Reflections

Learning Objective

Exceeds Expectations

Meets expectations

Fails to meet Expectations

Copy of Results and Job Posting

30 points

Student successfully submits screenshots of results (legibly) of each assessment test along with a pdf or screenshot of chosen job posting.

Student successfully submits a copy for each assessment along with a screenshot or pdf version of one’s job posting.

Student submits majority of screenshots of results along with the job posting.

Student fails to submit more than half of the required submissions for Part 1 of the assignment.

Career Consideration

10 points

Student identifies a job posting consistent with current skills, abilities, and interests.

Student effectively communicate his/her interests in the position, sport organization, and industry segment.

Student selects a position that is challenging, yet realistic (i.e. internship entry level) based on his/her previous assessment of his/her skills and abilities.

Student skillfully and effectively communicates his/her interests in the position, sport organizations, and industry segment.

Student selects a position that is realistic and somewhat challenging (i.e. entry, mid-level) based on previous assessment of his/her skills and abilities.

Student somewhat communicates his/her interest in the position, sport organization, and industry segment.

Student selects a position that is unrealistic (i.e. mid-upper-level) based on previous assessment of his/her skills and abilities.

Or

Student does not effectively communicate his/her interest in the position, sport organization, and industry segment.

Skills/Abilities/Values

15 points

Student uses critical thinking to identify personal skills, abilities, and values that will meet the needs of a desired position in a sport organization.

Student demonstrates an understanding of how skills, abilities, and values can be applied to their future sport management career.

Student communicates skills and abilities logically and with clarity.

Student draws accurate and significant conclusions as to how his/her personal skills, abilities, and values relate to a desired job in a sport organization.

The student presents a clear, specific, and precise application of skills, abilities, and values by providing examples of personal experience that are relevant to the selected job position and organization.

Discussion reflects depth and breadth of the importance of values and emotional intelligence to understand the function of organizations.

Student draws general conclusions as to how his/her personal skills, abilities, and values relate to a desired sport management position.

The student provides a general application of how his/her skills, abilities, and values, are applicable to the selected job and organization.

Discussion reflects some understanding of importance of values and emotional intelligence to understand the function of organizations.

Student has not identified skills, abilities, or values relevant to the desired position in the sport industry.

Student does not discuss how skills and abilities can be applied to the selected job and/or does not provide examples.

Discussion does not highlight importance of values and emotional intelligence for understanding the function of organizations.

Leadership/Personality

10 points

Student is able to articulate the importance of identifying leadership and personality styles.

Student articulates his/her own personality and leadership styles through critical analysis of personality and leadership theory.

Student articulates how his/her own personality and leadership style is relevant to a desired sport management position.

Student uses critical thinking to identify the strengths and weaknesses of his/her personality and leadership style.

Student demonstrates a clear, precise, and in-depth understanding of leadership and personality theories, including all of the following:

How and why leadership and personality theories evolved;

Differences between leadership and personality styles;

Discussion of the implications and consequences of styles;

Student provides relevant and significant examples of how his/her personality and leadership styles are appropriate for the desired job position including personal experiences that demonstrate the strengths and weakness of his/her personality and leadership style.

Student demonstrates a general understanding of leadership and personality styles.

Student recognizes that a relationship between leadership/personality theory and application of personality/leadership in the workplace exist but does not apply theories to self.

Student provides general examples as to how understanding personality and leadership styles are relevant for the job position and selected organization.

Student provides examples of experiences that reflect personality/leadership, but only addresses strengths and weaknesses peripherally.

Student does not demonstrate an understanding of the effect of leadership or personality styles in a sport organization.

Student does not identify a personality or leadership style; personality and leadership styles are not addressed.

Student does not offer examples of how understanding personality and leadership styles are relevant for the desired position.

Student does not identify strengths/weaknesses or personality/leadership style.

Motivation

20 points

Student displays an understanding of motivation theories in an organization.

Student is able to identify personal intrinsic and extrinsic motivators.

Student is able to identify and explain personal intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for applying to the selected job posting and organization.

Student provides clear and in-depth analysis of motivational theories and their components, including all of the following:

Discusses implications and consequences of style;

Identifies intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and provides specific examples of why motivators are important;

Relates motivators to the selected job posting/organizations an articulates why motivators are important to his/her personality;

Provides relevant examples illustrating a breadth of application in an organization.

Student can generally explain motivational theories, but applications to an organization are general and not always relevant.

Student identifies motivators but offers general explanation as to why understanding personal motivators is important.

Student provides some analysis of motivational theirs but does not fully address implications and consequences of style, relevant assumptions, and sport industry context.

Student identifies motivators but does not explain why motivators are important to his/her personality.

Student has difficulty explaining motivational theories and does not provide examples.

Or

Student incorrectly identifies intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, or application of motivators is irrelevant.

Or

Student does not identify motivators for the selected job posting.

Critical Reflection and Overall Appearance

15 points

Student addresses the most important takeaways from this assignment and how this will aid in one’s future career consideration.

Rules of grammar are used in an accurate and precise manner throughout the portfolio.

Student provides specific examples and in-depth reflection regarding major lessons learned and applicable towards future career consideration.

Word choice and grammar are used in an accurate and precise manner throughout the portfolio.

The purpose is clear throughout and information is presented in a logical manner.

Student generally addresses takeaways but does go in-depth.

Some spelling, grammatical, punctuations, or word choice errors.

The purpose is mostly clear throughout and information is presented in a mostly logical manner.

Student does not critically reflect at all about personal key takeaways.

Or

Poor use of word choice, spelling, grammar and/or punctuation.

Or

The purpose and/or information are unclear.