Critical Thinking Assignment
Grading Rubric: MSC102 Human Relations in Business
Category | Points | |||
Presentation: | Includes Title Page with all required information to identify student and assignment (5 points) | Missing Title Page but includes some or all of the required information (3 points) | No Title Page (0 points) | |
Content: | | | | |
Purpose and objective | The purpose and objective of the report is made clear, and the report addresses the objective(s) in a focused and logical manner (10 points) | The purpose and objective of the report is made clear, and the report addresses the objective(s). (7 points) | The report does not clearly state/address the objective(s) (3 points) | |
Discussion | Discussion is clearly oriented to the purpose. It is organized in a considered, relevant manner, and leads the reader logically from the findings to the recommendations/conclusions. In other words, the justification for conclusions/ recommendations is clear. Includes meaningful analysis of relevance to the business, explains the decision/resolution, shows evidence of outside information supporting analysis (30 points) | Discussion is oriented to the purpose, is organized but not to the best effect. The discussion provides justification and explanation leading to conclusions/recommendations, but this is not always clear to the reader. Includes general analysis of relevance to the business, explains the decision/resolution, shows unsupported evidence of outside information supporting analysis (20 points) | Discussion is poorly organized and leaves the reader wondering how the conclusions and recommendations were made (10 points) | |
Conclusion, Summary and Recommendations | Conclusions are relevant and accurately portray the key results of the document. Recommendations are specific action-oriented suggestions, oriented to the problem provided, and organized in a relevant manner. Conclusions/recommendations logically flow from the document in a manner which is evident to the reader. They are presented in a clear format (20 points) | Conclusions are relevant and portray the results of the document. Recommendations are specific action-oriented suggestions, oriented to the problem provided. Conclusions/Recommendations logically flow from the document but the logic is not always clear. They are presented in an itemized format (15 points) | Conclusions/ Recommendations do not clearly flow from the document, and/or are not business oriented. They are not well organized, and are not presented in a clear, itemized format, with parallel grammatical structure (10 points) | |
Mechanics: | | | | |
Technical writing skills: Spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, readability etc. | Very few spelling errors, correct punctuation, grammatically correct, complete sentences. (10 points) | Occasional lapses in spelling, punctuation, grammar, but not enough to seriously distract the reader or difficult to in reading/format errors (5 points) | Numerous spelling errors, non-existent or incorrect punctuation, and/or severe errors in grammar that interfere with understanding or very difficult to read (0 points) | |
Total Points | | | | |
This assignment will be valued at 75 points.