1-3 Milestone One: Topic Selection Journal

HCM 490 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: It is important to get started on your project right away. In this milestone, you will submit your selected topic. In this journal assignment, you will choose your topic and see if it is a viable issue for your strategic plan presentation.

Journal activities in this course are private between you and the instructor.

Specifically, the following critical elementsmust be addressed:

In a journal assignment, consider the following:

• What is the topic of your project? What issue will you focus on? • What organization will this impact? • Why did you select this issue? • Reflect on future milestones. Based on the milestones for this course, can you realistically complete your strategic plan presentation with this topic?

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: This milestone should be 3 to 4 paragraphs in length. All sources should be in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Topic Explains the topic of the strategic plan project

and the issue the project will focus on Explains the topic of the strategic plan project and the issue the project will focus on but lacks detail or clarity

Does not explain the topic of the strategic plan project and the issue the project will focus on

23

Organization Explains what organization the strategic plan project will impact

Explains what organization the strategic plan project will impact but lacks detail or clarity

Does not explain what organization the strategic plan project will impact

23

Selection Explains selection of issue for the strategic plan project

Explains selection of issue for the strategic plan project but lacks detail or clarity

Does not explain selection of issue for the strategic plan project

23

Strategic Plan Discusses how, based on the milestones for this course, the strategic plan project can be completed with this topic

Discusses how, based on the milestones for this course, the strategic plan project can be completed with this topic, but lacks detail or clarity

Does not discuss how, based on the milestones for this course, the strategic plan project can be completed with this topic

23

Articulation of Response

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

8

Total 100%