Summary:Students are to research and analyse an organisational behaviour issue within the specific context of their own workplace or industry. This project is to develop students’ conceptualizing,

MARKING RUBRIC FOR BUS 501 PROJECT (2000 words) / 100 points (Due Week 13)

	High Distinction	Distinction	Credit	Pass	Fail
Context, culture and structure	19-20	17-18	15-16	10-14	0-9
Organisational and industrial context, analysis of culture and structure	Exceptional and thorough description/ analysis of context, organisational culture and structure, includes all elements	Very good and thorough description/ analysis of context, organisational culture and structure, includes all elements	Good and thorough description/ analysis of context, organisational culture and structure, includes all elements	Adequate description/ analysis of context, organisational culture and structure, missing a few elements	Limited and incomplete description/ analysis of context, organisational culture and structure, missing many elements
Analysis and research	29-30	26-28	20-25	15-19	0-14
Analysis of OB issue/s in light of theory and supported by research	Exceptional understanding of the theoretical basis of the problem with exceptional evidence of recent research related to the issue/s.	Very good understanding of the theoretical basis of the problem with good evidence of recent research related to the issue/s.	Good understanding of the theoretical basis of the problem with good evidence of recent research related to the issue/s.	Understanding of the theoretical basis of the problem with evidence of recent research related to the issue/s.	Limited understanding of theoretical basis of the problem with little evidence of recent research related to the issue/s.
Alternatives, solutions, recommendations	29-30	26-28	20-25	15-19	0-14
Exploration and selection of alternatives and solutions, recommendations for implementation	Exceptionally thorough analysis of alternatives/ solutions with clearly established recommendations for implementation.	Very good analysis of alternatives/ solutions with established recommendations for implementation.	Good analysis of alternatives/ solutions with established recommendations for implementation.	Analysis of alternatives/ solutions with fairly established recommendations for implementation	Limited, insufficient analysis of alternatives/ solutions with few and unclear recommendations for implementation.
Ethical/ Biblical principles	9-10	8	6-7	4-5	0-3
Recognition and application of appropriate of ethical/ biblical/ value principles	Well integrated and relevant to the issues identified	Strong attempt at integration and relevance	Acceptable applicability/ relevance.	Limited integration/ relevance	No integration/ lacking relevance
Structure & mechanics	9-10	8	6-7	4-5	0-3
Coherence and organisation APA format	An exceptionally clear, concise and coherent project, critically organised and including all required sections. Academic conventions are rigorously adhered to throughout the essay, with no errors present.	A clear and coherent project, organised and including all required sections. Academic conventions are rigorously adhered to throughout the essay, with very few errors present.	A somewhat coherent and organized project and including most required sections. Academic conventions are adhered to throughout the essay, with some errors present.	A somewhat focussed, slightly incoherent project, characterised by some disorganisation and/or missing required sections. Academic conventions are followed inconsistently, a number of errors present.	An unfocussed, incoherent project, characterised by disorganisation and/or missing required sections. Academic conventions are followed inconsistently, a notable number of errors present.
Total	100