Competitive Advantages of Collaboration

Unit II PowerPoint Presentation
Weight: 10% of course grade
Grading Rubric
Due: Tuesday, 12/15/2020 11:59 PM (CST)
Instructions
In this assignment, you will create a presentation for your organization to explain how successful collaboration can improve success and provide competitive advantages.

Scenario: Your organization has used a variety of collaboration systems developed by some project managers. Some of these systems were successful while others were not. Your organization has one unique challenge—many of your employees are staffed at other locations or work from home (telework). You would like to standardize the collaboration process to improve team communication for all company projects. In your presentation, you should include the elements listed below.

Explain why collaboration information systems (IS) are important from the organization’s perspective.
Discuss how collaboration tools can improve team communication.
Identify three tools that will be used for synchronous communications and three tools that will be used for asynchronous communications. Be sure to explain why you made these choices.
Describe how project files, such as Microsoft (MS) Word, MS Excel, MS Project, and MS Visio, will be shared with team members. Be sure to explain the rationale behind your choice.
Explain how the task list for managing tasks will be shared with team members. Be sure to explain the rationale behind your choice.
Discuss how this new collaboration IS could provide competitive advantages for your organization.
Your presentation should be a minimum of six slides in length (not counting the title and reference slides). Use of images, graphics, and diagrams is encouraged.

You can use an industry of your choosing or examples from your personal or professional experiences in developing this assignment. You can also use the resources in the Unit II Suggested Reading section to assist you with this assignment.

Be sure to follow the 7×7 rule (i.e., there should be no more than 7 words per line and no more than 7 lines per slide). You are required to use speaker notes to discuss the bullet points on your slides.

You must use at least two academic resources to support your presentation, and you must cite (in APA format) any information on your slides or in your speaker notes that came from these sources.

Unit II PowerPoint Presentation Grading Rubric
Criteria Achievement Level
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Content
(60 points)
0 – 35
Presentation repeats other people’s ideas and/or graphics and shows very little attempt at original thought. Topic of presentation may be mostly unclear and/or undeveloped. There are no slide notes to accompany the slides.
36 – 41
Presentation shows an attempt at originality and inventiveness on a few slides. Analysis and development of topic may sometimes be confusing or unclear. There are slide notes on some slides, and/or the slide notes are not well-developed.
42 – 47
Presentation shows some originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in an interesting way. Demonstrates a fairly clear analysis and development of topic. There are slide notes on most slides, but the notes do not meet the specified word count and contain several significant grammatical errors.
48 – 53
Presentation is mostly original and inventive. Much of the content and ideas are presented in a unique and interesting way. Demonstrates clear analysis and development of topic. There are slide notes on all slides, but the notes do not meet the specified word count and/or contain a few grammatical errors.
54 – 60
Presentation shows originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in a unique and interesting way. Demonstrates thorough analysis and development of topic. There are well-developed slide notes for each slide that contain little to no grammatical errors.
Organization
(10 points)
0 – 5
The organization is hard to follow; ideas are not linked together and/or may be fragmented. Lacking any logical grouping of ideas or transitions from one idea to the next.
6 – 6
The organization is mostly unclear and could be arranged in a more logical way. Some ideas are linked together, but some ideas are fragmented. There is little to no grouping of ideas or use of transitions.
7 – 7
The organization is fairly clear, but it could be arranged more logically to better support the proposed solution. Ideas are somewhat grouped together with a few transitions between groups.
8 – 8
The organization results in clarity and presents mostly logically arranged points to support the proposed solution. Ideas are grouped fairly well, and there are transitions throughout the document.
9 – 10
The organization results in clarity and presents logically arranged points to support the proposed solution. Related ideas are well grouped, and transitions between ideas flow smoothly.
Quality of Presentation
(10 points)
0 – 5
Several graphics and/or texts are inappropriate and/or unattractive, and they may often detract from the content of the presentation. Background often makes seeing text difficult and may visually compete with graphics on the page.
6 – 6
A few graphics and/or texts may be unattractive and a few may not seem to support the theme and content of the presentation. Background use is somewhat consistent, appropriate to topic, and generally not distracting.
7 – 7
All of the graphics and/or texts are attractive but some do not seem to support the theme and content of the presentation. Background use is somewhat consistent, appropriate to topic, and generally not distracting.
8 – 8
Most of the graphics and/or texts are appropriate and attractive and support the theme and content of the presentation. Background use is fairly consistent, appropriate to topic, and not distracting.
9 – 10
All graphics and/or texts are appropriate and attractive and support the theme and content of the presentation. Background use is consistent, appropriate to topic, and not distracting.
Citations and Formatting
(10 points)
0 – 5
The majority of sources used are not academically reliable. If in-text citations and references are included, they contain major errors to APA formatting guidelines and several in-text citations are missing references and vice versa.
6 – 6
Some peer-reviewed papers are used along with non-academically reliable sources. Reference entries and in-text citations may somewhat follow APA formatting guidelines; several major errors in in-text citations or references may be present. Some in-text citations are missing references and vice versa.
7 – 7
Most sources used are peer-reviewed papers, though two or more sources are not academically reliable. Reference entries and in-text citations show effort to follow APA formatting guidelines; several errors in in-text citations or references may be present. Most in-text citations are referenced and vice versa.
8 – 8
The number of sources meets any expressed assignment requirements, and all but one source is a peer-reviewed paper. Reference entries and in-text citations follow APA formatting guidelines and are usually correct. All in-text citations are referenced and vice versa.
9 – 10
The number of sources meets or exceeds any expressed assignment requirements. Every source used is peer-reviewed or academic in nature. Reference entries and in-text citations follow APA formatting guidelines and are free of errors. All in-text citations are referenced and vice versa.
Writing Mechanics
(10 points)
0 – 5
Writing lacks clarity and conciseness. Serious problems with sentence structure and grammar. Numerous major or minor errors in punctuation and/or spelling.
6 – 6
Writing lacks clarity or conciseness. Minor problems with sentence structure and some grammatical errors. Several minor errors in punctuation and/or spelling.
6 – 7
Writing is somewhat clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are adequate and mostly correct. Few minor errors in punctuation and/or spelling.
8 – 8
Writing is mostly clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are strong and mostly correct. Few minor errors in punctuation and/or spelling.
9 – 10
Writing is clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are excellent. Correct use of punctuation. No spelling errors.