UCW - Team Assignment & Presentation

ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY:
Assignment Value: Worth 25% of your total grade
DUE DATE: See Brightspace for Due Date.
BACKGROUND AND LEARNING CONTEXT
This assignment assesses your ability to review, analyze, and communicate your ideas in response to a
workplace scenario. Communicating effectively through presentations is an important aspect of working in the
industry, and this assignment will provide you with the opportunity to practice your skills increase your seance
of initiative, identify and plan a projects in different organizational settings.

1. APPLIED RESEARCH Collection, collation, and analysis of relevant research to address the
workplace issue collected in the case.

2. CRITICAL THINKING Review collected data and revise data so that it is appropriate to Context,
Audience and Purpose

3. SYNTHESIS Deliver a team-based presentation presenting potential solutions for the

workplace problem presented.
Deliver a detailed project proposal presenting your findings, analysis, and
recommendations.

Section 1: Project Proposal

Assignment Value: Worth 15% of your total grade

This section assesses your ability to produce a comprehensive project proposal based on your research
findings and recommendations. It builds on the in-person presentation and provides an opportunity to
showcase your written communication skills.

This assignment will help you to:

1. Increase the sense of initiative in workplace and enhance career success.

2. Become better researchers and prepare for the job market.

3. Develop and improve critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Project Proposal Instructions:

For the Project Proposal section, you are required to identify an organization that interests you. This
could be a company you currently work for, aspire to work for, or simply admire. Begin by writing a brief
memo about the organization, providing relevant background information and context. Next, identify a
specific issue or project within the organization that you believe needs to be addressed. Conduct
thorough research and analysis to support your findings and develop well-justified recommendations.
Your proposal should be structured clearly, including an introduction, organizational memo, issue or
project identification, research and analysis, recommendations, implementation plan, conclusion, and
references. Ensure your proposal is comprehensive, professionally written, and follows APA style for
citations and references. The final document should be 10 pages (Not including title page and
references) in length and submitted as a PDF. This exercise will enhance your initiative, research skills,
and preparation for the workforce by addressing real-world challenges and proposing viable solutions.

Requirements:

Document Submission (10 pages, PDF Not including title page and references)

• Your proposal should be structured as follows:

o Organizational Memo

▪ Provide a brief memo about the organization you have chosen. This can be an
organization you work for, want to work for, or like.

o Introduction - Market research and analyses.

o Issue or Project Identification

▪ Identify a specific issue or project within the organization that needs to be

addressed. You can use SWOT analyses.

o Research and Analysis

▪ Present the data and analysis that support your findings.

o Recommendations

▪ Provide detailed recommendations based on your research.

▪ Justify each recommendation with strong rationale and clarity on the level of
effort to implement.

o Implementation Plan

▪ Outline the steps necessary to implement your recommendations.

▪ Include timelines, responsible parties, and resource requirements.

 o Conclusion

▪ Summarize the key points of your report.

o References

▪ Use APA style for all citations and references.

Changes to Task:

• Students are encouraged to find and approach a company with an interesting offer/project
instead of being approached by a company.

Section 2: In-Person Presentation

Assignment Value: Worth 10% of your total grade
This assignment assesses your ability to review, analyze, and communicate your ideas in response to a
workplace scenario. Communicating effectively through presentations is an important aspect of working
in the industry, and this assignment will provide you with the opportunity to practice your skills.

In-Person Presentation Instructions:

For the In-Person Presentation section, your task is to present your project proposal to the audience
identified in the case topic you received earlier this semester. You will assume the role of the consultant
as specified in the case. The presentation should be a team effort, with all members participating
equally. You have a maximum of 15 minutes to deliver your presentation using a PowerPoint slide deck.
Ensure that your slides are clear, professional, and effectively communicate your key points.
Additionally, include a References list in your Appendix (using APA style) for any information cited in
your slides, with at least ten reputable sources. Following your presentation, there will be a 10-15
minute Q&A session where the client will ask questions related to your proposal. Be prepared to answer
these questions confidently and collaboratively. This presentation is an opportunity to demonstrate your
research, critical thinking, and communication skills in a professional setting.

Requirements:

Final Presentation (15 minutes)

• Present your project proposal to the audience identified in the case topic you received earlier
this semester.

• You assume the role of the consultant identified in the case.

• The maximum length for your presentation is 15 minutes.

• All team members must participate.

 • Use a PowerPoint slide deck or other similar presentation tools.

• Provide a References list (using APA style) in your Appendix for any information cited in your
slides. Use at least ten reputable sources.

• Following your presentation, there will be 5 minutes of Q&A.

