MARKING RUBRIC FBL5010 MAJOR ESSAY F P CR D HD Introduction Purpose generally unclear, incomplete, unfocused, or absent. No reference to the topic or relevance. Purpose readily apparent to the reader. Concisely stated in engaging, and thought provoking manner. The groundwork for the paper is easy to predict because important topics that will be discussed are specifically mentioned. Literature Review Relies on stringing together quotes or close paraphrasing. Failure to support statements with major content omitted. Quotes not integrated properly. Clear examples to support specific topic sentences and to support the overall purpose. Reader gains important insight. Analysis poses novel ways to think of the material. Quoted material well integrated. Depth of coverage without being redundant. Evaluation Conveys little or no evidence of a personal response to the issues raised. Failure to integrate the literature, quiz(s) and professional practice. Conveys extensive evidence of a personal response to the issues raised. Demonstrates personal growth, a professional awareness, proficient reflection and deep thinking of knowledge and concepts. Integrates the concepts into different issues from a wide range of perspectives. Constructs emerging identity. Plan Minimal or no management development plan. Shows little demonstrated understanding of how identified personality traits impact on managerial skills and competencies. SMART goals are not identified and the plan is without a clear guide to learn, adapt and understand where personal growth can occur and be measured in the short and long term. Has a clear management development plan specifying SMART goals, and is focused on showing how identified personality traits can be adapted to improve managerial skills and competencies. Clear description of how identified competencies will be learned and an understanding is demonstrated of how personal growth can occur and be measured in the short and long term. Conclusion Little or no indication of synthesizing the information or drawing conclusions based on the literature, quiz(s) and professional practice. No suggestions for future action. Succinct and precise conclusions based on the review of literature, quiz(s), and professional practice. Suggestions for future action offered. References No research evidence. Minimum number of references not provided. There are virtually no sources that are professionally reliable. Overreliance on tertiary sources. Intermittent documentation of facts in text. Significant research evidence is provided including at least 10 non-text plus the text reference. Referencing complies with APA 6th style requirements. References are primarily peer reviewed professional journals or other approved sources demonstrating extensive, indepth research. Little reliance on tertiary sources. Language Uses language that is unsuitable for the audience and purpose, with little or no awareness of sentence structure. Demonstrates little or no control of the conventions, making comprehension difficult. Tone is not professional or appropriate. Uses stylistically sophisticated language that is precise and engaging, with notable sense of voice, awareness of audience and purpose, and varied sentence structure. Demonstrates control of the conventions with essentially no errors, even with sophisticated language. Tone is consistently professional and appropriate. F P CR D HD Organisation Ideas are not logically organised. Frequently, ideas fail to make sense together. The reader has difficulty identifying a line of reasoning. Subheadings not used. Few or no topic sentences. The ideas are arranged logically to support the purpose. Transitions link paragraphs. It is easy to follow the line of reasoning. Subheadings are used throughout the paper allowing the reader to move easily through the text. Paragraphs have solid topic sentences. Presentation Not presented in a professional manner. No appendices. Presented in a professional manner with an impressive first impression. Appendices cover required information. Note: not all of the above criteria are equally rated. The final mark reflects the way these separate items create the submission as a whole.