LCS105 Unit 1 Assignment – Elements of Organizations Paper

Length and format: 800 words.
Instructions:
Select an organization that fits one of the criteria below and that you are (or were)
actively involved in. The organization you select should be one where you perform
some tasks and have some interaction with others involved in the organization, for
example: Your workplace (full, part-time, intern, paid or unpaid) Organizations where you volunteer (for example, your kids’ school or softball team, a
hospital, public library, soup kitchen, etc.) Organization where you serve on a group or committee (for example, church committee,
condo/coop board, professional association, club, etc.) Write a minimum 2 page paper that answers the following questions:
a. What is your organization? (provide a link to your organization’s website,
Facebook page, etc. if available)
b. What is its history?
c. What is the main purpose of the organization? What does it do?
d. What is (or was) your role in the organization? What do (or did) you do?
Students: Be sure to read the criteria (last page), by which your paper/project
will be evaluated, before you write, and again after you write. Grading Criteria for Weekly Assignments Criteria
Assignment Length Assignment Complete
On-Time Professional
communication References to weekly
course materials Complete addressing
of questions/topics Content: Reflective
and Critical thinking Totals: Deficient
Deduct 40 points
Less than 400
words
Assignment not
accepted. Zero
total score.
More than two
days late.
0 points
More than 10
grammatical,
capitalization,
spelling or
punctuation
errors.
0 points
No references
made.
0-10 points
Questions are not
addressed,
missing many
parts, irrelevant,
or off-topic.
0-5 points
Little to no
reflective or
critical thinking
about
questions/topics.
Share little to no
experience or
insights about the
topic and own
experience.
Limited or no
weekly course
concepts
addressed. Needs
Improvement
Deduct 30 points
400-599 words Proficient Exemplary Deduct 20 points
600-799 words Full credit
800 words or more Deduct 20 points Deduct 10 points FullCredit Two days late. One day late. Complete On-Time 1-4 points
5-9 grammatical,
capitalization,
spelling or
punctuation
errors. 5-9 points
1-4 grammatical,
capitalization,
spelling or
punctuation
errors. 10 points
No grammatical,
capitalization, spelling
or punctuation errors. 1 point
1 relevant
reference made.
11-25 points
Questions
somewhat
addressed, but
may be missing
some parts.
6-15 points
Some reflective or
critical thinking
about
questions/topics.
Share some
experience or
insights about
organization and
own experience,
but may not all be
relevant.
Addresses limited
number of
concepts and/or
only some
aspects of course. 5 points 10 points
3 or more relevant
references made.
40-50 points
All questions are
addressed. 2 relevant
references made.
26-39 points
Questions are
mostly addressed,
with few parts
missing.
16-24 points
Experience and
insights shared
are relevant and
well thought
out/reasoned;
Addresses most
relevant course
concepts. 25-30 points
Experience and
insights shared are
relevant, wellreasoned, and
demonstrate depth of
thinking about the
concepts/topics.
Addresses all relevant
course concepts. /100 LCS105 Unit 1 Assignment – Elements of Organizations Paper