D. Performance Assessment: In this section, you will assess the performance of your selected subdivision in the organization in relation to the missio n and goals of the overall or

CJ 550 Final Project Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: The performance assessment allows you to gauge the current level at which the criminal justice organization is performing. It will identify areas in which the organization is excelling and areas in which the organization needs improvement. This is the foundation for planning a strategic response to any identified deficiencies within the criminal justice organization.

Prompt: Submit a draft of the performance assessment (Section III: D) of your final project.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

D. Performance Assessment: In this section, you will assess the performance of your selected subdivision in the organization in relation to the missio n and goals of the overall organization by performing a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis.

i. Identify the major internal factors that positively and negatively affect the organizational performance. Justify your identifications. For example, a key internal factors may be the selection criteria for staff or clients.

ii. Identify the major external factors that positively and negatively affect the organizational performance. Justify your identifications. For example, key external factors may include laws, legislators, and citizen input.

iii. Based on the previously identified internal factors, analyze whether or not the organization is maximizing its strengths and minimizing its weaknesses. Substantiate your claims. For example, consider the areas of the subdivision that have the most impact on success, such as the classification of offenders.

iv. Based on the previously identified external factors, analyze whether or not the organization is maximizing its opportunities and minimizing its threats. Substantiate your claims. For example, consider the areas that are most vulnerabl e in assuring success and how these can be turned into strengths, such as housing inmates in a reception area to adequately assess their needs, not simply classifying on offen se criteria.

Guidelines forSubmission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with doublespacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (80%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Performance Assessment:

Internal Factors

Identifies the major internal factors that positively and negatively affect the

organizational performance, justifying identifications

Identifies the major internal factors that positively and negatively affect the

organizational performance, justifying identifications, but with gaps in detail, logic, or justification

Does not identify the major internal factors that positively and negatively

affect the organizational performance

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Performance Assessment:

External Factors

Identifies the major external factors that positively and negatively affect the

organizational performance, justi fying identifications

Identifies the major external factors that positively and negatively affect the

organizational performance, justifying identifications, but with gaps in detail, logic, or justification

Does not identify the major external factors that positively and negatively

affect the organizational performance

20

Performance Assessment:

Strengths and

Weaknesses

Analyzes whether or not the organization is maximizing its strengths and minimizing its weaknesses based on the identified

internal factors, substantiating claims

Analyzes whether or not the organization is maximizing its strengths and minimizing its weaknesses based on the identified

internal factors, substantiating claims, but with gaps in detail, logic, or justification

Does not analyze whether or not the organization is maximizing its strengths and minimizing its weaknesses based on

the identified internal factors

25

Performance Assessment:

Opportunities and Threats

Explains whether or not the organization is maximizing its opportunities and

minimizing its threats based on the identified external factors, substantiating claims

Explains whether or not the organization is maximizing its opportunities and

minimizing its threats based on the identified external factors, substantiating claims, but with gaps in detail, logic, or justification

Does not explain whether or not the organization is maximizing its

opportunities and minimizing its threats based on the identified external factors

25

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Response Submission has no major errors related to

citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to

citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to

citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

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