Memo Grading Criteria

(Subject to amendment as we learn more. 0.5’s are obviously a blend between the full point scores.)

0.0 = No paper submitted.

1.0 = Minimal effort.

• Goals stated too vaguely. (i.e. I want to learn some XB stuff or simply stating their group goals.)
• All goals not explained thoroughly in What I Did section.
• Some sections of the memo are not filled out.

2.0 = Less than required effort:

• Memo contains a few unnecessary value judgements.
• Memo follows the designated structure.
• Some sections of the memo could be expanded.
• The memo has some grammatical/typographical errors.

3.0 = Required effort.

• All of the required sections are completed.
• Memo is free of unnecessary value judgements.
• The author has incorporated some concepts learned in class.
• The author has proofread the memo (no major grammatical/typographical errors).
• The goals include individual goals and the author explains his or her plan of attack.

4.0 = Extra effort

• The author explains how he or she will be able to observe/measure that his or her goals have been accomplished.
• Each goal from last week corresponds to an explanation in the What I did section and the outcome is expanded on, including specific steps taken and how the results were measured.
• The author has applied concepts learned in class to specific situations within the organization or in his or her daily life.
• The memo contains no grammatical/typographical errors.

5.0 = Extra Special effort.

• The author has demonstrated all of the feature for the above rankings, but has gone above and beyond what would be expected. The author may include information from outside readings (not the text or manual) or outside learning that they apply to our class.
• The memo should be practically flawless and entertaining to read.

Deduct appropriate points for each occurrence.

-0.5 wrong format

-0.5 memo hand written