Reflection- Papers
Reflection papers allow students to communicate with their instructor about how a specific article, lesson, lecture, or experience shapes your understanding of class-related material. Reflection papers are personal and subjective, but they must still maintain a somewhat academic tone and must still be thoroughly and cohesively organized
From Chapter 12:
Reflection Assignment:
If you have worked as a volunteer for a nonprofit, please reflect on your experience, i.e., what were the strengths and weaknesses of the nonprofit structure? What suggestions would you make to improve the volunteer experience? 1-2 pages
The due date for this assignment is Sunday by 23.55 EST or 11:55 PM. Any assignment submitted late without prior approval by the instructor may not be graded, or may be partially graded by the instructor.
The paper should be at least 1-2 pages in length using font size 12- Times New Roman, 1 inch boarders. The cover page and reference page do not count. Proper APA writing procedures should be used.
Grading Rubric
- Evaluate the dimensions of an effective personnel manager, which include: strategic and operational concerns, constitutional/legal issues, civil service, recruiting/hiring/ developing/retaining high quality employees, labor union/management relations, and employee benefits..
- Evaluate the complexity of administering personnel in the public sector, which has become a difficult balancing act between the needs of the organization and building human capital.
- Critically analyze the tasks of public personnel systems into a human resource management process through application of problem-solving exercises and cases.
COO 1,2,3,
| Scores | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Evaluate the dimensions of an effective personnel manager, which include: strategic and operational concerns, constitutional/legal issues, civil service, recruiting/hiring/ developing/retaining high quality employees, labor union/management relations, and employee benefits. | The reflection paper robustly describes effectively managing a volunteer program | The reflection paper does a very good job of describing how to effectively manage a volunteer program | The reflection paper does a fair job of adequately describing an effective volunteer program | The reflection paper is poorly organized and does not describe the topic asked. |
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The reflection paper does a stellar job of evaluating the complexity of supervision and training and provides description of the balancing act of of building human capital | The reflection paper does a good job of evaluating the complexity of supervision and training and provides a good description of the balancing act of building human capital | The reflection paper does a fair job of evaluating the complexity of supervision and training and does a fair job at portraying the balancing act of building human capital | The reflection paper needs work is not structured and does not adhere to the questions asked |
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The reflection paper makes a robust attempt to critically analyze the tasks and roles of volunteers | The reflection paper makes a good attempt to critically analyze the role of tasks of volunteers. | The reflection paper does a fair job to critically analyze the role of role and tasks for volunteers. | The reflection paper does not critically analyze the role and tasks required of volunteers |