Overview: Organizational Analysis – Your Experience
The major assignment for this course is analysis of your organization. During the span of this course, you have been shadowing a nurse leader, observing and reflecting on skills, behaviors, and strategies that the leader exhibits. You have also been assessing and reflecting on your own leadership and management styles and skills. Now you will gather those thoughts in a more formal retrospective of your experience in the course.
Objectives
• Explain how organizations function.
• Compare and contrast characteristics of leadership and management.
• Apply trends, issues, theories, and evidence as guidelines for management decisions.
• Evaluate effectiveness of communications patterns using specific management situations.
Please create a new word document with title page, body of paper, and references according to 6th ed APA to submit your work.

Essential elements of scholarly writing:

• Ensure correct grammar and spelling
• Assignment should be submitted as an APA Paper, including title page and references.
• Title page is required for this Assignment and the UTACON version is expected format.
• 1-inch margins, 12 size Times New Roman font.
• Please provide all references used to support your opinions and clarify positions in the paper. The reference list begins on a separate page from the content.
• Headings are expected and must be connected to the assignment criteria following APA style. An introduction is expected providing a brief look at what is planned within the body of the paper. However, no heading is used over the introduction in APA format. A Summary is used and should have a heading over it.
• For all other style questions refer to the American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) Washington, DC: Author.

Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the Week 5 Organizational Analysis – Your Experience.
Tasks Target Acceptable Unacceptable
Use correct grammar, punctuation, and American Psychological Association (APA) format in writing professional papers.
(max 10 points) (9-10 points)
APA format and style are correct and clear. Areas of focus include syntax, appearance, organization, and grammatical correctness. References and literature citations are correct. (0-2 errors) (5-8 points)
APA format and style are mostly correct. Areas of focus include syntax, appearance, organization, and grammatical correctness. References and literature citations are correct. (3-5 errors) (0-4 points)
APA format and style are minimally correct. Areas of focus include syntax, appearance, organization, and grammatical correctness. References and literature are cited but contain mistakes. (>5)
Observations
(max 30 points) (21-30 points)
Observations explicitly related to leader’s management and leadership styles (11-20 points)
General observations and comments about leader’s management and leadership style (0-10 points)
Minimal observations and/or comments about management and leadership styles

Rationale (research, examples, specific outcomes) for connections to specific styles
General rationale for some connections
Little or no rationale for statements provided

Reflections
(max 30 points) (21-30 points)
Clear description of leadership/management experiences or events that you observed or in which you participated (11-20 points)
General description of leadership/management experiences or events that you observed or in which you participated (0-10 points)
Vague or missing description of leadership/management experiences or events that you observed or in which you participated
Clear identification of manager’s leadership style and clear identification of your own leadership style with references cited. General identification of manager’s leadership style and general identification of your own leadership style with references cited. Vague or missing identification of manager’s leadership style and/or vague or missing identification of your own leadership style.
At least two specific examples of manager’s leadership skills and how your manger’s leadership style compliments, or competes against, the overall effectiveness of the organization.
At least one example of manager’s leadership skills and how your manger’s leadership style compliments, or competes against, the overall effectiveness of the organization. Poorly-worded or missing example of leadership skills or no critique of effectiveness

Communication
(max 30 points) (21-30 points)
Specific statements of why you would or would not want the position
(11-20 points)

N/A (0-10 points)
Unclear or missing statements of why you would or would not want the position

Detailed description of skills you would need and whether or not you have them now, and evidence to support your assessment
List of skills you would need and whether or not you have them now
Inaccurate, incomplete, or missing skills required for this position

Specific, viable types of professional development that would help you develop needed skills
General activities needed to develop needed skills
No activities or strategies to develop needed skills
Observations and Reflections
Reiterate the position and credentials of the nurse leader with whom you worked to meet the shadowing requirements of the course.

Briefly describe the types of leadership/management experiences or events that you observed or in which you participated. Relate your observations to your leader’s management position and leadership styles. Provide rationale to support your responses.

Would you like this position? Why or why not? What skills would you need to develop and how would you acquire them if you were interested in this position?