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OL 690 Final Project Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: The final project for this course will be the creation of a consulting report. The assessment will be a solution-based approach that will apply the elements of the course to a case study. The student will demonstrate levels of attentiveness and responsiveness that leaders of an organization should observe so as to enhance relationships between an organization and its community. The students will be tasked with applying leadership processes and theories in the development of solutions to a case study. Additionally, this assessment will allow the students to combine theory and practice and apply these concepts to a relevant contemporary situation. This assessment addresses the following course outcomes:

 Propose alternative solutions to establish a culture of corporate responsibility including people, planet, and profit

 Evaluate the levels of attentiveness and responsiveness that leaders of an organization should embody to enhance relationships between the organization and society

 Interpret the health of an organization through the lens of a triple bottom line of people, planet, and profits

 Devise a plan to strategically lead an organization to practice responsible corporate behavior for the purpose of developing optimal stakeholder relationships

 Evaluate the impact of corporate policies and practices on internal and external stakeholders for leading an organization to operate responsibly Prompt: Attach a 5–7 page draft of the recommendations and implementation for the company you chose for Milestone One and Milestone Two. This information will be used as part of the final consulting report. Within the recommendations and implementation section, address the following:

III. Recommendations For this section of the assessment, you will provide recommendations based on your analysis of the company’s corporate responsibility including people, planet, and profit.

A. People: Recommend how this company could improve on its relationships with stakeholders, such as employees or customers. How would following these recommendations help the company better achieve its mission? Consider discussing the need for diversity in the makeup of the company’s employees and leadership.

B. Planet: Recommend ways this company could improve in terms of its environmental policies. How would the policies affect key stakeholders in the community? Consider providing the company’s present location and exploring the impact of a positive environmental policy on that location.

C. Profit: Point out some adjustments that the company might make to remain or become profitable. What is the benefit of profitability to the key stakeholders? Consider giving examples of how other companies have been profitable while operating responsibly.

IV. Implementation

For this section of the assessment, you will provide deeper insight on how the company could implement your recommendations and promote a culture of responsible corporate behavior.

A. People: Illustrate specific steps needed to be taken by the company to implement your recommendations to improve relationships with stakeholders. What are the possible sacrifices that might need to be made? Think about how implementing these steps can help change the culture of the company.

B. Planet: Illustrate immediate steps needed to be taken by the company to implement your recommendations on how to improve in terms of its environmental policies. Consider justifying your response by including how implementing these steps can help change the culture of the company.

C. Profit: Illustrate specific steps necessary for the company to remain profitable. How would taking these steps promote a culture of responsible corporate behavior? Consider the cost of the implementation of the changes vs. the overall benefit of the changes.

Attach a 1–2 page outline of the opportunities for your chosen company; the outline can contain bullet points, listed information, and detailed phrases. This information will be used as part of the final consulting report. Within the Opportunities section, address the following:

V. Opportunities A. Predict ways in which relationships with community stakeholders would improve as a result of the new policies. Think about the positive impact

these new policies might have on oppressed members of the community. B. Evaluate what ways these policies might help the industry as a whole. How would implementing these policies allow the company to be an

industry leader? Consider explaining why becoming an industry leader is important. C. Describe the general outlook for the company’s profitability while still following the recommendations that you are making. How are these

recommendations good for business in the short term and the long term? Consider giving examples of possible opportunities for business growth as a result of these policies.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Three should follow these formatting guidelines: a 5- to 7-page draft of the Recommendations and Implementation sections, and a 1- to 2-page outline of the Opportunities section, with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA format. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Recommendations: People: Relationships

Meets “Proficient” criteria and details include the need for diversity in the makeup of the company’s employees and leadership

Recommends how this company could improve on its relationships with stakeholders, such as employees or customers

Recommends how this company could improve on its relationships with stakeholders, such as employees or customers, but details are irrelevant or cursory

Does not recommend how this company could improve on its relationships with stakeholders, such as employees or customers

10

Recommendations: Planet: Environmental

Policies

Meets “Proficient” criteria and includes the company’s present location and explores the impact of a positive environmental policy on that location

Recommends ways this company could improve in terms of its environmental policies, based on how the policies affect key stakeholders in the community

Recommends ways this company could improve in terms of its environmental policies, but details either do not include how the policies affect stakeholders or are cursory

Does not recommend ways this company could improve in terms of its environmental policies

10

Recommendations: Profit: Adjustments

Meets “Proficient” criteria and includes examples of how other companies have been profitable while operating responsibly

Points out some adjustments that the company might make to remain or become profitable

Points out some adjustments that the company might make to remain or become profitable, but details are irrelevant or cursory

Does not point out some adjustments that the company might make to remain or become profitable

10

Implementation: People: Relationships

Meets “Proficient” criteria and details include how implementing the steps can help change the culture of the company

Illustrates specific steps needed to be taken by the company to implement recommendations to improve relationships with stakeholders

Illustrates specific steps needed to be taken by the company to implement recommendations to improve relationships with stakeholders, but details are irrelevant or cursory

Does not illustrate specific steps needed to be taken by the company to implement recommendations to improve relationships with stakeholders

10

Implementation: Planet: Environmental

Policies

Meets “Proficient” criteria and justifies by including how implementing these steps can help change the culture of the company

Illustrates immediate steps needed to be taken by the company to implement recommendations on how to improve in terms of its environmental policies

Illustrates immediate steps needed to be taken by the company to implement recommendations on how to improve in terms of its environmental policies, but details are irrelevant or cursory

Does not illustrate immediate steps needed to be taken by the company to implement recommendations on how to improve in terms of its environmental policies

10

Implementation: Profit: Remain Profitable

Meets “Proficient” criteria and details include weighing the cost of the implementation of changes vs. the overall benefit of the changes

Illustrates specific steps necessary for the company to remain profitable, including how taking these steps would promote a culture of responsible corporate behavior

Illustrates specific steps necessary for the company to remain profitable, but does not include how taking these steps would promote a culture of responsible behavior, or details are irrelevant or cursory

Does not illustrate specific steps necessary for the company to remain profitable

10

Outline of Opportunities

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides detail beyond the answers to the supporting suggestions

Outlines the opportunities for the target company and answers completely the supporting parameters

Outlines the opportunities for the company, but leaves out details or answers to the supporting parameters

No outline present 30

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%