Short Paper

MBA 515 Module Seven Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric Intrapreneurial opportunities are a very different path of development for some companies and must be considered as a possibility for any business development initiatives. One assumption here is that the effort is internally driven from within the firm. Prompt: Considering your assessment in Module Six on the capabilities and limitations of your company, identify and assess an intrapreneurial opportunity within a company and assess its impact with respect to both the level of effort and resources needed and the potential benefits to the organization. Be sure to consider the appropriate types of analysis discussed throughout this course. Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 3–5-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited 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 Intrapreneurial Opportunities

Meets “Proficient” criteria, and response demonstrates keen insight into relationship between intrapreneurial opportunities, market domain evaluation, and SWOT analysis

Develops list of intrapreneurial opportunities with supporting rationale based on market domain evaluation and SWOT analysis

Develops list of intrapreneurial opportunities, but rationale is missing or is not based on market domain evaluation and SWOT analysis

Does not develop list of intrapreneurial opportunities

40

Intrapreneurial Assessment

Meets “Proficient” criteria, and response demonstrates keen insight into relationship between intrapreneurial opportunities, market domain evaluation, and SWOT analysis

Accurately assesses viability of selected intrapreneurial opportunity, supporting response with evidence from market domain evaluation and SWOT analysis

Assesses viability of selected intrapreneurial opportunity, but with gaps in accuracy, detail, or support

Does not assess viability of selected intrapreneurial opportunity

40

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

20

Earned Total 100%