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Assignment 4: Personal Development Game Plan Due Week 10 and worth 225 points.
Due Week 10and worth 225 points.
“As you develop a game plan for your life, you must start by seeing yourself for who you really are.”
– Coach Gibbs
Introduction
When asked about the secret to his success, Coach often stresses the importance of following a good game plan. A game plan helps you focus on your purpose and goals so that you can be sure you stay on track. Throughout this course, you have been working to identify some of the individual components of your own game plan for success.
In this assignment, you will combine everything you’ve learned about your values, passions, strengths, personality, leadership style, purpose, and goals to create your very own Personal Development Game Plan.
Instructions
Step 1: Download the Personal Development Game Plan Worksheet and save it to your computer.
Step 2: Follow the directions on the worksheet to complete your Personal Development Game Plan.
Step 3: Save your assignment as FirstInitial_LastName_JGR100_ A4.
Step 4: Submit your assignment using the Week 10 assignment link in Blackboard
This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS).
The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. (Note: You’ll be prompted to enter your Blackboard login credentials to view these standards.)
Course Connections:
While completing this assignment, be sure to connect your responses to the course content you’ve learned so far. You should use specific phrases, ideas, and quotes from the Strayer Videos, Coach’s Huddle, Weekly Readings, and/or Discussion Questions to explain and support your thoughts.
Wait! Before you submit your assignment, did you…
- Review the scoring guide? The scoring guide will give you a clear understanding of the assignment expectations. If you are unclear on what is expected of you, please reach out to your instructor for support.
- Check your assignment for grammatical errors?
- Review your answers for clarity?
- Reach out to your instructor if you have any questions?
Scoring Guide Assignment 4: Personal Development Game Plan
Criteria | Exemplary 90-100% A | Proficient 80-89% B | Fair 70-79% C | Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D | Unacceptable Below 70% F |
1. All sections of Personal Development Game Plan (Game Plan) completed. Weight: 30% | All sections of the Game Plan have been completed. | 6-7 sections of the Game Plan have been completed. | 4-5 sections of the Game Plan have been completed. | 1-3 sections of the Game Plan have been completed. | No sections of the Game Plan have been completed. |
2. Provides thoughtful responses in each section of the Game Plan. Weight: 30% | Provides thorough responses in each section of the Game Plan. Shows a thorough understanding of the overall goal of the assignment. | Provides proficient responses in each section of the Game Plan. Shows a thorough understanding of the overall goal of the assignment. | Provides satisfactory responses in each section of the Game Plan. Shows a general understanding of the overall goal of the assignment. | Provides insufficient responses in each section of the Game Plan. Does not show a thorough understanding of the overall goal of the assignment. | Does not provide responses in any section of the Game Plan. Does not show a thorough understanding of the overall goal of the assignment. |
3. Provides a summary that includes three (3) takeaways and how you will apply them to your personal and/or professional life. Weight: 35% | Thoroughly summarizes three (3) takeaways and thoroughly explains how you will apply them to your personal and/or professional life. | Proficiently summarizes three (3) takeaways and proficiently explains how you will apply them to your personal and/or professional life. | Only summarizes two (2) takeaways and explains how you will apply them to your personal and/or professional life. | Summarizes only one (1) takeaway and explains how you will apply it to your personal and/or professional life. | Does not summarize any takeaways. |
4. Write in a professional manner using proper grammar and spelling. Weight: 5% | Writing is excellent. Tone is professional and sophisticated. Shows logic, clarity, and consistent formatting. Contains no spelling or grammatical errors. | Writing is mostly good. Tone is professional. Shows logic, clarity, and consistent formatting. May contain few or no spelling and/or grammatical errors. | Writing is satisfactory. Tone is somewhat professional. Shows moderate logic, clarity, and/or consistent formatting. May contain 2-4 spelling and/or grammatical errors. | Writing meets minimal standards. Tone is not professional. Lacks one or more of logic, clarity, and/or consistent formatting. May contain more than 4 spelling and/or grammatical errors. | Writing does not meet minimal standards. Tone is not professional. Wholly lacking in logic, clarity, and/or consistent formatting. Contains many spelling and/or grammatical errors. |
Mgt 880 2
Q1 Give a specific example in which a company failed specifically because of poor management, and another because of poor leadership (define each, then answer through those definitions – you can use personal examples of you wish).
Define social loafing, then answer how you dealt with it on a professional level (i.e., exclude experiences with regard to school).
Q2
Answer the following question in essay form (double-spaced, APA format) of 3-5 pages:
a) Lawler advises paying the individual instead of the job, and asserts that pay for performance should focus on collective performance more than individual performance. Do you agree or disagree?
