Distinguished - Clearly and accurately designates general categories or groups of leadership theories and appropriately selects one specific category of theory from the course text. 

Proficient - Designates general categories or groups of leadership theories, and selects one specific category of theory from the course text. Minor details are slightly unclear, inaccurate, or inappropriate.

Basic - Vaguely designates general categories or groups of leadership theories, and inappropriately selects one specific category of theory from the course text. Relevant details are unclear, inaccurate, and/or inappropriate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to designate general categories or groups of leadership theories and select one specific category of theory from the course text; however, significant details are unclear, inaccurate, and inappropriate.

Non-Performance - The designation of general categories or groups of leadership theories and selection of one specific category of theory from the course text are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly and clearly defends why the selected category of leadership theory is most relevant to organizational leadership, and comprehensively discusses the leadership style to adhere to and the specific reasons for selecting the style. 

Proficient - Defends why the selected category of leadership theory is most relevant to organizational leadership, and discusses the leadership style to adhere to and the specific reasons for selecting the style. Minor details are missing or unclear.

Basic - Minimally defends why the selected category of leadership theory is most relevant to organizational leadership, and vaguely discusses the leadership style to adhere to and the specific reasons for selecting the style. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts to defend why the selected category of leadership theory is most relevant to organizational leadership and discuss the leadership style to adhere to and the specific reasons for selecting the style; however, significant details are missing and unclear.

Non-Performance - The defense of why the selected category of leadership theory is most relevant to organizational leadership and discussion of the leadership style to adhere to and the specific reasons for selecting the style are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly examines how the student’s leadership skills will influence their ability to motivate followers in an organization, and clearly and accurately identifies an area of weakness in the student’s personal leadership.

Proficient - Examines how the student’s leadership skills will influence the ability to motivate followers in an organization, and identifies an area of weakness in the student’s personal leadership. Minor details are missing, slightly unclear, or inaccurate.

Basic - Partially examines how the student’s leadership skills will influence the ability to motivate followers in an organization, and vaguely identifies an area of weakness in the student’s personal leadership. Relevant details are missing, unclear, and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to examine how the student’s leadership skills will influence the ability to motivate followers in an organization and identify an area of weakness in the student’s personal leadership; however, significant details are missing, unclear, and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The examination of how the student’s leadership skills will influence the ability to motivate followers in an organization and identification of an area of weakness in the student’s personal leadership are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly explains how the student will develop the area of weakness into a strength.

Proficient - Explains how the student will develop the area of weakness into a strength. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially explains how the student will develop the area of weakness into a strength. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain how the student will develop the area of weakness into a strength; however, the explanation is significantly underdeveloped. 

Non-Performance - The explanation of how the student will develop the area of weakness into a strength is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly evaluates the factors that influence organizational culture (e.g. organizational structure, size, policies and procedures, staff, and office politics) and the student’s leadership style.

Proficient - Evaluates the factors that influence organizational culture (e.g. organizational structure, size, policies and procedures, staff, and office politics) and the student’s leadership style. The evaluation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially evaluates the factors that influence organizational culture (e.g. organizational structure, size, policies and procedures, staff, and office politics) and the student’s leadership style. The evaluation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to evaluate the factors that influence organizational culture (e.g. organizational structure, size, policies and procedures, staff, and office politics) and the student’s leadership style; however, the evaluation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The evaluation of the factors that influence organizational culture (e.g. organizational structure, size, policies and procedures, staff, and office politics) and the student’s leadership style is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.