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PART A 1011
Create either a fact sheet or infographic that describes how an effective manager behaves and makes plans.
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Introduction
You will explore the fundamental principles of management and their relationship to the modern workplace. The resources will focus on these principles and their relationship to the modern workplace environment and important issues frequently encountered by managers, including effective planning.
Overview
In this assessment, you will create either a fact sheet or infographic that describes how an effective manager behaves and makes plans.
Remember to use insights from the What is Resilience? interactive experience to describe how a manager applying resilience could positively impact the success of the event or project.
Preparation
Step 1: Choose a topic.
- An example from your workplace experiences.
- Managing a social event.
- Managing a small business project.
Step 2: Choose a format.
- Fact Sheet:
- Length: 1 page.
- Template: Fact Sheet Template [DOCX].
- Resource: Visit Assessment Resources to review the following helpful aid:
- 39 Beautiful Fact Sheet Templates, Examples and Designs.
- Tip: Use 10-point or 12-point font for text and no more than 14-point font for headers.
- Infographic:
- Resource: Visit Assessment Resources to review the following helpful aid:
- Create a SmartArt Graphic From Scratch.
- Tips:
- An infographic is an image that shares information. The infographic can include numbers and text. Before thinking of ideas, you can look up infographics on the Internet to get ideas.
- Infographics require using the fewest words possible to make your point. The visual design will be an important part of what you are communicating—it will replace some of the words you’d use in a paragraph.
- Text should be no smaller than a 10-point font. If you use images from an external source, check for copyrights and make sure to give credit to your source.
- Resource: Visit Assessment Resources to review the following helpful aid:
Instructions
For this assessment, choose a time where you had to manage a specific event or project. This does not need to be in a business setting. For example, you could have led a social event, a project, or you can use your own work experience.
In your chosen format, describe characteristics effective managers should do as well as how they should behave. You will also describe the planning process that made this project or event successful.
In your assessment, include the following:
- Describe characteristics of effective managers that would relate to your situation.
- For example, how would a manager demonstrating resilience positively influence the outcome of your event or project?
- Explain how managers should behave to be effective in the situation.
- Describe how a manager should plan for the situation to be successful.
Notes:
- Use Microsoft Word if you are doing the fact sheet. You can upload the Word document as your submission.
- If you are creating the Infographic, you can use either Word or PowerPoint. These can be submitted as an uploaded file.
Submission Requirements
Your assessment should meet the following submission requirements:
- Communication: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional. Your assessment should be:
- Clear and organized.
- Free of errors in grammar and writing.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Apply knowledge of effective managers characteristics and behaviors.
- Describe characteristics of effective managers.
- Explain how an effective manager should behave.
- Competency 2: Use managerial principles to plan, organize, control, and lead.
- Describe how a manager should plan for a situation to be successful.
- Competency 3: Communicate effectively using professional standards embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
PART B 1011
Create a paper or oral presentation that explains how a manager would take action in a situation.
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Introduction
A good manager plans ahead before starting a new project. They take time to get everything ready so the work goes smoothly. Managers need to be good at organizing things and leading people.
In today's fast-changing business world, it's important for managers to do both these jobs well. By looking at how managers organize and lead, we can learn what makes them good at their job. When managers understand these skills, they can help their teams do better work and reach their goals.
Overview
Create a paper or oral presentation that explains how a manager would take action in a situation.
Remember to use insights from the Breaking Down Big Tasks to Build Momentum activity to help describe how a manager should effectively plan.
Preparation
Step 1: Choose a topic:
- Increase corporate sales (sales department).
- Plan and run a company event (any department).
- A project from your current or previous workplace.
Step 2: Choose a format:
- Academic Paper:
- Length: 2–3-pages double-spaced, excluding your title page and references page.
- Template: Academic Paper Template [DOCX].
- Speech:
- Length: 2–4-minute speech.
- Template: Four-Minute Speech Template [PPTX].