Rubric for Comprehensive Consultancy Project

Section 1: Project Proposal (15% of total grade)

Needs
Criteria Excellent (4-5) Good (3-4) Satisfactory (2-3) Improvement (1- Points
2)

Thorough and
insightful memo,
Clear memo with Memo is unclear
providing Memo provides
Organizational good background or missing
comprehensive basic information /5
Memo information and important
background but lacks depth.
context. information.
information and
context.

Thorough and Insufficient or

Good market Basic market
relevant market irrelevant market
Introduction research and research and
research and research and
(Market Research analysis. analysis. /5
analysis. Clearly analysis.
and Analysis) Introduction is Introduction is
introduces the Introduction is
clear. somewhat clear.
project. unclear.

Clearly identifies a Issue or project Issue or project is

Identifies an issue
relevant issue or identified is unclear or
Issue or Project or project.
project. Includes a somewhat irrelevant. SWOT /5
Identification Includes a basic
detailed SWOT relevant. SWOT analysis is missing
SWOT analysis.
analysis. analysis is basic. or insufficient.

Detailed and
Good data Basic data Insufficient data
relevant data
Research and analysis with analysis with analysis. Little to
analysis. Strong /5
Analysis relevant support some support for no support for
support for
for findings. findings. findings.
findings.
 Needs
Criteria Excellent (4-5) Good (3-4) Satisfactory (2-3) Improvement (1- Points
2)

Clear, detailed,
Good Basic
and well-justified Recommendations
recommendations recommendations
Recommendations recommendations. are unclear or /5
with clear with some
Strong rationale poorly justified.
rationale. rationale.
provided.

Comprehensive
implementation
Clear Basic Implementation
plan with detailed
Implementation implementation implementation plan is unclear or
steps, timelines, /5
Plan plan with basic plan with some missing important
responsible
details. details. details.
parties, and
resources.

Summarizes key
Summarizes key Basic summary of Conclusion is
Conclusion points effectively /5
points clearly. key points. unclear or missing.
and concisely.

Most sources Some sources Few or no sources

All sources cited
cited correctly in cited correctly in cited correctly in
correctly in APA
APA style. Uses at APA style. Uses APA style.
References style. Uses at least /5
least ten fewer than ten Insufficient
ten reputable
reputable reputable number of sources
sources.
sources. sources. used.

Highly professional Professional and Somewhat Unprofessional or

Overall Quality
and well-organized well-organized professional. poorly organized.
and /5
proposal. Free of proposal. Few Contains some Contains
Professionalism
errors. errors. errors. numerous errors.

Total /45
Section 2: In-Person Presentation (10% of total grade, 20 points)

Needs
Criteria Excellent (4-5) Good (3-4) Satisfactory (2-3) Points
Improvement (1-2)

Presentation is Presentation is Presentation is Presentation is

Clarity and
clear, logical, and clear and somewhat clear unclear or poorly /5
Organization
well-organized. organized. and organized. organized.

Demonstrates Demonstrates
Demonstrates Demonstrates basic
thorough limited
good understanding of
Content and understanding of understanding of
understanding of the topic. Provides /5
Knowledge the topic. Provides the topic. Content is
the topic. Provides somewhat relevant
detailed and irrelevant or
relevant content. content.
relevant content. missing.

Visual aids are

Visual aids are Visual aids are
Visual aids are somewhat clear
professional, clear, unclear or distract
Visual Aids clear and support and somewhat /5
and enhance the from the
the presentation. support the
presentation. presentation.
presentation.

Most team
All team members Some team
Team members Few team members
participate equally members /5
Participation participate participate.
and effectively. participate.
effectively.

Responds to
Responds to Responds to some Struggles to
questions
questions questions respond to
confidently and
Q&A Session accurately. accurately. Some questions. Little to /5
accurately. Engages
Engages with the engagement with no engagement
well with the
audience. the audience. with the audience.
audience.

Presentation is Presentation is
Presentation is Presentation is
delivered somewhat
Overall delivered unprofessional.
confidently and professional. /5
Delivery professionally. Few Contains numerous
professionally. Free Contains some
errors. errors.
of errors. errors.

All sources cited Most sources cited Some sources cited Few or no sources
References correctly in APA correctly in APA correctly in APA cited correctly in /5
style. Uses at least style. Uses at least style. Uses fewer APA style.
 Needs
Criteria Excellent (4-5) Good (3-4) Satisfactory (2-3) Points
Improvement (1-2)

ten reputable ten reputable than ten reputable Insufficient number

sources. sources. sources. of sources used.

/35 (Scaled to 20
Total
points)