Scholarly Paper Guidelines
The focus of the paper is a problem or situation you have experienced or observed at work that resulted from a disconnect between the organization’s vision, mission and purpose and the prevailing organizational culture and operations. The problem must be an organizational problem that may benefit from an intervention/s by a nurse manager/administrator. The problem must be identified and described clearly at the beginning of the paper to include the setting.
After describing the problem, describe how you, were you the nurse manager or administrator, would address it. Your plan should reflect the content of the N5300 Organization Theory and Culture course description and objectives and be supported by relevant professional literature. You should include what you believe to be the best organizational and/or nursing theories to apply to the problem, as well as organizational culture considerations. You should also include a discussion as to how you will measure the success of your plan to address the problem over specific short term and long term time frames.
This paper is individually evaluated on effective inclusion of the following:
Problem identification (succinct & clear): 100 points
Plan to address the problem, fully supported to include
- Apply two theoretical applications (one from nursing/healthcare and one from outside nursing/healthcare for instance in an area such as administration, management, leadership, organization): 33 points
- Examine the impact of organizational culture considerations on the plan: 33 points
- Supporting literature/evidence for your plan to address the problem: 33 points
Plan to measure the success of your plan in the short and long term: 75 points.
APA format and English Language use: 26 points
| Rubric | Unacceptable | Satisfactory | Good | Excellent |
| Problem identification | Inadequately Addressed
70 points | Problem identified but lacks clarity
80 points | Problem identified but somewhat unclear. 90 points | Problem clearly and succinctly identified
100 points |
| Theoretical applications | Inadequately Addressed
23 points | Theoretical Relevance/ Application not clear
27 points | Theoretical Relevance/ Application somewhat clear
30 points | Theoretical Relevance/ Application clearly articulated 33 points |
| Impact of organizational culture | Impact not articulated
23 points | Impact mentioned but lacks clarity
27 points | Impact addressed somewhat clearly 30 points | Impact clearly addressed
33 points |
| Supporting literature/evidence | No citations other than assigned readings
23 points | 1-2 citations other than assigned readings
27 points | 3-4 citations other than assigned readings
30 points | 5 or more citations other than assigned readings
33 points |
| Plan to measure the success of your plan in the short and long term | Plan not evident
53 points | Plan articulated but lacks clarity Short or long term goals not articulated 60 points | Plan somewhat articulated Short term and long term goals implied 68 points | Plan clearly articulated, includes short and long term goals 75 points |
| APA format and English Language use | APA not followed, multiple writing errors 18 points | APA followed but with major errors. Several writing errors 21 points | APA followed but with minor errors. Minimal writing errors 23 points | APA followed no errors. No writing errors
26 points |