- Resources:
- For guidance on recording your speech, review Using Kaltura or Using Zoom.
- Visit Assessment Resources to review the following helpful aids:
- Basic Tasks for Creating a PowerPoint Presentation.
- Record a Presentation.
Instructions
Choose one of the topics and describe the actions a manager should take when planning, organizing, and leading. After describing the situation you chose, describe how a manager will be effective.
In your assessment, using the situation you chose, make sure to address each bullet point below.
- Describe characteristics of effective managers related to the situation.
- Explain how an effective manager should behave in the situation.
- Describe how a manager should plan for the situation to be successful.
- Describe what a manager would need to organize in the situation.
- Describe how the manager should lead in the situation.
Notes:
- If you are writing a paper, we prefer Microsoft Word. You can upload the document as your submission.
- If you are doing the speech, we prefer Kaltura or Zoom. For guidance on recording your speech, review Using Kaltura or Using Zoom.
Submission Requirements
Your assessment should meet the following submission requirements:
- Communication: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional. Your assessment should be:
- Clear and organized.
- Free of errors in grammar and writing.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Apply knowledge of effective managers characteristics and behaviors.
- Describe characteristics of effective managers.
- Explain how an effective manager should behave.
- Competency 2: Use managerial principles to plan, organize, control, and lead.
- Describe how a manager should plan for a situation to be successful.
- Describe what a manager needs to organize in a situation.
- Describe how a manager should lead in a situation.
- Competency 3: Communicate effectively using professional standards embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- The writing is clear and organized with very few grammatical mistakes.
- Complete and submit the Time Management Exercise worksheet.Collapse All
Introduction
This first assessment is all about time management because it's a topic that's important for adding schoolwork to your daily schedule. It is also something we hear is a pain point from learners.Time management is an essential skill that evolves as we take on new tasks. Your first assessment is to evaluate how being a new learner can fit into your already busy schedule. You will then be able to review, reevaluate, and utilize these new time management skills and exercises for your educational, personal, and work endeavors.Preparation
Not sure where to begin? View the Getting Started in the Course media and read, “How do I get started on my assessment?”Gather any calendars, notebooks, or devices you currently use to plan and manage your time.Instructions
Complete the following:- Step 1: Download and save the Time Management Exercise [DOCX] worksheet.
- Step 2: Fill out the first section of the worksheet, the weekly schedule, that includes many of the things you typically did before attending college. Then, develop a practical timeframe that includes enough time for your coursework at Capella.
- You should decide what activities have been part of your day in the past that need to be eliminated or reduced to accommodate your study time so you can achieve your career goal.
- Step 3: Answer all nine questions after the schedule using full sentences where applicable. Make sure to complete all questions.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:- Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for the field of business.
- Submit fully completed Time Management Exercise worksheet
- Write the first part of a paper by identifying the key elements of mission and vision statements, and what organizational structure would be ideal for your chosen organization.Collapse All
Introduction
This assessment is the first part of three written assessments that build on each other. You will utilize learned writing skills (POETS and APA style) and apply the concepts to a real organization. You have learned about organizational structures, mission, vision, and code of ethics. Each of these concepts is a component of this assessment.You will start with just a few paragraphs and then continue to add content in the following two assessments. This allows you to gain feedback and make changes as you work toward putting everything together in the final assessment.Note: This assessment is the first part of three written assessments that build on each other and must be completed in order.Preparation
Complete the following:- Choose an organization. (It can be something that interests you, where you work, or a company you are familiar with.)
- Access the organization’s website and research the mission and vision statements and code of ethics.
- Review the QuickStart: Mission and Vision media piece to support your understanding of these concepts.
Instructions
- Step 1: Download and save Assessment 2 Template [DOCX].
- Step 2: Answer the questions on the top of the template:
- What is your chosen organization?
- What are the mission and vision statements for your organization?
- What type of organizational structure makes sense for this organization and why?
