FINAL PROJECT RUBRIC
The total point of the final case study is 75, which is broken down into two major areas: Group (35 points) and Individual (40 points).
GROUP
Criteria
Management
Memorandum (5)
Introduction, general
description (5)
Implementation Plan
& feasibility (10)
Excellence
Provide a meaningful and
concise management
memorandum. Include a wellwritten and brief problem
statement, purpose of the
paper, and findings. (5)
Clearly describe background
of the selected organization,
mission, objectives, business
and IT strategy, motivations.
(5)
Demonstrate well
understanding of behavioral
issues. Apply concepts
(managing technology, people,
organization) to the project.
Derive clear managerial
implications that respond to
the proposed solution.
Discussions and
recommendations are relevant
and feasible. Provide clear
managerial rationale for the
implementation plan. (9-10)
Good
Provide a meaningful and
lengthy management
memorandum. Include a wellwritten problem statement,
purpose of the paper, and
findings. (4)
Some of the information is not
clear or needs further
elaboration. (4)
Demonstrate good
understanding of behavioral
issues, and some information
was not described clearly.
Somewhat apply concepts
(managing technology, people,
organization) to the project.
Derive general managerial
implications that may or may
not respond to the proposed
solution. Discussions and
recommendations are
somewhat feasible (some may
sound impossible). Didn't
provide clear managerial
rationale for the
implementation plan. (7-8)
Fair
Provide little information in
the management
memorandum. State only two
of the followings: problem
statement, purpose of the
paper, and findings. (3)
Some of the important
information is missing.
Didn't describe clearly
background of the
organization. (3)
Lack of understanding of
behavioral issues. Didn't
apply concepts (managing
technology, people,
organization) to the project.
Suggest managerial
implications that don't
respond to the proposed
solution. Discussions and
recommendations are
unreasonable and infeasible.
Discussions are mainly based
on opinion. Didn't provide
clear managerial rationale for
the implementation plan. (56)
Not there yet
Provide no valuable
information in the
management memorandum.
(0-2)
It was not clear at all what
business the organization is in
or what mission, objective,
business and IT strategy is
used. (0-2)
Didn't discuss behavioral
issues. Didn't apply concepts
(managing technology,
people, organization) to the
project. Didn't suggest any
managerial implications.
Recommendations are
unreasonable and infeasible,
or missing. Discussions are
mainly based on opinion.
Didn't provide clear
managerial rationale for the
implementation plan. (0-4)
Criteria
Reference (5)
Coordination and
participation - (10)
Excellence
Include citations in the text as
well as at the end of the
document. Use at least 3
articles from this course or
Peer-reviewed journals. The
articles are related to the
following areas: technology
management, organizational
behavior, IS behavior, and IS
management. (5)
Actively participate in a group
discussion. Contribute time
and effort to put the group
paper together, and encourage
other members to do the same
thing. (9-10)
Good
Missing a few citations in the
paper. Use only 2 articles that
may or may not be related to
the following areas:
technology management,
organizational behavior, IS
behavior, and IS management.
(4)
Fair
Missing several citations in
the paper or didn't cite
references properly. Use only
1 article that may or may not
be related to the following
areas: technology
management, organizational
behavior, IS behavior, and IS
management. (1-3)
Not there yet
Copy ideas or concepts from
articles or books without a
citation may cause anything
from zero point given to this
category to no credit for the
entire project. (0)
Participate in a group
discussion. Sometime
disappear without telling the
group. Contribute time and
effort to put the group paper
together but the contribution is
not very useful or comes in
late. Doesn't make much
initiation. (7-8)
Participate slightly in a group
discussion. Didn't contribute
much time and effort to put
the group paper together.
Need a lot of rework on your
writing by other group
members. Never make any
initiation. (5-6)
Didn't participate or
participate minimally in the
write up of the executive
summary, introduction, and
conclusion. (0-4)
Address the issues and
objectives clearly. Analyze
and evaluate the as-is
organization and identify
problems clearly. Provide
clear description of the as-is
organization (both narrative &
graphic). Identify current
performance measures clearly.
