POL 300 – Assignments and Rubrics © 2014 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. POL 300 Student Version 1144 (1108 4-8-2014) Final   Page 1 of 7   Assignment 1: The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy Due Week 5 and worth 135 points Select a president from the table, “Presidents and Their ‘Doctrines,’” in Roskin, Chapter 4. Then write a 3- 5 page paper on the doctrine that president used according to Roskin. Your research must include at least four (4) credible sources, apart from your textbook. Your paper must address the following: 1. Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office. 2. Explicate the diplomatic doctrine the president followed, with reference to specific actions or events that occurred. 3. Describe the effects of these diplomatic efforts for the U.S. and other countries. 4. Assess, in conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of the particular doctrine that was followed. 5. Cite at least four (4) reputable sources in addition to the textbook, not including Wikipedia, encyclopedias, or dictionaries. Your assignment must: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Identify the cultural, economic, and political context of information resources, and interpret information in light of that context. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in international problems. • Write clearly and concisely about international problems using proper writing mechanics. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Points: 135   Assignment 1: The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy Criteria     Unacceptable   Below 60% F   Meets Minimum Expectations   60-69% D     Fair   70-79% C     Proficient   80-89% B     Exemplary   90-100% A   1. Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office. Weight: 20% Did not submit or incompletely summarized a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office. Insufficiently summarized a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during th ...

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Assignment 1: The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy
Due Week 5 and worth 135 points
Select a president from the table, “Presidents and Their
‘Doctrines,’” in Roskin, Chapter 4. Then write a 3-
5 page paper on the doctrine that president used according to
Roskin. Your research must include at
least four (4) credible sources, apart from your textbook. Your
paper must address the following:
1. Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts
during the president’s time in office.
2. Explicate the diplomatic doctrine the president followed,
with reference to specific actions or
events that occurred.
3. Describe the effects of these diplomatic efforts for the U.S.
and other countries.

2. 4. Assess, in conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of
the particular doctrine that was
followed.
5. Cite at least four (4) reputable sources in addition to the
textbook, not including Wikipedia,
encyclopedias, or dictionaries.
Your assignment must:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-
specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
• Identify the cultural, economic, and political context of
information resources, and interpret
information in light of that context.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in
international problems.
• Write clearly and concisely about international problems using
proper writing mechanics.

3. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic/organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 135
Assignment 1: The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets
Minimum
Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient

4. 80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Summarize a
situation that required
U.S. diplomatic efforts
during the president’s
time in office.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or
incompletely
summarized a
situation that
required U.S.
diplomatic efforts
during the
president’s time in
office.
Insufficiently
summarized a
situation that
required U.S.
diplomatic
efforts during
the president’s
time in office.

5. Partially
summarized a
situation that
required U.S.
diplomatic
efforts during
the president’s
time in office.
Satisfactorily
summarized a
situation that
required U.S.
diplomatic
efforts during
the president’s
time in office.
Thoroughly
summarized a
situation that
required U.S.
diplomatic
efforts during
the president’s
time in office.
2. Explicate the
diplomatic doctrine the
president followed, with
reference to specific
Did not submit or
incompletely
explicated the
diplomatic

6. Insufficiently
explicated the
diplomatic
doctrine the
Partially
explicated the
diplomatic
doctrine the
Satisfactorily
explicated the
diplomatic
doctrine the
Thoroughly
explicated the
diplomatic
doctrine the
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actions or events that
occurred.
Weight: 20%
doctrine the
president
followed, with
reference to
specific actions or
events that
occurred.
president
followed, with
reference to
specific actions
or events that
occurred.
president
followed, with
reference to
specific actions
or events that
occurred.
president
followed, with
reference to
specific actions
or events that
occurred.

8. president
followed, with
reference to
specific actions
or events that
occurred.
3. Describe the effects
of these diplomatic
efforts for the U.S. and
other countries.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or
incompletely
described the
effects of these
diplomatic efforts
for the U.S. and
other countries.
Insufficiently
described the
effects of these
diplomatic
efforts for the
U.S. and other
countries.
Partially
described the
effects of these
diplomatic
efforts for the
U.S. and other

9. countries.
Satisfactorily
described the
effects of these
diplomatic
efforts for the
U.S. and other
countries.
Thoroughly
described the
effects of these
diplomatic
efforts for the
U.S. and other
countries.
4. Assess, in
conclusion, the
advantages and
disadvantages of the
particular doctrine that
was followed.
Weight: 25%
Did not submit or
incompletely
assessed, in
conclusion, the
advantages and
disadvantages of
the particular
doctrine that was
followed.

