Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Wednesday of Unit 8
Points: 100
Overview:
One of the primary purposes of this course is to allow students who are about to
complete their programs of study at the Malcolm Baldrige School of Business to
demonstrate their familiarity with the Baldrige Core Values.
Instructions:
Write a reflective paper summarizing your experience of the BUS411 course. Refer to
the Baldrige Core Values in this reflective exercise and discuss how these Core Values
were exhibited in your work in this course and throughout your program of studies in the
Malcolm Baldrige School of Business.
• Refer back to the Baldrige Core Values PowerPoint.
• Discuss how these Core Values were exhibited in your work throughout this
course and your program of study in the Malcolm Baldrige School of Business.
• What are your key takeaways from your study of the Baldrige Core Values?
• What will you utilize in your career that you have learned through these Core
Values?
Requirements:
• Submit a four page, minimum, Word document covering the elements of the
assignment.
• Develop a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. Use paragraph format and
transitions.
• Focus on the quality of writing and content.
• Use elements of APA formatting (title, references, and in-text citations). Abstract
is not required. The title page, reference page, and appendices are excluded in
page length requirement.
• Two or more academic references are present and formatted properly.
Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before
you write and again after you write.
BUS411 – Business Policy
Seminar
Baldridge Reflective Paper
Evaluation Rubric for Baldridge Reflective Paper Assignment
CRITERIA Deficient Needs
Improvement
Proficient Exemplary
0-11 points 12-15 points 16-17 points 18-20 points
Introduction Unclear or
incomplete.
Introduction
with a partially
developed
thesis.
Introduction
with a mostly
developed
thesis.
Clear, well developed,
introduction
and thesis.
0-17 points 18-23 points 24-26 points 27-30 points
Reflection Lacks specific,
credible, and
relevant
reflection.
Discussion of
Baldridge Core
Values is
inadequate or
missing.
Not adequately
supported with
a limited
spectrum of
specific,
credible, and
relevant
reflection.
Discussion of
Baldridge Core
Values is
somewhat
thoughtful and
persuasive but
lacks detail.
Adequately
supported with
a limited
spectrum of
specific,
credible, and
relevant
reflection.
Discussion of
Baldridge Core
Values is
thoughtful and
persuasive but
lacks some
detail.
Well-supported
with a broad
spectrum of
specific,
credible, and
relevant
reflection.
Discussion of
Baldridge Core
Values is well developed,
very thoughtful,
and
persuasive.
0-11 points 12-15 points 16-17 points 18-20 points
Conclusion Conclusion not
included.
Some attempt
at a
conclusion, but
it is not well
written.
Good attempt
at a
conclusion, but
more
development
needed.
Well written
and fully
developed
conclusion.
0-8 points 9-11 points 12-13 points 14-15 points
Clear and
Professional
Writing
Writing is
frequently
difficult to
understand
because of
several errors
in grammar,
punctuation,
and spelling.
Word choice
is sometimes
Writing is
somewhat
difficult to
understand
with errors in
punctuation,
spelling, and
grammar.
Appropriate
word choice is
somewhat
Writing is easy
to understand
despite minor
errors in
punctuation,
spelling, and
grammar.
Appropriate
word choice is
used for an
academic
Writing is free
of almost all
punctuation,
spelling, and
grammar
errors.
Appropriate
word choice is
used for an
academic
setting.
inappropriate
for an
academic
setting.
Sentence
structure is
unclear.
used for an
academic
setting.
Sentence
structure is
somewhat
clear.
setting.
Sentence
structure is
mostly clear.
Sentence
structure is
clear.
0-8 points 9-11 points 12-13 points 14-15 points
APA
Formatting
and
References
Paper has no
APA
formatting, or
paper has an
APA title, but
no references
or in-text
citations.
No academic
references
present or
reference
formatting has
significant
errors.
Paper lacks
multiple
elements of
APA (title,
references, or
in-text
citations).
One academic
reference
present but
errors in
formatting.
Paper lacks
one element of
APA (title,
references, or
in-text
citations).
Two academic
references
present but
may have a
few errors in
formatting.
Paper has all
elements of
APA formatting
(title,
references,
and in-text
citations).
Two or more
academic
references are
present and
formatted
properly.
