Assignment 1

COM 600 Module One Journal Entry Guidelines and Rubric

A journal entry is designed as a low-stakes activity in which students take a single topic and share their personal reflections on the subject.

This entry should come from your own experience, either as a new manager or as part of a department with a new leader. If you do not have personal experiences in these areas, project yourself into the situation to determine how a new leader can overcome those feelings of self-doubt.

Compose an entry drawn from the specific readings in Module One that includes the following:

 The challenges that you believe people have when becoming managers  Your own experience either as a new manager or as part of a department with a new leader  The impact of systems theory on effective communications for a new leader

Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Your assignment should be 400 to 500 words in length with sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Challenges Discusses the challenges people have when becoming managers, citing examples from the course readings

Discusses the challenges people have when becoming managers but does not cite examples from the course readings

Does not discuss the challenges people have when becoming managers

30

Own Experiences Describes personal experience as a new manager or as part of a department with a new leader

Describes experience as a new manager or as part of a department with a new leader but does not draw from personal experience

Does not describe personal experiences

30

Systems Theory Provides information on the impact of systems theory on effective communications for a new leader, which ties into the rest of the entry

Provides information on the impact of systems theory on effective communications for a new leader but does not tie it to the rest of the entry

Does not provide information on the impact of systems theory

30

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax that negatively impact understanding of ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%