QSO 640: Management Skills Guidelines and Rubric
QSO 640: Management Skills Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The short papers for this course are designed to actively involve you in various project management scenarios and help you apply the concepts covered in the course to real-world situations. The short papers provide practice in the following:
- Differentiating common organizational structures and how they affect project processes and activities
- Describing methods for conflict resolution
- Prioritizing projects
- Communicating/distributing project information to team members and stakeholders
- Evaluating whether a team is working effectively
Prompt:Empirical evidence suggests a project manager’s authority, autonomy, and conflict-management skills are essential for delivering projects within the approved schedule and budget.Describe the skills listed below in the context of the organizational structure.Are they essential skills for project managers?
- Authority
- Autonomy
- Conflict management
Make sure you apply theory, scholarly resources, and course concepts throughout.
Requirements of submission:This short paper should be approximately 400–500 words and should use 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations.
Instructor feedback: Students can find their feedback in the Grade Center.
| Critical Elements | Exemplary | Proficient | Needs Improvement | Not Evident | Value |
| Authority | Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates with examples (23-25) | Describes authority and its importance for project managersin the context of the organization’s structure (20-22) | Describes authority and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure, but there are gaps in logic and/or content misconceptions (18-19) | Does not describe authority and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure (0-17) | 25 |
| Autonomy | Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates with examples (23-25) | Describes autonomy and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure (20-22) | Describes autonomy and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure, but there are gaps in logic and/or content misconceptions (18-19) | Does not describe autonomy and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure (0-17) | 25 |
| Conflict Management | Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates with examples (23-25) | Describes conflict management and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure (20-22) | Describes conflict management and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure, but there are gaps in logic and/or content misconceptions (18-19) | Does not describe conflict management and its importance for project managers in the context of the organization’s structure (0-17) | 25 |
| Application of Theory, Scholarly Resources, and Course Concepts | Competently incorporates concepts/theory from course material/scholarly resources (14-15) | Applies theory, scholarly resources, and course concepts (12-13) | Incorporates some theory, scholarly resources, and course concepts (11) | Fails to apply scholarly resources, theory,and course concepts (0-10) | 15 |
| Articulation of Response | Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format (9-10) | Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (8) | 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 (0-6) | 10 |
| Earned Total Comments: | 100% |
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