[Answered] OLCU 632 Team Assignments 1 & 2 Solution
OLCU 632 Team Assignments 1 & 2
PLEASE NOTE:
- Â THE FIRST TEAM ASSIGNMENT IS TO RESEARCH, DESIGN AND DELIVER A DISCUSSION BOARD FOR ONE WEEK BETWEEN WEEKS 3 – 7. WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR A TEAM IT WILL SHOW YOU WHICH WEEK YOUR TEAM IS TO RESEARCH, DESIGN AND DELIVER THE DISCUSSION BOARD.
- THE SECOND TEAM ASSIGNMENT IS A TEAM POWERPOINT WHICH IS DUE IN WEEK 5 FOR EVERY TEAM.
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For your information, here’s a List of Frequently Asked Questions
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- Even if your team does not present in the discussion board until a later week, the second team assignment is still due in week 5.
- Teams need to begin working together by week 3 regardless of which week they are assigned to research, design and deliver the discussion board.
- Research for the team assignment will be used in both individual assignments and team assignments due throughout the term.
- You will work within the same teams for Assignment 1 and Assignment 2.
- You will use some of the information from the team assignment in their individual assignment 2 & 3.
For individual assignments, choose a business within the industry that is chosen for Team Assignment 1.
- For example, if a student is in Team Blue (week 3) then their individual assignment 1 & 2 will be concerning information and trends from within that industry (Construction, Education and Health Services) so that all of the research done by the student in teams connects directly to student individual papers.
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Important: It is an Academic Integrity violation to cut and paste work from the team assignment into individual papers, but you can repurpose and build on the research that has been completed in the teams for individual assignment 2 & 3. The work and research done in the team assignments will scaffold directly into students Individual Assignment 1, 2 and 3.
- All work (team and individual) must meet APA criteria.
- Double Spaced, Times New Roman, APA Headings, Title Page, References and APA citations.
- This is an example of an APA sample paper. Long quotes are not to be used in this paper, thus, all quotes should be from seven to twelve words and must use APA citations. APA Presentation Guide
For Team Assignment 1 and 2, teams will follow the directions below of building a PowerPoint that will cover the material assigned.
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TEAM ASSIGNMENT #1:
- Student team led Discussion Thread by week: Build good discussions questions to share with the other teams based upon team industry research. It is important that all sectors of the business industries be covered to some extent.  It is the team’s responsibility to build robust and applied questions concerning the assigned market segment (all of the industries within that particular segment) in the week’s discussion thread that will be used to lead the other students in discussion for the week, using APA formatting for references. The team who leads the research, design, and delivery of the Discussion Board will also be the facilitators for the Discussion Board during that week. The team that research, designs the discussion are to ensure that every student from the other teams who post receives a graduate level response from a variety of students from the design team.
On or before Sunday midnight of Week 1, sign up for a Team Project. Each student is only on ONE team! Remember you will be on the same team for both team assignments. Your instructor may adjust team membership to balance the number of students on each team and/or assign students who don’t sign-up.
Instructions and Deliverables for Team Assignment #1
Each team will:
- Provide research with three to five graduate level discussion questions for their fellow students (members from the other teams) to respond to during the assigned week.
- Research and information will be their assigned industry; they will then pose a meaningful question for the other students to respond to.
- The goal is for the teams to teach and then question their classmates about the industries (e.g., Team Orange – Week 4 would cover “Financial Activities, Leisure and Hospitality†and provide in the discussion the information on that industry and then ask good applied questions of their teammates). The research must be cited using APA and must be relevant and graduate level, citing at least four reputable sources.
- Questions on applying what they learned from your articles/videos. Questions should be of the nature that the other students can apply to their work or their lives. Good questions involve “work†(thinking, research, citations) on the part of those who answer. Below are examples of questions you may ask (depending on the selected subject area):
- List three ways that creativity could be used in manufacturing (cite the textbook at least once).
- Consider the building in which you live, work or used to work or live, find out when it was built and if there have been any lawsuits regarding the property. Cite your findings.
- Do a cost benefit analysis of traveling from the west to the east coast in the US to determine which mode of transportation would be the Most Economical? Fastest? Fun? Cite your findings.
- List five reasons that a hairdresser would benefit from an MBA? Cite your findings.
- Say you own your own home and you were going to switch to solar for electricity; how many years would it take to pay back the initial investment? Cite your findings.
- One member from the team should email the instructor the discussion board research and questions by Sunday at midnight (all times are Pacific Coast Times) before the assigned week (e.g., Team Blue will email their Research and Discussion Prompts to the instructor for their review on Sunday night of Week 2). Failure for the team to meet the deadline of sending the teams prompts to the instructor by the Sunday night before the assigned week will result in a 50% reduction in points for this assignment for all team members. Remember each team member is to upload into the team work product for Assignment 1 (the discussion board research and questions) to their individual Team Assignment 1 dropbox which is in Week 5 (regardless of the week you are presenting).
- The instructor will review, and may send back for clarification and additional information on Monday (if necessary). The Instructor will need to post the discussion to the week’s forum by Tuesday at noon (PST).