10. Insufficiently
assessed, in
conclusion, the
advantages and
disadvantages
of the particular
doctrine that
was followed.
Partially
assessed, in
conclusion, the
advantages and
disadvantages
of the particular
doctrine that
was followed.
Satisfactorily
assessed, in
conclusion, the
advantages
and
disadvantages
of the particular
doctrine that
was followed.
Thoroughly
assessed, in
conclusion, the
advantages
and
disadvantages
of the particular
doctrine that

11. was followed.
5. 4 References in
addition to the
textbook, not including
Wikipedia,
encyclopedias, or
dictionaries
Weight: 5%
No references
provided
Does not meet
the required
number of
references; all
references
poor quality
choices.
Does not meet
the required
number of
references;
some
references poor
quality choices.
Meets number
of required
references; all
references
high quality
choices.

12. Exceeds
number of
required
references; all
references
high quality
choices.
6. Clarity and writing
mechanics
Weight: 10%
More than 8
errors present
7-8 errors
present
5-6 errors
present
3-4 errors
present
0-2 errors
present
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Assignment 2: Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy
Due Week 9 and worth 175 points
This paper will be a revised and expanded version of the first
research paper. Based on your instructor’s
feedback, you will first revise the first paper.
Write three-to-four (3-4) new pages that address the following:
1. Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or
global events during the Cold War
leading up to the formation of the presidential doctrine you
wrote about in Assignment 1.
2. Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and
describe the Cold War relationship that
existed between the country you selected and the U.S. before

14. the presidential doctrine was
announced.
3. Describe the relationship that currently exists between the
U.S. and the country you selected in
section (2) above.
4. Describe the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on
regional or global affairs since it was
announced during the Cold War.
5. Assess whether or not the presidential doctrine you wrote
about in Assignment 1 doctrine had
had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the country
you selected in section (2) above
since the doctrine was first announced.
6. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other
Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
To help you understand this assignment further, the following
description and examples may be useful.
Step 1: Define doctrine and identify why a president would want
to announce one.
A doctrine is an ideological platform that a president uses to
advance a policy towards a country or region
in order to accomplish foreign policy goals for the United
States, so you will need to expand on this
theme.
Refer back to Assignment 1, and build on whatever doctrine you
wrote about then. Say, for example, you
selected the Truman Doctrine. Therefore, this is the only thing

15. you will write about in Assignment 2 step
1.
Step 2: Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and
describe the Cold War relationship that
existed between it and the U.S.
Before the presidential doctrine was announced. In the case of
Truman, you would pick either the Soviet
Union, Greece, or Iran, since all three were affected by his
doctrine. If you are writing about the
Eisenhower Doctrine, you would choose Lebanon or Egypt; if
you wrote about the Kennedy Doctrine, you
would have write about Cuba or Vietnam; if your wrote about
the Nixon Doctrine, you would choose either
Vietnam, Saudi Arabia or Iran; if you chose Carter, you would
select either Iran or Afghanistan; and if you
wrote about the Reagan Doctrine, you would select Nicaragua,
Angola, Russia or Afghanistan (although
there were several others).
Step 3: Describe what effect the presidential doctrine you chose
has had on regional or global affairs
since it was announced during the Cold War.
That is, how did the doctrine change the status quo regionally or
globally after it was announced by the
U.S.? What happened in Western Europe after the Truman
Doctrine was announced? What happened
in the Middle East after the Eisenhower Doctrine was
announced? What happened with Cuba or Vietnam
after Kennedy offered up his doctrine of flexible response?
What happened in Southeast Asia or the
Persian Gulf after the Nixon Doctrine went in effect? What
happened in the Middle East after the Carter
Doctrine was announced? What happened in Central America or
Africa or the Middle East after Reagan
announced his doctrine?

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Step 4: Refer back to the country you selected in step two and
describe the relationship that currently
exists between the U.S. and that country.
How has the relationship changed between the U.S. and that
country since the doctrine was announced?
Step 5: Evaluate whether or not the presidential doctrine had
had the intended effect of altering the
behavior of the one country you selected in section (2) above
since the doctrine was first announced.
Your assignment must:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Check with your professor for any
additional instructions.

17. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
reference page are not included in
the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
• Identify the cultural, economic, and political context of
information resources, and interpret
information in light of that context.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in
international problems.
• Write clearly and concisely about international problems using
proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic/organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 175
Assignment 2: Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F

18. Meets
Minimum
Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Define presidential
doctrine and
summarize the regional
or global events during

19. the Cold War leading
up to the formation of
the presidential
doctrine you wrote
about in Assignment 1.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or
incompletely
defined
presidential
doctrine and
summarized the
regional or global
events during the
Cold War leading
up to the
formation of the
presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in
Assignment 1.
Insufficiently
defined
presidential
doctrine and
summarized the
regional or
global events
during the Cold
War leading up
to the formation
of the
presidential
doctrine you

20. wrote about in
Assignment 1.
Partially defined
presidential
doctrine and
summarized the
regional or
global events
during the Cold
War leading up
to the formation
of the
presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in
Assignment 1.
Satisfactorily
defined
presidential
doctrine and
summarized
the regional or
global events
during the Cold
War leading up
to the
formation of
the presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in
Assignment 1.
Thoroughly
defined

21. presidential
doctrine and
summarized
the regional or
global events
during the Cold
War leading up
to the formation
of the
presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in
Assignment 1.
2. Select one country
you wrote about in
Assignment 1 and
describe the Cold War
relationship that
existed between the
country you selected
Did not submit or
incompletely
selected one
country you wrote
about in
Assignment 1 and
described the
Insufficiently
selected one
country you
wrote about in
Assignment 1
and described

22. the Cold War
Partially
selected one
country you
wrote about in
Assignment 1
and described
the Cold War
Satisfactorily
selected one
country you
wrote about in
Assignment 1
and described
the Cold War
Thoroughly
selected one
country you
wrote about in
Assignment 1
and described
the Cold War
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and the U.S. before the
presidential doctrine
was announced.
Weight: 20%
Cold War
relationship that
existed between
the country you
selected and the
U.S. before the
presidential
doctrine was
announced.
relationship that
existed
between the
country you
selected and
the U.S. before
the presidential
doctrine was
announced.
relationship that
existed between
the country you
selected and the
U.S. before the

24. presidential
doctrine was
announced.
relationship
that existed
between the
country you
selected and
the U.S. before
the presidential
doctrine was
announced.
relationship
that existed
between the
country you
selected and
the U.S. before
the presidential
doctrine was
announced.
3. Describe the
relationship that
currently exists
between the U.S. and
the country you
selected in section (2)
above.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or
incompletely
described the

25. relationship that
currently exists
between the U.S.
and the country
you selected in
section (2) above.
Insufficiently
described the
relationship that
currently exists
between the
U.S. and the
country you
selected in
section (2)
above.
Partially
described the
relationship that
currently exists
between the
U.S. and the
country you
selected in
section (2)
above.
Satisfactorily
described the
relationship
that currently
exists between
the U.S. and
the country you

26. selected in
section (2)
above.
Thoroughly
described the
relationship
that currently
exists between
the U.S. and
the country you
selected in
section (2)
above.
4. Describe the effect
that the presidential
doctrine has had on
regional or global
affairs since it was
announced during the
Cold War.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or
incompletely
described the
effect that the
presidential
doctrine has had
on regional or
global affairs
since it was
announced during
the Cold War.

27. Insufficiently
described the
effect that the
presidential
doctrine has
had on regional
or global affairs
since it was
announced
during the Cold
War.
Partially
described the
effect that the
presidential
doctrine has had
on regional or
global affairs
since it was
announced
during the Cold
War.
Satisfactorily
described the
effect that the
presidential
doctrine has
had on regional
or global affairs
since it was
announced
during the Cold
War.

28. Thoroughly
described the
effect that the
presidential
doctrine has
had on regional
or global affairs
since it was
announced
during the Cold
War.
5. Assess whether or
not the presidential
doctrine you wrote
about in Assignment 1
doctrine had had the
intended effect of
altering the behavior of
the country you
selected in section (2)
above since the
doctrine was first
announced.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or
incompletely
assessed whether
or not the
presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in
Assignment 1
doctrine had had
the intended

29. effect of altering
the behavior of
the country you
selected in
section (2) above
since the doctrine
was first
announced.
Insufficiently
assessed
whether or not
the presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in
Assignment 1
doctrine had
had the
intended effect
of altering the
behavior of the
country you
selected in
section (2)
above since the
doctrine was
first announced.
Partially
assessed
whether or not
the presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in
Assignment 1
doctrine had had

