10-2 MBA699 Journal: Personal Action Plan
MBA 699 Module Ten Journal Guidelines and RubricOverview
In Module One, you performed a personal SWOT analysis and reflected on your readiness for organizational change. Then, throughout the course, you learned to lead and manage organizational change based on strategic decisions. You have also learned several other skills and concepts through the other courses and the various badges and certifications you earned in this MBA program.
Now, it is time to reflect on these skills and use what you’ve learned to create a personal action plan for your career and professional development. Doing so will not only help you revisit various management-related concepts and skills you learned and developed in this program, but will also help you understand how these concepts and skills can be applied in the workplace. This is also a wonderful opportunity for you to review your own journey from the start of this MBA program up until now—the end of the program.
Prompt
Create a personal action plan to apply and further develop the skills you have gained in the MBA program.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
- Skills assessment: Reflect on the personal SWOT analysis you completed in Module One(!!!! see attached file) Your response should address the following:
- Personal action plan: Create a personal action plan based on skills you learned in this course and in the MBA program. Your response should address the following:
- Accountability: Describe concrete steps you will take to remain accountable for strengthening and applying these skills in your career. Consider how you will integrate skill development milestones into your career planning, such as setting periodic check-ins, seeking out mentorship or coaching, and revisiting your professional goals to ensure they remain aligned with your evolving skill set and career trajectory.
What to Submit
Submit a 2- to 3-page Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.
Module Ten Journal RubricCriteriaExceeds Expectations (100%)Meets Expectations (90%)Partially Meets Expectations (70%)Does Not Meet Expectations (0%)ValueSkills AssessmentExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes any changes to personal SWOT analysis based on skills acquired in the course and explains how might this affect the ability to handle organizational change in the futureShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing changes in at least one element of personal SWOT analysis based on skills acquired in the course; clearly explaining how this might affect ability to handle organizational change in the futureDoes not attempt criterion15Personal Action Plan: Key Skills (Course Level)Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes two key skills from this course that can be applied to a career and explains how each of these skills could help in career growthShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying two specific skills learned in this course that can also be applied in a career and clearly explaining how each skill can help in career growthDoes not attempt criterion15Personal Action Plan: Key Skills (Program Level)Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribe two key skills from this program that can be applied to a career and explain how each of these skills could help in career growthShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying two specific skills gained or improved through other courses of this program and clearly explaining how each skill can help in career growthDoes not attempt criterion15Personal Action Plan: Skills to ImproveExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerIdentifies two skills from the MBA program that need further improvement and describes how these skills will help in career growthShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying at least two key skills from the MBA program that need further improvement and clearly describing how improving each skill will help in career growthDoes not attempt criterion15Personal Action Plan: Badges or CertificationsExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerIdentifies badges or certifications that will be most useful for career advancement and explains how they will be leveragedShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying at least one badge or certification and explaining how it will be useful for further career growthDoes not attempt criterion15AccountabilityExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes concrete steps to ensure accountability for developing and applying the skills learned throughout the MBA programShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying at least one clear and specific action to remain accountable for developing and applying the skills learned in the programDoes not attempt criterion15Clear CommunicationExceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understandingConsistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audienceShows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understandingShows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication10Total:100%ListenDictionaryTranslate