- Each team will “lead†the discussion during the assigned week and each student will be responded to at least twice (three or more would be better) during the week by the team members.
- If one team member does all of the work there will be a 50% reduction in points for all team members (including the one who does all of the work). (This class is about collaboration and leadership. Leading the discussion board is an opportunity to practice graduate leadership skills.)
Information on the following industries can be located at:
https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag_index_alpha.htm
| Week 3
Team Blue
Construction, Education and Health Services |
Week 4
Team Orange
Financial Activities, Leisure and Hospitality |
Week 5
Team Green
Manufacturing and Natural Resources and Mining |
Week 6
Team Gold
Trade, Transportation, Utilities and Information Systems |
Week 7
Team Silver
Professional and Business Services (lawyers, doctors, hairdressers, etc.) |
TEAM ASSIGNMENT #2:
Instructions and Deliverables for Team Assignment 2
Due Week 5:
In Week 5 there will be two discussion question threads. The second discussion thread will be where one member of each team will upload the collaborative efforts of the entire team as a presentation for the other teams to respond to. The presentation (either PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Prezi) should be at least eight slides and will include a Voice Over [you can also use Kaltura (with instructions located here) or Screencast-o-Matic (with instructions located here) to record your screen capture with voice). Again each member of the team is to upload their presentation (if it is a link, you can paste the upload) into their individual assignment submission area within Blackboard so they can each receive points.
| Slide 1 – Title of the work and the names of all contributing team members
Slide 2 – Each of your industries/sectors with interesting information (that others might know) cited appropriately (at least 3-5 key points) Slide 3 – Information and research on the innovation and creativity of each industries/sectors cited appropriately Slide 4 – Information and research of risks within each of your industries/sectors Slide 5 – Compare and contrast ALL OF THE industries/sectors that you are covering. For example a side-by-side graph that shows things like: â—‹Â Â Â Â Â Â % of total jobs in the US within the industry â—‹Â Â Â Â Â Â % of revenue compared to the GDP (Gross Domestic Production) â—‹Â Â Â Â Â Â % of growth or decline over the past 1, 3 or 5 years. â—‹Â Â Â Â Â Â % of growth or decline of stock price in the past five years compared to the % decrease or increase of the stock market during the same time. â—‹Â Â Â Â Â Â % entry of new participants and exit of previous sector (decline or incline) â—‹Â Â Â Â Â Â Average age or workers and numbers of female executives â—‹Â Â Â Â Â Â Sustainability efforts Slide 6 – Recommendation to increase creativity and profit in each of your industries/sectors Slide 7 – Recommendation to increase creativity and collaboration in each of your industries/sectors Slide 8 – Reference section (APA formatted) |
Grading Rubric: Team Assignments 1 & 2
| Exemplary | Proficient | Emerging | Needs Improvement | Â | |
| Criteria | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Introduction of the Assignment 1 and 2
 10% |
The introduction is clear and creative and it is evident that all members of the team contributed and brought graduate level participation to the presentation. The introduction is clearly written after all of the data has been gathered. | The introduction is clear and it is evident that all members of the team contributed and brought graduate level participation to the presentation thesis statement. | The introduction is somewhat clear and there is some evidence that all members of the team contributed and brought graduate level participation to the presentation. | Opening is poorly organized and/or lacks development. Team participation is not evident. | |
| Content
 40% |
A thorough discussion of the items presented in the work is appropriate and are creatively and clearly presented. Information from independent research and the textbooks are included. | A thorough discussion of the items presented in the assignment above are clearly presented. Information from independent research and the textbooks are somewhat included. | A somewhat thorough discussion of the items presented in the assignment are presented. Information from independent research and the textbooks are rarely included.
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A brief discussion of the items presented in the assignment are rarely followed.Information from independent research and the textbooks are not included.
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| Organization
 10% |
Body of the work is logically organized, using APA formatted headings, in alignment with the thesis statement. Organization of the presentation reflects teamwork and creativity. The presentation uses topic sentences and transitions to facilitate clear communication. Provided scholarly sources clearly support team research and analysis.
The presentation creatively and consistently uses graphs, tables, charts and/or diagrams to support claims or ideas and/or illustrate data. |
Body of the work is logically organized, using APA formatted headings, in alignment with the thesis statement. Organization of the presentation reflects teamwork.. The presentation uses topic sentences and transitions to facilitate clear communication. Provided scholarly sources clearly support team research and analysis.
The presentation uses graphs, tables, charts and/or diagrams to support claims or ideas and/or illustrate data. |
Body of the work is somewhat logically organized, using 95% APA formatted headings, in alignment with the thesis statement. Organization of the presentation somewhat reflects teamwork. The presentation uses topic sentences and transitions to facilitate clear communication. Provided scholarly sources clearly support team research and analysis.
The presentation somewhat uses graphs, tables, charts and/or diagrams to support claims or ideas and/or illustrate data. |
Body of the work is not logically organized, using APA formatted heading 90% of the time, in alignment with the thesis statement. Organization of the presentation reflects little or no teamwork. The presentation somewhat uses topic sentences and transitions to facilitate clear communication. Provided scholarly sources somewhat support team research and analysis.
