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.
II. Describe aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve profitability.
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
Profitability Exemplary (100%)
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
illustrates with examples Proficient (90%)
Describes aligning projects
with business strategies in
order to achieve profitability Sustainability Meets “Proficient” criteria and
illustrates with examples Describes aligning projects
with business strategies in
order to achieve sustainability Needs Improvement (70%)
Describes aligning projects
with business strategies in
order to achieve profitability,
but there are gaps in logic
and/or content misconceptions
Describes aligning projects
with business strategies in
order to achieve sustainability,
but there are gaps in logic
and/or content misconceptions Not Evident (0%)
Does not describe aligning
projects with business
strategies in order to achieve
profitability Value
45 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-toread 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
Total 10 100%
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.
II. Describe aligning projects with business strategies in order to achieve profitability.
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
Profitability Exemplary (100%)
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
illustrates with examples Proficient (90%)
Describes aligning projects
with business strategies in
order to achieve profitability Sustainability Meets “Proficient” criteria and
illustrates with examples Describes aligning projects
with business strategies in
order to achieve sustainability Needs Improvement (70%)
Describes aligning projects
with business strategies in
order to achieve profitability,
but there are gaps in logic
and/or content misconceptions
Describes aligning projects
with business strategies in
order to achieve sustainability,
but there are gaps in logic
and/or content misconceptions Not Evident (0%)
Does not describe aligning
projects with business
strategies in order to achieve
profitability Value
45 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-toread 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
Total 10 100%
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