PoL-LitRev

PSY 614 Position Paper Guidelines and Grading Guide Overview A position paper will be used as one of your comprehensive assessments. Within the position paper, you will make value judgments about prevailing debates in the field of psychology. While you will be relying more on your personal viewpoints, you must substantiate claims with logic, reason, and evidence, as supported by scholar ly research. In Module Five, a literature review will be completed as part of the framework in preparation for this assignment. Using resources identified in the literature review , you will craft your position paper due in Module Seven. This assessment w ill assess your mastery with respect to the following course outcome:  PSY614.1 Defend a position on one of the significant debates in leadership psychology using scholarly evidence [MS.PSY.CORE.4] Prompt Your position paper should answer the following prompt: Choose one or more of the current debates in the field of leadership psychology and defend a position. Sample debates include :  Analytical versus holistic approach  Individualism versus group cognition  Balancing employee satisfaction/needs and the bottom line Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: 1. Background – Detailed information about a debate prevalent in the field of psychology must be presented. The following questions must be answered: a. Which debate was chosen? Why? b. What is the historical importance of the debate? 2. Positions – To be considered a debate, there must be a discussion that involves opposition. a. Address the distinct positions of the debate. b. Is each side of the debate sustainable? Why or why no t? c. Are the leader’s responsibilities practical in nature? Why or why not? 3. Defense – To be able to participate in a structured debate, one must choose a position and prepare to defend that stance. a. Which side of the debate do you choose to defend? Why? b. Provide an official position defense, including evidence to support your position using scholarly research. Rubric Requirements of submission : Double -spaced Word document, 12 -point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, APA format . The position paper should be 12 –15 pages in length, not including title page and references, and should include no less than 5 scholarly resources. This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For mo re information, review these instructions . Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value Background: Selection [PSY -614 -1] Meets “Proficient” criteria , and discussion is substantiated by scholarly research (10) Proposes logical reasoning for the selection of the identified debate for its prevalence in the field of psychology (9) Identifies an appropriate selection of a prevalent debate in psychology, but does not provide logically reasoning for its selection (7) An appropriate debate was not chosen (0) 10 Background: Historical Importance [PSY -614 -1] Meets “Proficient” criteria , and discussion is substantiated by scholarly research (10) Explicit and detailed discussion is provided of overall historical importance of the chosen debate (9) Discussion of the overall historical importance of the chosen debate is brief or lacking in detail (7) Historical importance of the chose debate is not discussed (0) 10 Positions: Distinctions [PSY -614 -1] Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides insightful references (10) Includes accurate and wel l developed distinctions between the opposing positions of the chosen debate (9) Includes accurate distinctions between the opposing positions of the chosen debate, but the d iscussion is not well developed (7) Does not include accurate distinctions between opposing positions (0) 10 Positions: Sustainability [PSY -614 -1] Meets “Proficient” criteria and discussion is substantiated by scholarly research (10) Adequately critiques each argument for applicable perceptions of sustainability (9) Provides a limited critique to the sustainability of each argument (7) Does not critique the sustainability of each argument (0) 10 Positions: Leader Responsibility [PSY -614 -1] Meets “Proficient” criteria and uses specific, relevant pieces of evidence when critiquing each argument (10) Adequately critiques each argument for the practical nature of leader responsibilities (9) Critiques each argument for the practical nature of leader responsibilities, but lacks specific detail (7) Does not critique the practical nature of leader responsibilities (0) 10 Defense: Selection of Position [PSY -614 -1] Meets “Proficient” criteria and addresses why this view was chosen , demonstrated by scholarly research (10) Identifies which argument of the debate will be defended and includes why this side was chosen (9) Identifies which argument of the debate will be defended, but does not include rationale for why it was chosen (7) Does not identify a specific side of the argument for defense (0) 10 Defense: Official Position Defense [PSY -614 -1] Meets “Proficient” criteria and includes significant scholarly research that supports the position (30) Defends a position related to one side of the debate in a logical and comprehensive manner (27 ) Attempts to defend a position, but the defense is not comprehensive or there are gaps in the logic (21 ) Does not select a position to defend (0) 30 Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is prese nted in a professional and easy -to-read format (10) Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (9) Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas (7) Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0) 10 Earned Total Comments: 100%