N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management
Module 3 Assignment 2: Organizational Analysis – The Organization
Name: Destini Smith Date: 3/16/17
Overview: Organizational Analysis – The Organization
The major assignment for this course is analysis of your organization. In this assignment, you will
report the organization’s mission, philosophy, and administrative structure. You will compare and
contrast what you find with the characteristics of organizations you have learned about in the
lectures and presentations and in your own investigative reading.
Complete this assignment to demonstrate your analysis of the big picture of your organization.
Objectives
Explain how organizations function.
Compare and contrast characteristics of leadership and management.
Apply trends, issues, theories, and evidence as guidelines for management decisions.
Evaluate effectiveness of communication patterns using specific management situations.
Expected elements for scholarly writing:
Ensure correct grammar and spelling
Assignment should be submitted as an APA Paper, including title page and references.
Title page is required for this Assignment and the UTACON version is expected format.
1-inch margins, 12 size Times New Roman font.
Please provide all references used to support your opinions and clarify positions in the paper.
The reference list begins on a separate page from the content.
Headings are expected and must be connected to the assignment criteria following APA style.
An introduction is expected providing a brief look at what is planned within the body of the
paper. However, no heading is used over the introduction in APA format. A Summary is used
and should have a heading over it.
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For all other style questions refer to the American Psychological Association. (2010).
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Author.
Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the Week 2 Organizational Analysis – The Organization.
Tasks Target Acceptable Unacceptable
Use correct (9-10 points) (5-8 points) (0-4 points)
grammar, APA format and APA format and APA format and
punctuation, style are correct style are mostly style are minimally
and American and clear. Areas of correct. Areas of correct. Areas of
Psychological focus include focus include focus include
Association syntax, syntax, syntax,
(APA) format in appearance, appearance, appearance,
writing organization, and organization, and organization, and
professional grammatical grammatical grammatical
papers. correctness. correctness. correctness.
Introduction Concise description One or more One or more
of the including: (9-10 components missing components
Organization points) in description missing in
(max 10 points) (5-8 points) description
(0-4 points)
Type of agency,
size, geographic
location
Services
provided
Target
Examination (15-20 points) (9-14 points) (0-8 points)
of the Mission stated with Mission stated (2 Missing mission
Organization source reference point) statement (0
(max 20 points) (4 points) points)
Philosophy
stated with Philosophy Missing
source stated (2 philosophy
reference statement
points)
(4 points) (0 points)
Administrative Administrative Description of
structure clearly structure described administrative
described and and identified by structure and/or
connected to structure type with identification of
structure type at least one structure type is
with at least two example vague or missing
examples (0-3 points)
(10 points)
(12 points)
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