Oral Presentation Rating Sheet

Research Quality - 35 points Published materials are current and relevant. Sources are cited accurately in text & bibliography. The guide acknowledges borrowed material and documents. A B C D F TEXT CITATIONS The writing The writing demonstrates a The writing demonstrates a The writing demonstrates little The writing demonstrates demonstrates a strong commitment to the quality and limited commitment to the quality commitment to the quality and disregard for the conventions of commitment to the quality and significance of research and the and significance of research and significance of research and the research writing. Lack of proper significance of research and the accuracy of the written document. the accuracy of the written accuracy of the written document. citations results in plagiarism and accuracy of the written document. Citations are used to avoid document. In-text citations for Specifically, the writer has not does not enable the reader to Citations are always used to plagiarism and to enable the borrowed or paraphrased provided in-text citations for much check the source. The writer has avoid plagiarism and to enable reader to judge how believable or material are missing – sometimes borrowed material. The writer has borrowed freely with out giving the reader to judge how important information is by for entire paragraphs, making it copied directly another’s words credit. believable or important checking the source. Most difficult for to judge how without quotation marks or has information is by checking the borrowed material is cited in text, believable or important incorrectly paraphrased material Reader may disagree with source. Reader can be confident but reader might be uncertain of information; thus, reader may – again without proper citations. accuracy of the material that information can be trusted. the source of some information. doubt the accuracy of much of Reader seriously doubts the presented because of the lack of the information presented. value of the information. attribution. BIBLIO: Errors are so few and so Minor errors, while perhaps Errors begin to violate the rules. Many (> 5) sources are omitted More than 10 sources are missing minor that the reader can easily noticeable, do not blatantly The bibliography lists sources, from bibliography. Entries are from bibliography. skim over them. The works cited violate the rules. The consulted but not used and may incomplete or formatted page is formatted correctly. It lists bibliography lists every source, omit some resources. Because of incorrectly. every source cited in the paper including some sources consulted formatting errors in text or and omits sources consulted but but not used. bibliography, reader must read not used. Reader can easily find entire entry to identify proper sources in library or on Internet. source. SOURCES The sources are The sources are generally valid, The sources are generally valid, The limited sources are out of Because of the lack of a complete valid, credible, current, and credible, current, and appropriate credible, current, and appropriate date and not always appropriate bibliography, it is difficult to appropriate to the business to the business context. to the business context. to the business context. There is ascertain the credibility of the context and balanced across Research has gone beyond the Research has gone only slightly a reliance on general or tourist sources. topic areas. Research has gone standard summary sources to beyond the standard summary sources rather than Entire sections rely on only one beyond the standard summary relevant business sources. sources. Sources include a acknowledged business sources. source. sources to relevant business Sources include a limited number limited number and mixture of Sources tend to rely on the sources. Sources include a and mixture of books, articles, books and articles, with primarily internet. balanced and in-depth mixture of and the internet. internet sources. Some sections books, articles, and the internet may depend on one or two sources only. Analysis - 50 points Focused on cultural, social behaviors in business; issues are covered thoroughly; recommendations are practical, useful, specific, supported by research; linked to basic OB concepts; reader gains important insight into differences with U.S. business customs and managerial practices.

A B C D F The guide is clear, focused and The guide is clear and focused The guide may be rather broad or The guide does not provide The guide seems to have no interesting and holds the reader’s and the reader can easily simplistic. Supporting detail may useful or relevant material for a overall purpose. Ideas are attention. The analyses are clear understand the main ideas. be limited, overly general or potential expatriate. The purpose extremely limited or unclear with and focused; main ideas stand Support is present, although it sometimes not related to the is unclear and requires the reader minimal or nonexistent out; ideas are supported with may be limited and general. The main purpose. to guess at the main ideas. development. relevant carefully selected details analyses are generally clear and Writer makes unsubstantiated Opinions are presented without and theory. focused and supporting details claims without supporting data. support. are relevant but may be overly general or limited. Interviewees are credible and Interviewees are credible. Interviewees have limited Interviewees were not credible. Interviews are missing or info is knowledgeable. Interview Interview information adds some business knowledge. Interview material is not limited and unrelated to material is well integrated and clarity and depth. Interview material is simply added integrated. workplace. supports or clarifies information on. Topics are only minimally from written sources.. Topics are generally explored developed with insufficient details The paper is too short to although some details may not Details may be limited in scope to grasp the differences between demonstrate the relevance of the The writing makes connections connect to main idea. Content or out of balance with too much U.S. and the host country ideas to an expatriate. and shares insights; content is may not always be well chosen or too little for particular points or business practices. Details are carefully selected for the for audience. out of balance; details may not be irrelevant or off topic. audience of potential expatriates. based on credible sources.