30. the intended
effect of altering
the behavior of
the country you
selected in
section (2)
above since the
doctrine was
first announced.
Satisfactorily
assessed
whether or not
the presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in
Assignment 1
doctrine had
had the
intended effect
of altering the
behavior of the
country you
selected in
section (2)
above since
the doctrine
was first
announced.
Thoroughly
assessed
whether or not
the presidential
doctrine you
wrote about in

31. Assignment 1
doctrine had
had the
intended effect
of altering the
behavior of the
country you
selected in
section (2)
above since
the doctrine
was first
announced.
6. 3 References
Weight: 5%
No references
provided
Does not meet
the required
number of
references; all
references
poor quality
choices.
Does not meet
the required
number of
references;
some
references poor
quality choices.

32. Meets number
of required
references; all
references
high quality
choices.
Exceeds
number of
required
references; all
references
high quality
choices.
7. Clarity, writing
mechanics, and
formatting
requirements
Weight: 10%
More than 8
errors present
7-8 errors
present
5-6 errors
present
3-4 errors
present
0-2 errors
present

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Weekly Course Schedule
The purpose of the course schedule is to give you, at a glance,
the required preparation, activities, and
evaluation components of your course. For more information
about your course, whether on-ground or
online, access your online course shell.
The expectations for a 4.5 credit hour course are for students to
spend 13.5 hours in weekly work. This
time estimate includes preparation, activities, and evaluation
regardless of the delivery mode.
Instructional Materials
In order to be fully prepared, obtain a copy of the required
textbooks and other instructional materials
prior to the first day of class. When available, Strayer
University provides a link to the first three (3)
chapters of your textbook(s) in eBook format. Check your
online course shell for availability.

34. Review the online course shell or check with your professor to
determine whether Internet-based
assignments and activities are used in this course.
Strayer students are encouraged to purchase their course
materials through the Strayer Bookstore.
http://www.strayerbookstore.com. If a lab is required for the
course, the Strayer Bookstore is the only
vendor that sells the correct registration code so that Strayer
students may access labs successfully.
Discussions
To earn full credit in an online threaded discussion, students
must have one original post and a minimum
of one other post per discussion thread.
Please note: Material in the online class will be made available
on the previous Thursday. As it is always
possible that students could lose their work due to unforeseen
circumstances, it is a best practice to
routinely save a working draft in a separate file before posting
in the course discussion area.
Professors hold discussions during class time for on-ground
students. Check with your professor if any
additional discussion participation is required in the online
course shell outside of class hours.
Tests
Tests (quizzes, midterm and final exams, essay exams, lab tests,
etc.) are available for student access
and completion through the online course shell. Check the
online course shell to determine how you are
expected to take the tests.
• Online students are to complete the test by Monday 9:00 a.m.

35. Details regarding due dates are
posted in the Blackboard Calendar tool.
• On-ground students are to complete the tests after the material
is covered and before the next
class session.
Assignments
A standardized performance grading rubric is a tool your
professor will use to evaluate your written
assignments. Review the rubric before submitting assignments
that have grading rubrics associated with
them to ensure you have met the performance criteria stated on
the rubric.
Grades are based on individual effort. There is no group
grading; however, working in groups in the
online or on-ground classroom is acceptable.
Assignments for online students are always submitted through
the online course shell. On-ground
professors will inform students on how to submit assignments,
whether in paper format or through the
online course shell.
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shell contains helpful links. Strayer University
Library Resources are available here as well as other important
information. You should review this area
to find resources and answers to common questions.
Technical support is available for the following:
• For technical questions, please contact Strayer Online
Technical Support by logging in to your
iCampus account at https://icampus.strayer.edu/login and
submitting a case under “Student
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to your iCampus account, please
contact Technical Support via phone at (877) 642-2999.
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As*ignment 2; Mergerc and Acquisitions
Due Week 6 and uorth 200 points
Use the lntemet to research a publicly traded company in the
United State$ that has undergone a merger
or acquisition within the last three (3) years. Take note of the
circumstances sunounding the merger or
acguisition"
Write a fourto six {44} page paperin whhh you:
1. Examine the circumstanc* that resultad in the merger or

