Information sharing in Facing the leaders of Criminal justice

Case 1: Special assignment

The Graduate School Common Outcomes Assessment Activity

10 % of total course grade

In Spring 2014, UMUC’s Graduate School is conducting an assessment exercise in all capstone courses using a common writing assignment. For MGMT 670, this common assignment will replace Case 1. Please submit the essay as described below to your LEO assignment folder under “Case 1.” It will be evaluated according to the rubric criteria (attached).  

Prompt:

Identify one major challenge (i.e. technology, policy, economic, personnel, global influence, educational…) facing leaders in your field today and make two recommendations on how this challenge might be addressed to ensure organizational success?  Major Challenge is “Information sharing”, my field is criminal justice. You can decide the two recommendations.

Instructions:

1. Write a short essay (800-1,000 words; 3-4 pages) that provides a critical and thoughtful response to the prompt presented above.

2. Perform appropriate research that will support your response to the prompt and meet these criteria:

· At least three (3) scholarly journal articles.

· Two of these articles must have been published within the last 5 years.

3. Follow APA style guidelines for citations and reference page. Please use APA Level 1 headings and organize the essay in a logical sequence.

4. Demonstrate the mastery of technology skills by meeting following criteria:

· Prepare your essay in MS Word with 1-inch margins on all sides, double-spaced and 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Employ page numbers.

Note: Prior to starting the assignment, please review the grading rubric (attached) and consider all rubric criteria when writing your essay.