Assignment 1: Challenges to Effective Management Processes

Assignment 1: Challenges to Effective Management Processes

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you discuss the single biggest challenge to effective management process and one (1) recommendation for addressing that challenge.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills.
The assignment will be graded using the following rubric:

Outcomes Assessed

Analyze the requirements management process in a project management context.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in project procurement management.

Grading Rubric for Assignment 1 — Challenges to Effective Management Processes

Criteria
Unacceptable

Developing

Competent

Exemplary

1. Discuss the single biggest challenge to effective management process and one (1) recommendation for addressing that challenge.
(80%)
Did not complete the assignment or did not discuss the single biggest challenge to effective management process and one (1) recommendation for addressing that challenge; omitted key information and/or included irrelevant information. Completed with less than 60% accuracy, thoroughness, and logic.
Partially discussed the single biggest challenge to effective management process and one (1) recommendation for addressing that challenge; omitted some key information. Completed with 60-79% accuracy, thoroughness, and logic.
Sufficiently discussed the single biggest challenge to effective management process and one (1) recommendation for addressing that challenge. Completed with 80-89% accuracy, thoroughness, and logic.
Fully discussed the single biggest challenge to effective management process and one (1) recommendation for addressing that challenge. Completed with 90-100% accuracy, thoroughness, and logic.

2. Clarity
(10%)
Did not complete the assignment, or explanations are unclear and not organized.
(Major issues)
Explanations generally unclear and not well organized.
(Many issues)
Explanations generally clear and/or organized. (Minor issues)
Explanations very clear and well organized.
(Added helpful details)

3. Writing – Grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation
(10%)
Did not complete the assignment or had 8 or more different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation. (Major issues)
Had 6–7 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation. (Many issues)
Had 4–5 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation. (Minor issues)
Had 0–3 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation.