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Whitepaper Grading Rubric:
For this project, you will propose an analytical report about an emerging issue in your chosen field. Your paper must describe and explain the issue to a specific audience, and to explain why the issue matters in terms of your audience’s interests and values, and how they can use the information to make a specific decision.
Whichever issue you chose as your subject, you are responsible for presenting your issue and your solution to the class in addition to producing a whitepaper. Your presentation should be tailored for your selected audience and should demonstrate professional and ethical standards appropriate for the workplace.
An important part of the assignment is selecting, describing and tailoring your message for an appropriate authentic audience and context. You submitted your own audience description in your whitepaper proposal.
If you made any changes to your audience, your topic, or your purpose, you must have details outlining those changes in the Whitepaper Proposal Revision forum. Changes that were not documented/approved along the way will harm your grade or make the paper ineligible to receive a grade.
Papers submitted on a completely different and unapproved topic (instead of the approved proposal topic) will receive a 0.
Grades will be assigned according to the following rubric, with 0.0 to 1.0 awarded for each category in .25 increments. The highest grade for the paper is 4.0 (full 1.0 for each category):
1) Content: Does the paper provide thorough analysis about an emerging issue relevant to a specific field? Does it meet length requirements with adequately developed details, background, examples, recommendations (4-5 pages double-spaced running text). Please note: 4-5 pages of running text does not include the title page, executive summary, or references page. Does the paper use therequired number of sources ( At least two scholarly sources?) Do the sources meet the currency requirement (nothing older than two years?) Are the sources credible? Are the sources integrated into the paper in a meaningful way (not just dropped quotes, but engagement with content and connections to the paper’s purpose and audience)?
2) Audience: Does the paper address a specific, authentic audience as identified in the proposal forum? Does the paper offer examples relevant to that specific audience? Does the paper explicitly address identified concerns such as cost savings, increased efficiency, meeting customer needs, etc?
3) APA Style: Does that paper use the APA template provided to students, including title page, body, references page with correct running heads? Does the paper use correct in-text citation? Does the paper have a correctly formatted References page?
Style/Tone: Does the paper use formal language appropriate for business writing? Is it free from errors, typos, and grammatical problems? Does the writer follow the principles of the Style and Usage Guide and principles of business writing discussed in lectures (You-View, active voice, parallel construction, efficient phrasing, etc.)? Could this paper be used as a writing sample for a job interview?
The whitepaper must include the following elements:
• A Title Page (APA Style) • An Executive Summary (same as an APA abstract) • Introduction/Discussion/Conclusion • APA References Page (with at least two scholarly sources no more than two years old that are cited in the paper)