Learning Activity #4: Team Guidelines Project
Use the Team Guidelines Discussion to help you complete a 1-2 page document that would provide clear guidelines for team work. Indicate what team – business, academic, special project – these guidelines would be appropriate for. Include assignment expectations of team members, communication requirements, and consequences if members do not adhere to the guidelines.
Learning Activity #5: Communication in Business Paper
In a 2-3 page paper analyze the importance of good communication in a business/professional context. Cover areas of both written and verbal communication.
To achieve maximum points for content and analysis, the following elements need to be thoroughly addressed.
Follow the rules of grammar and mechanics covered during the course
Fully comply with APA standards.
Use Level 1 and Level 2 headings to provide structural clarity.
Provide at least three credible scholarly sources. Citations to the dictionary should be provided on top of the required two sources. The Bible is not to be listed in the References page, but does have to be cited in-text.
Use the Paper Writing rubric provided in the syllabus to ensure you have met all the criteria.
Paper Writing Rubric
Writing is an essential part of the learning process and an academic paper is required almost every week. The Paper Writing rubric is a general rubric to follow for all papers required in this course. Resources counted towards your grade that support your writing should be scholarly. Dictionaries and non-peer reviewed sites such as Wikipedia are not considered scholarly.
General Paper Writing RubricContent
A level / B level / C level / D or F levels
Please select and utilize the appropriate checklist to assistwithcontent quality.
Adapted from The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors
Research Paper / Essay
Relevant content with analysis is developed. / Relevant content exists, but needs more analysis. / Content is somewhat relevant, but lacks analysis. / Information is provided.
Analysis is excellent. / Analysis is good. / Analysis is average. / Analysis is difficult to follow.
Supporting Resources
The required number of relevant resources is integrated to articulate major points, if applicable. / Relevant resources are provided, but not the number required for the paper, if applicable. / Resources are provided, but not relevant to the content and requirements of the paper, if applicable. / The required number of supporting resources is not provided, if applicable.
Presentation
Once the paper is written, please apply the checklist for presentation points.
Adapted from The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors
Writing follows the presentation checklist. / Writing follows some of the presentation checklist. / Writing does not follow most of the presentation checklist. / Writing does not follow the presentation checklist.
Presented in APA format very well.
/ Presented in APA format with minor errors. / Presented in APA format for the most part. / Not presented in APA format well or not at all.
Resources are correctly referenced to APA standard. / Resources are referenced to APA standard. / Resources incorrectly referenced to APA standard. / Resources not referenced to APA standard.
Mechanics
No grammatical errors will be perfect score.
Minor grammatical errors (1-3). / Some grammatical errors (4-5). / Many grammatical errors (6-9). / Many grammatical errors (10+).