Case Study: State & Local Policy Leadership Assignment

70%

Personal leadership skills and attributes needed for effective state government leadership and statesmanship.

Mostly discusses personal leadership skills and attributes needed for effective local government leadership and statesmanship.

Some discussion of personal leadership skills and attributes needed for effective local leadership and statesmanship.

Lacks discussion of personal leadership skills and attributes needed for effective state government leadership and statesmanship.

An understanding of the important concepts related to local government structures and processes needed for effective leadership.

Mostly understands important concepts related to local government structures and processes needed for effective leadership.

Somewhat understands important concepts related to state government structures and processes needed for effective leadership.

Does not understand important concepts related to local government structures and processes needed for effective leadership.

Organized discussion of content.

Mostly organized discussion of content.

Discussion of content somewhat organized.

Disorganized discussion of content.

Thorough review and use of important ideas from required reading and research.

Mostly thorough review and use of important ideas from required reading and research.

Somewhat thorough review and use of important ideas from required reading and research.

Review is not thorough and important ideas not presented.

Detailed and relevant case discussion of public administration context.

Mostly detailed and relevant case discussion of public administration context.

Somewhat detailed and relevant case discussion of public administration context.

Case discussion of public administration context has little detail or relevance.

Thorough and critical review and use of important ideas on local government from required reading and research. Vagueness is avoided in lieu of detailed conceptual applications to specific contexts.

Mostly thorough and critical review and use of important ideas on local government from required reading and research. Vagueness is mostly avoided of detailed conceptual applications to specific contexts.

Somewhat thorough and critical review and use of important ideas on local government from required reading and research. Vagueness is somewhat avoided of detailed conceptual applications to specific contexts.

Review is not thorough and lacks critical thinking of important ideas on local government from required reading and research. Vague applications to specific contexts.

30%

Use of all relevant sources from the module and previous modules.

Use of most relevant sources from the module and previous modules.

Use of some relevant sources from the module and previous modules.

Use of no relevant sources from the module and previous modules.

Use of 3 to 5 outside scholarly sources.

Use of 2 or 3 outside scholarly sources.

Use of 1 or 2 outside scholarly sources.

Use of no outside scholarly sources.

4 to 5 pages; double-spaced

3 pages; double-spaced

2 pages or not double-spaced

Less than 2 pages or not double-spaced

Proper grammar and current Turabian format

A few grammar and Turabian errors

Several grammar and Turabian errors

Grammar and Turabian not at graduate level