The presentation uses a few graphs, tables, charts and/or diagrams to support claims or ideas and/or illustrate data somewhat inappropriately however it theses are not consistent or clear.. |
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| Scholarly Sources
 10%
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Effectively and in an interesting manner integrates credible academic sources into the presentation; in-text citations are presented in accurate APA style; includes APA style “Reference†page, citing authoritative sources; utilizes an appropriate balance of quoted material and the team’s analysis; all source material is accurately quoted, paraphrased or summarized to give authors credit for ideas. | Generally integrates credible academic sources into the presentation; in-text citations are presented in accurate APA style; includes APA style “Reference†page, citing authoritative sources; utilizes an a balance of quoted material and the team’s analysis; all source material is accurately quoted, paraphrased or summarized to give authors credit for ideas | Somewhat integrates credible academic sources into the presentation; in-text citations are presented in accurate APA style; includes APA style “Reference†page, citing authoritative sources; occasionally utilizes a balance of quoted material and the team’s analysis; all source material is somewhat accurately quoted, paraphrased or summarized to give authors credit for ideas. | Does not integrate credible academic sources into the presentation; inconsistent adherence to APA guidelines for in-text citations, which may compromise integrity of the presentation; inaccurate or missing “References†page. | |
| Critical Thinking, Evaluation and Analysis
 10% |
Presentation creatively reflects that the team utilized critical, analytical understanding of the topic as it currently is presented in the literature; the team compares and makes connections between differing viewpoints and uses unbiased language to discuss differing viewpoints.
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Presentation reflects that the team utilized critical, analytical understanding of the topic as it currently is presented in the literature; the team compares and makes connections between differing viewpoints and uses unbiased language to discuss differing viewpoints.
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Presentation occasionally reflects that the team utilized critical, analytical understanding of the topic as it currently is presented in the literature; the team occasionally compares and makes connections between differing viewpoints and uses unbiased language to discuss differing viewpoints. | Presentation does not reflect a critical, analytical understanding of the topic as it currently is presented in the literature; the writer does not clearly compare or make connections between differing viewpoints; writer may use biased language to present differing viewpoints. | |
| Language, Style and Voice
 5%
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Language is academic in tone, demonstrating a clear sense of purpose and audience; vocabulary and phrasing are academically appropriate, persuasive, and sophisticated; the team’s voice is evident, professional, and confident; sentences are marked by clarity, varying words and grammatical structure. Contractions are spelled out It is clear that the team had good synergy and that the whole team collaborated. For the Power Point the Voice Over is clear and easy to understand.
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Language is predominantly academic in tone; vocabulary may be basic or ineffective; team’s voice is consistently academic but may not be persuasive or confident; writing demonstrates some awareness of audience and persuasive purpose; use of first or second person and/or contractions diminishes presentation formal tone. For the PowerPoint the team shows good synergy. The Voice Over is clear and easy to understand. | Language is somewhat informal in tone; vocabulary is simplistic, marked by instances of casual or imprecise diction; team’s voice is not discernible in the paper; writing demonstrates inconsistent awareness of audience and persuasive purpose; use of first or second person and/or contractions diminishes team’s formal tone. There is little evidence of team synergy and evidence suggests that one or two team members took over the assignment. For the PowerPoint the Voice Over is somewhat clear. | Presentation is informal in tone; vocabulary is simplistic and/or inappropriate; writer’s voice is not discernible in the presentation. The presentation may have been written by one or two students, but the entire team is not evident. The writing demonstrates; use of first or second person and/or contractions diminishes the paper’s formal tone (unless first person language is allowed by the professor/ assignment). For the PowerPoint he Voice Over is not clear or easy to follow. Lacks creativity by just reading the content on the slides. | |
| Conclusion
 5%  |
Summarizes the topic and opinion or argument, restating the major supporting points and findings/analysis from each major point; with the purpose of supporting the thesis; states conclusion(s) based on research. | Summarizes the topic and opinion or argument, restating the supporting points and findings/analysis from each section of the works states conclusion(s) based on the research. | Vaguely summarizes the topic and opinion or argument. | Does not summarize the topic and opinion or argument. | |
| Grammar
 5%
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Effective syntax and grammar demonstrate a mastery of writing conventions and serves the work’s purpose; writing is free of misspellings and punctuation errors. | Syntax and grammar demonstrate mastery of writing conventions but may be awkward; a few misspellings or punctuation errors are present. | Awkward syntax and grammar may impair clarity; misspellings, run-on sentences, sentence fragments, or other errors are present throughout the work. | Frequent syntax, grammar, and/or spelling errors impair clarity; numerous run-on sentences, sentence fragments, or other errors impair meaning throughout the work. | |
| Formatting
 5%  |
Title of the work clearly reflects its content. The title and other document formatting demonstrate careful adherence to APA style guidelines. | Title of the work reflects its content. The title and other document formatting demonstrate general adherence to APA style guidelines. | Title of the work vaguely reflects its content. The title and other document formatting only occasionally demonstrate adherence to APA style guidelines. | Title of the work does not reflect its content. The title and other document formatting does not demonstrate adherence to APA style guidelines. |