Information presented is
supported by data collection
from articles, reports, or
experience. (9-10)
Address the issues and
objectives somewhat clearly.
Analyze and evaluate the as-is
organization and identify
problems somewhat clearly.
Provide description of the as-is
organization (both narrative &
graphic) is not quite clear.
Identify current performance
measures but didn't explain
what they are. Information
presented is supported by data
collection from articles,
reports, or experience. (7-8)
Vaguely address the issues
and objectives. Vaguely
analyze and evaluate the as-is
organization and didn't
identify problems well.
Provide little description of
the as-is organization (both
narrative & graphic). Didn't
identify current performance
measures clearly. No
evidence shown that
information presented is
supported by data collection
from articles, reports, or
experience. (5-6)
Didn't address the issues and
objectives and didn't identify
problems. Provide little or no
description of the as-is
organization (both narrative
& graphic). Didn't identify
current performance measures
clearly. No evidence shown
that information presented is
supported by data collection
from articles, reports, or
experience. (0-4)
INDIVIDUAL
Addressing problems/
issues, detailed
description of the As-Is
organization (10)
Detailed description of
the to-be organization
(15)
Clearly discuss the to-be
organization (both narrative &
graphic). Arguments are well
supported by previous studies
or personal experience. Present
clearly the result of technology
review and provide a clear
rationale why a certain
technology is chosen. Apply
concepts (e.g. change agent,
enabling role of IT) learned
from this course to come up
with a reasonable design.
Identify clearly costs/benefits
of this proposed project and
explain clearly and reasonably
how to measure them. (13-15)
Reference (5)
Include citations in the text as
well as at the end of the
document. Use at least 3
articles from this course and 2
articles from Peer-reviewed
journals. The articles are
related to one of the following
areas: technology
management, organizational
behavior, IS behavior, and IS
management. (5)
Present the project in a clear
and precise manner. The
PowerPoint slides outline the
problems and solutions.
Provide useful discussion.
Respond well to the questions.
Excellent verbal
communication skills. (9-10)
Presentation (10)
Discuss the to-be organization
(both narrative & graphic) but
some information is not clear.
Arguments are mostly
supported by anecdotal
evidence. Provide little review
technology and doesn't provide
a clear rationale why a certain
technology is chosen. Apply
concepts (e.g. change agent,
enabling role of IT) learned
from this course slightly to
come up with a new design but
provide little a rationale. Tend
to address general ideas but
may not address how to solve
the problem. Identify
costs/benefits of this proposed
project but didn't explain
clearly how to measure them.
(11-12)
Missing a few citations in the
paper. Use only 3-4 articles
that may or many not be
related to the following areas:
technology management,
organizational behavior, IS
behavior, and IS management.
(4)
Discuss very briefly the to-be
organization (both narrative
& graphic) and some
information is not clear or
missing. Select technology
without a supporting reason.
Didn't apply concepts learned
from this course. Tend to
address peripheral issues or
present mainly an opinion.
Identify costs/benefits of this
proposed project but didn't
explain how to measure them.
(8-10)
Discuss very briefly the to-be
organization (both narrative
& graphic) and some
important information is
missing. Didn't review
technology. Didn't apply
concepts learned from this
course. Didn't address the
issues or discuss how to solve
the problems. Present mainly
an opinion. Didn't identify
costs/benefits of this
proposed project. (0-7)
Missing several citations in
the paper or didn't cite
references properly. Use only
1-2 articles that may or may
not be related to the following
areas: technology
management, organizational
behavior, IS behavior, and IS
management. (1-3)
Copy ideas or concepts from
articles or books without a
citation may cause anything
from zero point given to this
category to no credit for the
entire project. (0)
A few points in the
presentation are vague. The
slides outline the problems and
solutions. Provide somewhat
useful discussion. Can’t
respond to some questions.
Very good communication
skills. (7-8)
Several points are vague. The
slides lack some major points
or provide too much
unnecessary detail. Can’t
respond to some questions.
Fair communication skills.
(5-6)
Didn’t present the project, or
didn’t demonstrate a good
understanding of the project.
The slides are poorly created.
Can’t respond to several
questions. Poor
communication skills. (0 – 4)
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