For Milestone Four, you will submit a draft of your planning section. You will provide a comprehensive program plan that includes its objectives (i.e., measu

HCM 700 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric

Prompt

For Milestone Four, you will submit a draft of your planning section. You will provide a comprehensive program plan that includes its objectives (i.e., measurable improvements in behavior,

performance, process, or a tangible item that will result from your program); ethical and legal considerations, including a review of the four ethical principles, ensuring appropriate legal and

social responsibility of your proposal; financial considerations and their anticipated effect on internal policy and operations; anticipated issue-related outcomes and your plan to address

them; and a timeline for meeting program objectives.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

IV. Planning

Provide a comprehensive program plan that includes the following:

Objectives that are measurable improvements in behavior, performance, process, or a tangible item that will result from your program. The objectives should not be just a list of

activities needed to achieve the final goals but should be markers for how to measure the success of the proposal after implementation. Refer to the module resources on crafting

SMART goals for support.

Ethical and legal considerations, including a review of the four ethical principles (autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice), ensuring appropriate social responsibility

of your proposal.

Financial considerations, including any potential financial impact your proposal will have for the organization and an evaluation of the required resources to implement and

sustain your proposal.

Anticipated issues-related outcomes and your plan to address them. Be sure to address the anticipated effect on internal policy and operations.

A timeline for meeting program objectives.

What to Submit

The draft of your planning section should be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Any

references should be cited in APA format. Use appropriate headings to identify each critical element.

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Milestone Four Rubric

Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Objectives Meets “Proficient” criteria and

demonstrates a high level of

understanding of measurable

objectives

Create measurable objectives

of the program proposal that

can be used as markers for

success of the proposal

Creates the objectives of the

program proposal but they are

not measurable

Does not create the objectives

of the program proposal

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Ethical and Legal

Considerations

Meets “Proficient” criteria and

demonstrates a firm grasp of

the ethical and legal

considerations

Describes the ethical and legal

considerations and their

anticipated effect on the

proposal

Describes the ethical and legal

considerations but not their

anticipated effect on the

proposal

Does not describe the ethical

and legal considerations

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Financial Considerations Meets “Proficient” criteria and

demonstrates a strong

understanding of the financial

impact of the proposal on the

organization

Discusses the financial impact

of the proposal on the

organization, including

evaluation of the required

resources to support the

success of the program

Discusses the financial impact

of the proposal on the

organization, but misses

important details

Does not discuss the financial

impact of the proposal on the

organization

19

Anticipated Issues-Related

Outcomes

Meets “Proficient” criteria and

demonstrates a firm grasp on

the anticipated issues-related

outcomes and ways to address

them

Discusses the anticipated

issues-related outcomes and

ways to address them

Discusses the anticipated

issues-related outcomes but

doesn’t discuss the ways to

address them or misses other

important details

Does not discuss the

anticipated issues-related

outcomes and ways to address

them

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Timeline Meets “Proficient” criteria and

demonstrates a strong

understanding of project

planning

Includes an appropriate and

realistic timeline for meeting

program objectives

Includes a timeline for meeting

program objectives but it is

unrealistic or missing important

details

Does not include a timeline for

meeting program objectives

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Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors

related to citations, grammar,

spelling, syntax, and

organization and is presented

in a professional and easy-to-

read format

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%

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