Group Projects (20%–30% or greater—varies, depending on course design)
Groups will be asked to select a topic or change issue, research and summarize a set of articles
that shed light on the topic, critique what they found and discuss the managerial implications.
The instructions for this exercise are given below as well as a marking key:
• First, have your team select an organizational change issue and briefly set out why you
see it as important.
• Second, summarize/review “X significant theoretical or empirical articles or significant
journalistic pieces.” Note that one of them can be significant Video content (e.g., a
speaker, documentary, or movie) that speaks to this important issue. “X” refers to the
number of people in your team.
The deliverables come in two forms:
• One is a power point presentation that briefly summarizes and assesses the articles for
their managerial relevance. These will be posted to the website so that your more
detailed information and insights can be shared with the class.
When it comes to articles to review, stay away from the 2–3 page pieces of advice, written by
consultants attempting to sell their services. Make sure you reference sources so that class
members can access the material, if they wish to.
The expectations concerning this assignment are outlined below:
Marking Scheme for the Team Assignment
1. Power Point Slides: well formatted, clear, succinct?
2. Content of the Slides:
a. Useful précis/description/summary of each of the articles. Covers key points of
articles.
d. Reviewer covers managerial implications—the “So What” question.
3. Quality of the Poster Presentation Delivered in Class:
a. Clarity of the Introduction, the body of the arguments made, and conclusions
reached in terms of their relevance for managers. This will come from two
4. Half of the marks for this team assignment will be allocated to the power point slides and
the other half of the marks will be allocated to the poster that is presented by team
members in class.
See Appendix A for a suggested grading rubric.
Appendix A: Team Assignment Grading Schema
Criteria
Total
Mark
Level descriptors
Article Review Power Point
Presentation and Trade Show
Poster Session
Part A (the Power Point
Component): Quality of
articles/video/selected for
review group discussion
5
5—exceptional quality, can be used in future as is
4—very high quality exceeding expectations
3—good quality
2—not really acceptable for submission
0—extremely poor
Part A (the Power Point
Component continued)
Contribution to a body of
Part B (the Trade Show
Poster Presentation and
Interaction / Collaboration
Quality of the poster in terms
of its ability to convey critical
information about what was
researched
(interest received /
professional interaction /
group discussion / interviews)
6
6—appropriate materials selected for inclusion and an
excellent understanding of it and its relevance for
practitioners demonstrated
4—appropriate materials selected for inclusion and a
solid understanding of it and its relevance for
practitioners demonstrated
2—appropriate materials selected for inclusion but
little understanding demonstrated
1—trivial materials selected for inclusion and/or little
understanding demonstrated
0—trivial materials selected for inclusion and/or no
understanding demonstrated
9—clearly solid team work, excellent understanding of
the material and its relevance for practitioners
demonstrated
7—clearly solid team work, very good quality of
understanding and relevance for practitioners
Assignment total
30
Additional comments: