability. Learning Objective PS 1.2:
Organize writing to enhance clarity
Writing is poorly organized and
incoherent. Introductions, transitions, and
conclusions are missing or inappropriate.
Writing is loosely organized. Limited use of introductions,
transitions, and conclusions provides partial continuity.
Writing is generally well organized. Introductions,
transitions, and conclusions provide continuity and a logical progression of ideas.
Learning Objective PS 1.3:
Apply APA style to
written work
APA conventions are not applied.
APA conventions for attribution of sources, structure, formatting, etc.,
are applied inconsistently.
APA conventions for attribution of sources, structure, formatting, etc., are generally applied
correctly in most instances. Sources are generally cited
appropriately and accurately. Learning Objective PS 1.4:
Vocabulary and tone are inappropriate and negatively impact
Vocabulary and tone have limited relevance to the audience.
Vocabulary and tone are generally appropriate for the
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Use appropriate vocabulary and tone for the audience and
purpose
clarity of concepts to be conveyed.
audience and support communication of key concepts.
PS004: Applied and Collaborative Learning: Apply knowledge and skills in collaboration with others to
solve authentic problems.
Learning Objective PS 4.1: Recognize
how compromise, mutual respect, and
shared responsibility help people achieve a common goal
Evidence of recognition is not
present.
Evidence of recognition is unclear or incomplete.
Response includes evidence that demonstrates recognition of how
compromise, mutual respect, and shared responsibility help people
achieve a common goal.
PS005: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze professional issues and inform best practice.
Learning Objective PS 5.4:
Use problem-solving
skills
Problems and solutions are not identified.
Response presents solutions but they are ineffective in addressing the specific
problem.
Response presents solutions that are practical and work in addressing the specific problem.
PS006: Information Literacy: Apply appropriate strategies to identify relevant and credible information
and data in order to effectively analyze issues and make decisions.
Learning Objective PS 6.1:
Identify credible sources
Credible sources are missing.
Some sources are credible, appropriate, and relevant to
the topic.
Most sources are credible, appropriate, and relevant to the
topic.
Learning Objective
PS 6.2:
Analyze findings from relevant sources
Analysis is missing. Analysis superficially reflects
relevance of findings to the identified problem, issue, or purpose.
Analysis clearly reflects
relevance of findings to the identified problem, issue, or purpose.
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Mastery Rubric
In order to achieve mastery of this Competency, you must achieve a “2” on every Rubric row in addition to meeting the additional expectation indicated in the Mastery Rubric.
Mastery Rubric No Yes
Exceeds Expectations: Resources to Inform Strategic Plans
Apply resources to inform
strategic plans.
Response does not
demonstrate comprehensive understanding of how to identify, develop,
and evaluate stakeholders, budget, and timelines or how to apply them to inform strategic plans. The resources identified
do not display a clear appreciation for the interplay of these important resources on
the success of a strategic plan.
Response demonstrates comprehensive
understanding of how to identify, develop, and evaluate stakeholders, budget, and
timelines and how to apply them to inform strategic plans. The resources identified displays a clear appreciation for the
interplay of these important resources on the success of a strategic plan.