BUS 210 Module One Journal Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
To understand the leadership of an organization, it is necessary to understand the individuals in those roles and how they lead. When you are in a leadership role within an organization, you should be familiar with your own leadership style so you know how best to lead others in the organization. Understanding your leadership personality is an important element when it comes to understanding your individual leadership style.
Directions
After taking the Big Five personality traits assessment, reflect on the results. Consider how the assessment captured your traits and personality and how the results can be incorporated into your leadership style and approach. What strengths do your personality traits bring to your leadership style, and what are some of your opportunities for improvement?
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
- Results Summary: Summarize your results of the personality assessment and how you think these elements might help or hinder you as a leader.
- Describe Results: Explain what elements of your personality assessment results surprised you, if any, and explain how accurate you felt the results were and why.
- Leadership Style: Select two elements of your results and explain how they impact your leadership style.
- Importance of Leadership: Describe how leadership impacts organizations and why it is important to understand this impact.
What to Submit
Your submission should be a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins.
Module One Journal Rubric
| Criterion | Exceeds expectations 100% | Meets expectations 85% | Partially meets expectations 55% | Does not meet expectations 0% | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results Summary | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Summarizes the results of the personality assessment and how these elements might be a help or a hindrance to a leader | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include summarizing in more detail the results of the personality assessment and how these elements might be a help or a hindrance to a leader | Does not attempt criterion | 21 points |
| Describe Results | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains what elements of the personality assessment were surprising, and explains how accurate the results were and why | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining in more detail what elements of the personality assessment were surprising, or better explaining how accurate the results were and why | Does not attempt criterion | 21 points |
| Leadership Style | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Selects two elements of the results and explains how those elements impact their leadership style | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include selecting more than one element of the results and explaining how those elements impact their leadership style | Does not attempt criterion | 21 points |
| Importance of Leadership | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes how leadership impacts organizations and why it is important to understand this impact | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing in more detail how leadership impacts organizations and why it is important to understand this impact | Does not attempt criterion | 21 points |
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 16 points |
| Total | 100 points | ||||