to deliver a presentation
Imagine that you have been asked to deliver a presentation about the evolution of leadership to a high school management class. Create a 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation (excluding the title and references slides) that highlights three key ways in which leadership and management theory has evolved from the industrial age to the present. Use four outside sources in addition to the required readings to support the statements made within your presentation. Also, within the PowerPoint presentation, incorporate at least 100 words of speaker notes for each content slide.
RUBRIC
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PowerPoint contains 8-10 slides of content.
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Presentation highlights three key ways that leadership and management theory has evolved over time.
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Four outside sources support statements made within the presentation.
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Speaker notes contain at least 100 words for each slide of content. The notes support the slides by explaining bullet points and providing detailed examples that a speaker might use when delivering the PowerPoint presentation. APA formatted parenthetical citations must support statements made within the speaker notes section.
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Writing and Organization Criteria
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1 Point
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The central theme/purpose of the paper is clear.
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The structure is clear, logical, and easy to follow.
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The tone is appropriate to the content and assignment.
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The thoughts are clear and include appropriate beginning, development, and conclusion.
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Paragraph transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.
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Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
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Sentences are well constructed, with consistently strong, varied sentences.
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Sentence transitions are present and maintain the flow of thought.
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Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed.
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The paper uses words and language that are inclusive, clear, and unambiguous.
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Spelling is correct.
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Research Criteria
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1 Point
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The paper includes a summary and analysis of research materials that are relevant to the assignment, e.g. scholarly journals, professional articles, legal documents, government documents, legal decisions, media clips, software, measurement instruments websites, personal communication, etc.
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Professional/scholarly journals are peer reviewed and focus on the profession/application of psychology (located on Proquest, EBSCOHost, PsycNET, etc.). Non-scholarly articles include newspapers, periodicals, secular magazines, etc, and are not peer reviewed. Websites not approved include wilkipedia.com and about.com.
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Research focuses on the most current information (past five to ten years) except when citing seminal works (e.g. Freud, Erickson, etc.).
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Paper includes the appropriate number of references required by the assignment.
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When appropriate, the paper addresses ethical considerations in research.
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Style Criteria
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1 Point
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The paper is in the appropriate APA format used by the institution/program (e.g. the 6th edition).
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The paper is double-spaced and in the appropriate length required by the assignment.
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The paper includes an APA style cover page.
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The paper includes an Abstract that is formatted to support the appropriate version of APA Publication Manual (e.g. 6th edition).
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The paper properly uses headings, font styles, and white space as outlined in the appropriate version of APA Publication Manual (e.g. 6th edition).
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The paper includes an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
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The paper addresses the topic of the paper with critical thought.
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The paper concludes with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
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Citations of original works within the body of the paper follow the appropriate version of APA Publication Manual (e.g. 6th edition) guidelines.
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The paper includes a References Page that is completed according to the appropriate version of APA Publication Manual (e.g. 6th edition).
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