MBA 687 Module Eight Brief Guidelines and RubricOverview
As an HR consultant, you are exceeding the expectations of the leadership team of the U.S. branch. Along with the change management plan, your memo emphasizing the need for leaders to coach, mentor, and inspire the workforce to participate in the change process was well received by the VP and the leadership team of the U.S. branch.
Now you decide to preempt questions regarding leadership development initiatives that can be deployed at the U.S. branch to improve employee engagement or reduce attrition. To highlight how leadership development initiatives influence employee engagement, you decide to share the case study of a successful company. Apart from the case study, you will also submit your analysis on how these initiatives can develop “change leaders” at the U.S. branch of the Singaporean software solutions provider. You will also include your suggestions about the delivery methods for these leadership development initiatives.
Prompt
Write a brief to document your analysis of the leadership development initiatives of the Campbell Soup Company. This paper should inform the VP and leadership of the U.S. branch about initiatives that you recommend for deployment at the U.S. branch of the Singaporean software solutions provider to develop change leaders.
Specifically, you must address the following criteria:
- Recommend two specific leadership development initiatives from the Campbell Soup Company Case Study or other academic research that can be deployed at the U.S. branch of the Singaporean software solutions provider.
- Why do leadership development initiatives influence employee engagement?
- How do leadership development initiatives impact the retention of leaders?
- Refer to the Employee Engagement Surveys and Exit Interviews to ensure relevant company data is considered.
- Determine manager competencies (knowledge, skill, and ability) that will be effective in supporting the change management plan.
- How does a coach or mentor influence change acceptance?
- Refer to the Leaders’ Self Evaluations and Exit Interviews to ensure relevant company data is considered.
- Recommend delivery methods for leadership development initiatives.
- Consider a blend of formal and informal trainings, and classroom and online methods of training, while making your selection.
- Consider relevant organization data from the Exit Interviews.
- Justify recommendations for leadership development initiatives.
- How will leadership development initiatives prepare employees for change?
- How does leadership influence the success of an organization?
What to Submit
Submit a 3- to 5-page Word document using double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should incorporate references, including course materials, cited in APA format and listed on a separate reference page. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.
Module Eight Brief RubricCriteriaExceeds Expectations (100%)Meets Expectations (90%)Partially Meets Expectations (70%)Does Not Meet Expectations (0%)ValueRecommend Leadership Development InitiativesExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerIdentifies two well-researched leadership development best practices from research or the case studyShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying at least two leadership development best practices from research or the case studyDoes not attempt criterion25Determine Manager CompetenciesExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDetermines manager competencies that will be effective in supporting change management plansShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include determining at least one manager competency that will be effective to support change management plansDoes not attempt criterion25Recommend Delivery MethodsExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerRecommends the appropriate delivery methods for leadership development initiativesShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include recommending at least one appropriate delivery method for a leadership development initiativeDoes not attempt criterion20Justify RecommendationsExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerJustifies recommendations for leadership development methodsShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include justifying at least two leadership development initiativesDoes not attempt criterion20Articulation of ResponseExceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerClearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spellingShows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spellingSubmission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling5Citations and AttributionsUses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errorsUses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errorsUses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errorsDoes not use citations for ideas requiring attribution5
