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SPT 710 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: The real-world working environment is dynamic and complex, and some things can only be experienced in an authentic setting. Your academic training has prepared you with both the foundational and more specialized information you need to join the sports industry as a valued player.

Prompt: In this assessment, you will reflect on your internship experience and answer the following questions about your host company, your duties and responsibilities, and new job opportunities.

Specifically, address the following critical elements:

I. Your Place in the Sports Industry A. Host Company

I. Describe the organization where you are doing your internship and explain why you chose this company. II. Diagram the organizational structure of your host company location. Include an organizational chart that shows management positions

and departments and where you are in the organization. III. Examine the interrelationships of functional areas in the company and how they work together.

B. Duties and Responsibilities Within the Organization I. Compose a job description of your internship with details of specific duties and required knowledge. II. Relate what you learned/accomplished during this internship and how it will benefit your future goals.

C. Identify New Job Opportunities I. Prepare targeted resumes and cover letters for three actual jobs you are interested in. Include the job posting for each.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: For this milestone, submit a 5- to 7-page paper (in addition to a cover page and references) with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. In your paper, address each of the critical elements listed in Sections IA and IB, citing appropriate academic references as necessary. Use APA citation style. Then include the three resumes, cover letters, and job postings per Section IC.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Host Company: The Organization

Describes the internship organization and explains why this company was chosen

Describes the internship organization but does not explain why this company was chosen

Does not describe the internship organization and does not explain why this company was chosen

15

Host Company: Organizational

Structure

Diagrams the organizational structure of the host company location with an organizational chart

Diagrams the organizational structure of the host company location with an organizational chart, but chart lacks sufficient information to show hierarchy and functional roles

Does not diagram the organizational structure of host company with an organizational chart

15

Host Company: Interrelationships

Examines the interrelationships of functional areas and explains how they work together

Examines the interrelationships of functional areas and explains how they work together, but explanation lacks sufficient detail

Does not examine the interrelationships of functional areas and does not explain how they work together

15

Duties and Responsibilities: Job Description

Composes a job description of the internship with details of specific duties and required knowledge

Composes a job description of the internship but lacks sufficient detail or required knowledge

Does not compose a job description of the internship

15

Duties and Responsibilities:

Learned / Accomplished

Relates what was learned/ accomplished during this internship and how it will benefit future goals

Relates what was learned/accomplished during this internship but lacks sufficient detail on how it will benefit future goals

Does not relate what was learned/accomplished during this internship

15

Identify New Job Opportunities:

Targeted Resumes and Cover Letters

Prepares targeted resumes and cover letters for three possible jobs, including the job posting for each

Prepares resumes and cover letters for three possible jobs, but they are not specifically targeted to each job or the job postings are not included

Does not prepare targeted resumes and cover letters for three possible jobs, including the job posting for each

15

Articulation of 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

10

Total 100%