State your position and have academic sources in support.
Lawler, E.E. (2000). Rewarding excellence. Pay strategies for the new century. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
You will need at least four peer-reviewed sources to support your claims.
Note: Please use this format to
answer Q2. Separate answers for q1 and q2.
Team Performance Strategies
Here you can give a brief overview of what you will be writing about. One paragraph should be plenty. The assignment was: “Lawler advises paying the individual instead of the job, and asserts that pay for performance should focus on collective performance more than individual performance. Do you agree or disagree? State your position and have academic sources in support.”
There are MANY ways you can address this. Your grade will depend on how well you can support your position, though you should address both sides of the argument.
The headings provided are merely some suggestions. Change whatever you wish to so you can support your positions. The first person is only allowed on the last section in which you are stating your personal opinion.
Arguments for Paying the Individual Instead of the Job
Here, you will do an overview of the topic, then below break into the “pros” and “cons” of this position.
The “Pros” of This Argument
Here, you will discuss the merits of this position.
The “Cons” of This Argument
Here, you will discuss the problems of this position
Arguments for Paying the Job Instead of the Individual
Here, you will do an overview of the topic, then below break into the “pros” and “cons” of this position.
The “Pros” of This Argument
Here, you will discuss the merits of this position.
The “Cons” of This Argument
Here, you will discuss the problems of this position.
Arguments for Pay for Should be for Collective Performance
Here, you will do an overview of the topic, then below break into the “pros” and “cons” of this position.
The “Pros” of This Argument
Here, you will discuss the merits of this position.
The “Cons” of This Argument
Here, you will discuss the problems of this position
Arguments for Pay for Should be for Individual Performance
Here, you will do an overview of the topic, then below break into the “pros” and “cons” of this position.
The “Pros” of This Argument
Here, you will discuss the merits of this position.
The “Cons” of This Argument
Here, you will discuss the problems of this position
My Position on These Issue
Here, you will state your position. In this section you CAN use the first person, but ONLY the first person singular. No “we,” “ our,” and so forth.
Note: there is no “right” answer, it is a matter of how well you support your position.
Also, you must provide at least five peer-reviewed references and cite the references in the form of in-text citations in the body of the paper (i.e., the textbook and five additional sources); again, when you reference material in your paper, you must also have in-text citations in the body of the paper for each reference. Remember, EVERY citation must correspond to a reference and EVERY reference must correspond to a citation. You CANNOT have one without the other.
Summary and Conclusions
This section will tie together all sources used for this case study,
conclusions drawn from the reading and any inconsistencies. This section will
generally be one to two paragraphs. Notice the paper has a continuous flow;
there are no page breaks between sections. The only page breaks occur between
the title page and the introduction and the summary/conclusions and the
reference page. All references for the case study must appear on a separate
page, see the following page for an example).
References
This section will reference all original work cited throughout the paper. The heading should appear at the top of the page and all reference material should be listed below in alphabetical order by first last name; also, the title for books is always in italic format and in sentence form. In contrast to book references, the title for articles is in sentence format, not in italic, but the name of the publisher is in italic. See example below:
Chopra, M., Munro, S., Lavis, J. N., Vist, G., & Bennett, S. (2008). Effects of policy options for
human resources for health: An analysis of systematic reviews. The Lancet, 371(9613),
668-74.
Holt, D. (2016). Branding in the age of social media. Harvard Business Review (online). Retrieved from: https://hbr.org/2016/03/branding-in-the-age-of-social-media
Lawler, E. E. (2000). Rewarding excellence. Pay strategies for the new century. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Lepak, D., & Gowan, M. (2010). Human resource management: Managing employees for
competitive advantage. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Luthans, F., & Doh, J. (2014). International management: Culture, strategy, and behavior (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education
Thompson, L. L. (2018). Making the team: A guide for managers (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
You must also provide a reference for all sources used to support the case study. (Note: As a minimum, the textbook and five additional sources must be used and referenced.)
Getta Byte _ Project Scope
2 page paper APA format, no et al references. MUST SEE ATTACHED WORD DOCUMENTS.
DO NOT COPY ANYTHING ON THE SAMPLE
Now that you’ve read what the Getta Byte team discussed (in the Getta Byte Transcript Project Scope) to formulate the project scope for the billing project, write and submit a one- to two-page paper about what was included in the scope and what may have been missed.
What do you think the team should consider to include in the scope?
Do you believe that this project could work as an Agile project? If so, what would have to be done with the project scope?