- Identify the key components included in your organization's code of ethics. Then write a paragraph detailing the ethical principles these components represent. Are there any others you think are missing that are commonly found in a code of ethics and why would they be important for your chosen organization?
- Include the references where you found the above information.
- Step 3: Write the following paragraphs using POETS:
- Paragraph 1: Identify key elements of the mission and vision statements for your chosen organization.
- What makes the mission and vision statements effective or ineffective?
- Paragraph 2: Describe an appropriate type of organizational structure for your chosen organization.
- Why is this structure most important? Use the Assessment 2 resources to support your explanation.
- Paragraph 3: Explain common ethical principles found in your organization’s code of ethics.
- Why are these principles important?
- Paragraph 1: Identify key elements of the mission and vision statements for your chosen organization.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:- Written Communication: Your work should be free of grammar and punctuation errors that would distract the reader's understanding of the content.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
- Convey purpose in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence.
- Format: Use the Assessment 2 Template to help you organize your paper.
- Length: 3–4 paragraphs of content, in addition to references.
- Resources: Cite at least two reputable resources to support your ideas, including your chosen website, and list them on your reference page.
- APA style and formatting: Follow APA style and formatting standards for citing sources that support your analysis and conclusions. Use Academic Writer for guidance in citing sources and formatting your paper in proper APA style. See the Writing Center for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
- Academic Integrity and Honesty: You must adhere to academic integrity and honesty policies and incorporate practices that support ethically sound work in your assessments. View Academic Integrity at Capella University: Some Guidelines.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, not larger than 12-point font.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:- Competency 1: Explain the underlying principles of successful businesses.
- Identify key elements of the mission and vision statements for a chosen organization.
- Describe an appropriate type of organizational structure for a chosen organization.
- Competency 2: Examine ethical principles associated with the field of business.
- Explain common ethical principles found in an organization’s code of ethics.
- Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for the field of business.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
- Convey purpose in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence.
- Continue your paper by aligning your new knowledge of business functions (operations, marketing, IT, HR, and finance) with your chosen organization.Collapse All
Introduction
You have completed the first few paragraphs in the paper we are building and received feedback.You will now create the following paragraphs based on the course content we covered. You will align the new knowledge of business functions (operations, marketing, IT, human resources (HR), and finance) with your chosen organization.You are encouraged to utilize the feedback you received in the prior assessment to help guide you while writing.Note: This assessment is the second part of three written assessments that build on each other and must be completed in order.You are encouraged to utilize the feedback you received in the prior assessment to help guide you while writing.Preparation
Using the same organization you researched for your first assessment, complete the following:- Access the organization’s website and research the different departments of the organization, such as marketing, HR, IT, operations, and finance.
- Identify two functional areas you feel are essential to the organization’s success.
- Review the QuickStart: Functional Areas of Business media piece to support your understanding of these concepts.
Instructions
Before you begin writing, refer to the Assessment Illustration 2 and then complete the following:- Step 1: Download and save Assessment 3 Template [DOCX].
- Step 2: Answer the questions on the top of the template:
- Using your same organization, identify two functional areas you feel are essential to the organization's success.
- Step 3: Write the following two (2–4 paragraphs as needed) paragraphs using POETS:
- Paragraphs 1 and 2: Evaluate the importance of two functional areas for a chosen business organization.
- Describe the important critical thinking skills to drive success for each functional area.
- Explain what ethical principles apply to each functional area in day-to-day work.
- Paragraphs 1 and 2: Evaluate the importance of two functional areas for a chosen business organization.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:- Written Communication: Your work should be free of grammar and punctuation errors that would distract the reader's understanding of the content.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
- Convey purpose in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence.
- Format: Use the Assessment 3 Template to help you organize your paper.
- Length: 2–4 paragraphs of content, in addition to references.
- Resources: Cite at least two reputable resources to support your ideas, including your chosen website, and list them on your reference page.
