Journal Organizational Strategy and Project Selection

QSO 640 Module Two Journal Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: Activities in this course are designed to actively involve you in various project management scenarios and help you apply the concepts covered in the course to real-world situations. They provide practice in the following:

 Differentiating common organizational structures and how they affect project processes and activities

 Describing methods for conflict resolution

 Prioritizing projects

 Communicating/distributing project information to team members and stakeholders

 Evaluating whether a team is working effectively Prompt: Organizational strategy is typically defined as a set of actions that managers take to outperform the organization’s competitors and achieve profitability and sustainability. In considering the aforementioned, write a journal entry that describes aligning projects with business strategies. The following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Describe aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve profitability. II. Describe aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve sustainability.

Guidelines for Submission: Your 2- to 3-paragraph journal entry should include any sources cited in APA format. Review this tutorial for information on creating a Blackboard journal entry. Journals are private between the student and the instructor. 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 Profitability Meets “Proficient” criteria and

illustrates with examples Describes aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve profitability

Describes aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve profitability, but there are gaps in logic and/or content misconceptions

Does not describe aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve profitability

45

Sustainability Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates with examples

Describes aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve sustainability

Describes aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve sustainability, but there are gaps in logic and/or content misconceptions

Does not describe aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve sustainability

45

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%