MBA 550 Final Project Part II Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
The milestone assignments will provide you with the opportunity to reflect on four organizational scenarios to demonstrate your understanding of leadership in
organizational behavior. These assignments are designed to develop your skills in analyzing various organizational leadership situations dealing with skills
assessment, team-building, vision and culture, problem-solving, and conflict management.
Prompt: For Milestone One: Teams, you will submit a short paper or presentation assessing how your chosen leader structured the organization and his or her
executive team, and evaluating the best practices used by the leader. In this assignment, you will use the text and your research on your chosen leader. In the
assignment, identify specific leadership actions used by your chosen leader to build and structure a productive organization and culture such as policy,
communication, and training. Explain at least two examples of best practices for leaders in team development and communication in the organization using the
three dimensions of energy, engagement, and exploration. Identify planning methods used by the leader to align teams with organizational vision, and explain
actions that built and fostered team development and teamwork. Include the utilization of resources to build teams, including training, projects, and programs.
You will be evaluated on the analysis of executive team-building practices, theory, concepts and techniques; identification and summary of results of leadership
actions that structured the organization for success; application of team-building and leadership action examples; critical thinking applied to your work product;
and the articulation of your response in the writing process.
Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One: Teams must be in APA style. Include a separate title and reference page, an introduction, subheadings, and a
conclusion. The requirements for this assignment are 2 to 4 pages in length (not including title and reference pages), double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman
font, one-inch margins, and at least two discipline-appropriate citations.
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
Analysis of Executive
Team-Building Practices,
Theory, Concepts, and
Techniques Proficient (100%)
Explores some cognitive factors
associated with executive
team-building through some
detail and analysis to make
informed conclusions Summary of Results of
Leadership Actions
Related to Organizational
Behavior Best Practices Accurately identifies and
summarizes leadership actions
and results with some details of
organizational structure to
exemplify success Needs Improvement (80%)
Explores minimal cognitive
factors associated with
effective executive teambuilding through minimal detail
and analysis to make informed
conclusions
Identifies and summarizes
some leadership actions and
results, but with insufficient
detail of organizational
structure to exemplify success Not Evident (0%)
Does not explore cognitive
factors associated with
executive team-building
through detail and analysis and
does not make informed
conclusions
Does not identify and
summarize leadership actions
and results and does not
provide sufficient detail of
organizational structure to
exemplify success Value
25 25 Application of Examples Critical Thinking Articulation of Response Uses one example and applies
most team-building and
leadership actions that
contribute to the effectiveness
of an organization correctly
within the analysis
Demonstrates moderate
exploration of issues and ideas
before accepting or forming an
opinion or conclusion
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
syntax, or organization Applies some team-building
and leadership actions that
contribute to the effectiveness
of an organization correctly
within the analysis Does not correctly apply any
team-building and leadership
actions that contribute to the
effectiveness of an organization
correctly within the analysis 20 Demonstrates minimal
exploration of issues and ideas
before accepting or forming an
opinion or conclusion
Submission has significant
errors related to citations,
grammar, syntax, and
organization that negatively
impact readability and
articulation of main ideas Does not demonstrate
exploration of issues and ideas
before accepting or forming an
opinion or conclusion
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
syntax, or organization that
prevent understanding of ideas 20 Earned Total 10 100%