38. acquisition for the selected company.
Speculate on hflo (2) reasons vufry the resulting decision to
merge or to acquire / be acquired was
made.
Assess the significant positive (or negative) effects of the
merger or acquisition. Provide at least
hr,o (2) examples of those effects now that the merger or
acquisition has been completed.
Exarnine the organizational structure that has resulted from the
rnerger or acquisition. Analyze
the majordif&rences between the resulting company and the
originaltwo (2) organizations.
Determine whether or not the human resources management
practicea of the company were
modified to reflect the outcome of the merger or acquisition. lf
no changes wer6 necessary,
speculate on the r€asons why they were not. Provide a rationale
for your response^
Use at least four (4) academic quality resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not

39. quatify as an academic resource.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requircments:
r Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
t2), wtth one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow AP,A or school-
specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instruc{ions.
e lnclude a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student's name, the professor's
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
r Evaluate tte dlfferent forms of business ownership to
determine the optimal structure in different
scenarios and the proce$s for a business start-up.
. lntegrate the core human re$ource menagement functions and
considerations into viable

40. recommendalions to meet the organization's operating
requirements.
o Use technology and information resource$ to research issues
in contemporary businesa.
r Write clearly and concisely about contemporary businesg
using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for thie assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
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41. Points:100 Assigmment 2: teEpm and Acquisitions
Criteria
Unacceptabb
Bdw70% F
Fair
7A-79%C
Prcficiont
80{9% B
Exemplary
90-{00% A
1. Examinethe
circumstanes that
resulted in the melger or
acquisition for the
selec{ed oompany.
Soeculate on tuo (2)
Did not submit or
incompletely

42. examined the
circumstances that
resulEd in the
merueror
Partiafiy examined
the cinxrmstanes
that resuf-red in the
merger or
aquisition forthe
selar:lad rYrmornv
$afistactonly
examined the
circumstanes lhat
resulted in the
merger or
acduisition for ihe
I horoughry
examined the
circumstances that
resulted in the
me€eror
acquieition forlhe

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reasons wtry the resuhing
decision to merge or to
acquire / be acquirad
$ras made.
Weight 20olo
acquisition forthe
selested @mpany.
Dd not submit or
incornpletely
speculated on tno
(2) rcasons wtry the
resulting decision to
merge or lo acquire

44. / be acquircd uras
made.
Partlally speoulatd
on two (2) rcasons
whythe re*lting
decision to merge
or to acquire /be
aquircd wes made.
seleded company.
Satisfac{orily
speculated on tvw
(2) reaeofls why the
resulting decision to
merye orto aquire
I be acquired was
made.
eelected company.
Thoroughly
speculated on irrc
(2) reasons why the
resulting decision to
merge or to acquire

45. I be acquired was
made.
2. Assess the significant
positive (or negative)
efbc,ts of the merger or
aquisition. Provide at
leaS two (2) examptes of
those efbcts no^rthat
the merger or aoquisition
has been completed.
Weight15o/o
Did notsubmit or
incompletely
assessed the
significant positive
(or negative) effects
of the merger or
acquisition. Did not
submit or
incompletely
provided at least
trvo (2) examples of
those efbcis novy

46. that the merger or
acquisition has
been comnleted.
Panraily assesseo
the significant
positive (or
negative) eftc$ of
the merger or
acquisition. Partiatly
provUed at least
two (2) examples of
those efbcts now
that the nerger or
acquisition has
been completed.
ua[stactonly
assessed the
significant positive
(or negative) effects
of the merger or
acquisition.
Satisfactotily
provided at least

47. tvro (2) examples of
those eftcis now
that the merger or
acquisition has
been completed.
Thoroughly
assassed the
significant positive
(or negative) effeds
of the meper or
acquisitiofl.
Thoroughly
provided at lea$t
two (2)examples of
thoee efbcts now
that the merger or
acquisition has
been completed.
3. Examine the
organizational structure
that has resutted from the
merger or scquisition.
Analyze the major

48. differences between the
resulting company and
the original two (2)
organizations.
Weight 20%
Did notsubmit or
incompletely
examined the
organizational
struc*ure that has
resulted from the
melger or
aquisition. Did not
submit or
incompletely
analyzed ihe major
difierences betvreen
the resulting
cornpany and the
originaltwo (2)
oroanizalions
Partially examined
the organieational

49. struc,turc that has
resulted from the
merger of
acquisition. Partially
analyzed the maior
differences between
the resulting
company and the
originaltuo (2)
organizalions.
Satafactorily
examined the
organizational
struciture that has
rcsulted from the
merger or
acquisition.
Satistactorily
analyzed the major
diffelenoes between
the resulting
company and the
originaltwo (2)
organizations.