- APA style and formatting: Follow APA style and formatting standards for citing sources that support your analysis and conclusions. Use Academic Writer for guidance in citing sources and formatting your paper in proper APA style. See the Writing Center for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
- Academic Integrity and Honesty: You must adhere to academic integrity and honesty policies and incorporate practices that support ethically sound work in your assessments. View Academic Integrity at Capella University: Some Guidelines.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, not larger than 12-point font.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:- Competency 1: Explain the underlying principles of successful businesses.
- Evaluate the importance of two functional areas for a chosen business organization.
- Explain what ethical principles apply to each functional area in day-to-day work.
- Competency 3: Examine business problems using critical thinking and effective decision making.
- Describe the important critical thinking skills to drive success for each functional area.
- Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for the field of business.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
- Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence.
- Provide rationales for how you would choose a team to rewrite a mission statement and what ethical principles they would need to consider.Collapse All
Introduction
This is the last portion of the assessment, where you will put everything together and add the final components.The full paper was broken into three parts to allow you to focus on smaller segments, receive feedback, and apply what was learned throughout our time together. As you continue at Capella, you will complete full papers as individual assessments. The goal is for you to take what you learn about business concepts and how to build a paper, gather evidence, utilize feedback, and practice APA style each time you have an assessment.Note: This assessment is the final of three written assessments where you will put everything together and add the final components.Preparation
Using the same organization, complete the following:- Revisit the organization’s website and look for evidence of teamwork or the presence of teams, including in pictures and project descriptions.
- Locate the paragraphs you wrote for the prior two assessments.
- Consider the following scenario:
Instructions
- Step 1: Download and save Assessment 4 Template [DOCX].
- Step 2: Copy your paragraphs from the prior assessments into the template.
- Step 3: Write the following paragraphs (additional paragraphs can be created as needed) using POETS:
- Paragraph 1: Explain reasons for choosing team members from two functional areas for developing a mission statement.
- Describe the skills and characteristics that make a good team member.
- Paragraph 2: Describe what ethical principles a team needs to consider when making updates to a mission statement.
- Why are ethics important for updating a mission statement?
- Paragraph 3: Describe the critical thinking questions a team needs to answer to update a mission statement.
- Why are these critical thinking questions important for updating a mission statement?
- Paragraph 1: Explain reasons for choosing team members from two functional areas for developing a mission statement.
- Step 4: Add an introduction paragraph.
- Step 5: Add a conclusion paragraph.
- Step 6: Include all reference list citations and in-text citations.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:- Written Communication: Your work should be free of grammar and punctuation errors that would distract the reader's understanding of the content.
- Address all components of prompt, including introduction and conclusion, and use the assessment description to structure text.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
- Format: Use the Assessment 4 Template to help you organize your paper.
- Length: 4–6 paragraphs, in addition to references, plus include prior work from the last two assessments.
- Resources: Cite at least three reputable resources to support your ideas, including your chosen website, and list them on your reference page.
- APA style and formatting: Follow APA style and formatting standards for citing sources that support your analysis and conclusions. Use Academic Writer for guidance in citing sources and formatting your paper in proper APA style. See the Writing Center for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
- Academic Integrity and Honesty: You must adhere to academic integrity and honesty policies and incorporate practices that support ethically sound work in your assessments. View Academic Integrity at Capella University: Some Guidelines.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, not larger than 12-point font.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:- Competency 2: Examine ethical principles associated with the field of business.
- Describe what ethical principles a team needs to consider when making updates to a mission statement.
- Competency 3: Interpret business problems using critical thinking and effective decision making.
- Describe the critical thinking questions a team needs answered to update a mission statement.
- Competency 4: Explain the skills and characteristics of an effective team.
- Explain reasons for choosing team members from two functional areas for developing a mission statement.
- Describe the skills and characteristics that make a good team member.
- Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for the field of business.
- Address all components of prompt, including introduction and conclusion, and use the assessment description to structure text.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.