Managers consider the organizational goals and mission statement when preparing a budget and for strategic planning purposes.

Managers consider the organizational goals and mission statement when preparing a budget and for strategic planning purposes. In your initial post, you must respond to each of the following prompts or questions:

Discuss why this is important for organizations.

What is the mission statement of your selected organization?

Discuss the goals and mission of that organization and how your project aligns with the stated mission and goals.

Discuss the advantages of following organizational goals and the disadvantages of ignoring them.

In response to your peers, provide additional perspective on how the proposed project aligns with the stated mission and goals they have discussed.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric.For each discussion, you must create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts.

For your initial post, do the following:

Write a post of 1 to 2 paragraphs.

Reply to at least two classmates outside of your own initial post thread.

Discussion Rubric

Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Comprehension Develops an initial post with an organized, clear point of view or idea using rich and significant detail (100%) Develops an initial post with a point of view or idea using adequate organization and detail (85%) Develops an initial post with a point of view or idea but with some gaps in organization and detail (55%) Does not develop an initial post with an organized point of view or idea (0%) 40

Timeliness N/A Submits initial post on time (100%) Submits initial post one day late (55%) Submits initial post two or more days late (0%) 10

Engagement Provides relevant and meaningful response posts with clarifying explanation and detail (100%) Provides relevant response posts with some explanation and detail (85%) Provides somewhat relevant response posts with some explanation and detail (55%) Provides response posts that are generic with little explanation or detail (0%) 30

Writing (Mechanics) Writes posts that are easily understood, clear, and concise using proper citation methods where applicable with no errors in citations (100%) Writes posts that are easily understood using proper citation methods where applicable with few errors in citations (85%) Writes posts that are understandable using proper citation methods where applicable with a number of errors in citations (55%) Writes posts that others are not able to understand and does not use proper citation methods where applicable (0%) 20

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