50. Thoroughly
examined the
organizaiional
struc'ture that has
resulted fom the
merger or
acquisition.
Thoroughly
analyzed the major
differences between
the resulting
company and the
original two (2)
organizalions.
4. Determine whetheror
notthe human rcsoures
management practices of
the ompany rrrore
modified to rcflectthe
outcome of the merger or
acquieition. lf no changes
w6re necessary,
speculate on the rcasons

51. why they wtsre not.
Provide a nationah for
your respon8e.
Weight 2trlo
Did notsubmit or
incompletely
determined vyhether
or not the human
re$ouIceS
management
prac{ices ofthe
company t rere
modified to rellect
the outcome of the
me€er or
acquisiiion. Did not
submit or
incomptetely
speculated on the
feasons no
changes were
necessaly, if that
was the case. Did
nnl suhmil ar

52. Partiaily determified
whether or not the
human fesources
management
practice of the
company were
modified to reflect
the outcome of the
mergeror
acquisition. Pa(hlly
speculated on the
neasons no
changee uere
necessary, if that
was the case.
Partially provided a
rationare for your
IeSpOnse.
ba$silactonry
determined whether
or not the human
re8ourcgs
management

53. practcs ofthe
company werE
modified to rcflect
the outoome of the
meBeror
aquisition.
Satisfactorily
Bpoculated on the
reasons no
changeswere
necessary, if lhat
wae the case.
Satisfacdorily
provided a rationale
for vour resoonse.
tnorougnry
determined whether
or not the human
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management
practices ofthe
company were
modified to reflect
the outcorne of ttte

54. merger or
acquisition.
Thoroughly
speculated on the
reasons no
changes v'rere
necessary, if that
was the cas€.
Thoroughly
provided a rationale
for vour resoonse.
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55. incompletely
provided a rationale
frrr unrrr re*nnnle
5.4 referenoes
Weight 5%
No reftrences
provided
Does not maet the
requied number of
raferences; soma or
all refereno$ poor
oualitv cfroices.
lleete number of
required rcferences;
allreferences h[h
quality choioes.
Exceeds numberof
required referencee;
all eferences hlgh

56. quality choioes.
6. Writing Mecianics,
Grammar, and
Formatting
Weight 5%
Serious and
persistent enors in
grammar, spelling,
puncrtuation, or
formallinc
Partially tree of
enors in gramrnar,
spelling,
punctuation, or
formaflino
Ntostly free of errpB
in grammar,
spelling,
punctuation, or
formatlino

57. Enorfree or almost
enorfree giammar,
spelling,
punctuation, or
formrtlin.,
7. Appropriate use of
APA in-kxt citations and
reference section
Weight 5%
La6k ol in-text
citations and / or
lack of rcference
section.
ln-text citations and
rebrences are
provided, butthey
are only partially
fonnatted conectly
in APA style.
MOSI rn-te)c
citations and

58. rcfercnces are
provided, and they
arc generally
formatted conectly
inAPA sMe.
In-teld citatioffi and
referenes are error
free or almoEt enor
free and
consistently
formatted conedly
in APA stvle.
8. lnformation
Literacy/lntegmtion of
Sources
Weight 5%
Serious enom in
the integration of
[email protected], such as
intentional or
acc&lental
plagiarisrn, or

59. failure to use in-text
tilalions
Sources are
partially int€grated
using effective
techniques of
quoting,
paraphnasing, and
summarizing.
Sources are mostly
integrated using
efbdive techniques
of quoting,
paraphrasing, and
summarizing.
Sources arc
consistently
lntegrated using
efftctive tmhniques
of quoting,
paraphrasing, and
summarizing.

60. 9. Uhnty ano L;onerence
of Writing
Weight Solc
lnformation is
confusing to the
reader and fails to
indude reasons and
evidence that
logicafly suport
ideas.
lnformation is
partially dearwith
minimal reasons
and evidence that
logically support
ideas.
lnformation is
moslly clear and
generally suppoted
with rcasons and
evidene that

61. lqically support
ideas.
Information is
provided in a clear,
cohe6nt, and
consistent manner
with reasons and
evidenoe that
logically support
ideaq
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