OB concepts are well integrated OB concepts are integrated into Some OB concepts are Few OB concepts are indicated. OB concepts are totally lacking. into the text. Comparisons with the text. Comparisons with US integrated into the text. Limited Limited comparisons are made to Recommendations or implications US practices are clear. practices are sometimes made. comparisons are made to US US practices. Recommendations are missing or unclear. Recommendations or lessons for Recommendations for expatriates practices. Recommendations for for expatriates are limited, and of expatriates are detailed and are practical. expatriates are limited. questionable value. practical.

Written quality : 15 points Covers presentation (format), organization, voice, and conventions (spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization).

A B C D F FORMAT: The guide is engaging The guide is neat and uses The guide meets minimum The guide is hard to read. It may The guide does not meet the and professional and uses headers and proper paragraphing standards of formatting: double or ignore some formatting standards in terms of sentence headings, bullets, graphics etc. to to present information clearly. 1 1/2 inch spacing, 1 inch guidelines. spacing or margins. present information clearly and margins, but limited headers or a concisely. Information is relatively easy to generic table of contents. Table of contents may be Lack of headings and access. The Guide looks like a standard inaccurate. paragraphs make it very difficult Information is easy to access: academic paper and is thus, not Guide may be perceived as to read. reader can find information easily. as inviting as it could be. unprofessional. Appearance is unprofessional. ORGANIZATION: The order and The order and structure are The order and structure of ideas Guide lacks a clear organizational Organization is lacking; there are structure are compelling and present but may be obvious or within topic areas may be difficult structure. no beginnings or endings, move the readers through the predictable. to follow at times because of the Internal logic within sentences transitions between ideas are text. Ideas are presented logically Each section has a developed lack of strong beginnings and and paragraphs is confusing – unclear. to support the purpose. They flow beginning and conclusion, with endings and lack of transitions. reader has to spend considerable smoothly from one to another and good transitions within each topic time figuring out intent. The concepts are not logically are clearly linked. area. Concepts may be redundant or Information may be repeated organized. Frequently ideas fail to repeated within the topic area. within and across sections. make sense. The reader can’t The introduction draws the reader In general the reader is able to identify or follow a line of in and sustains interest. follow the line of reasoning. reasoning. WRITING: The writing style is Writing style is generally Writing style may be inconsistent The writing is either difficult to The writing is flat, lifeless and dull engaging and has an effective consistent throughout. Tone is – sounding as if written by follow or the reader has to reread with no sense that the writer flow and rhythm. The tone is generally professional. Word different authors. Range of words sections to grasp the meaning. cares about the reader. consistently professional. Word choice is generally good. is limited or may be used Style differs markedly from Sentences are choppy, choice is precise and accurate. Sentences are well-phrased with inappropriately. Sentences may section to section. Reader has to incomplete, rambling or awkward Sentences are well-phrased and some variety. be awkward. reread sentences for – leading to confusion or varied in length and structure. understanding. misunderstanding. MECHANICS: Errors of standard Minor errors in standard Errors begin to interfere with Errors interfere significantly with Numerous errors in spelling, conventions are so few and so conventions, while perhaps readability. These include internal readability. Substantial editing is grammar, punctuation or minor that they do not interfere noticeable, do not impede punctuation errors, run-on needed. Errors distract reader. capitalization detract from the with readability. readability. sentences or sentence >20 message. Extensive editing is <5 (6-10) fragments. (11-20) needed. >30