Assignment 1: Rule of the Road
Worth 120 points
Imagine you made your hobby of building model airplanes into a small business that produces very small remote control aircraft’s capable of long sustained flights. You are ready to expand your business by competing for Department of Homeland Security contracts.
Write a four (4) page paper in which you:
1. Analyze how the federal act supports and favors your business over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation).
2. Create an organizational chart that would best support working within the federal contracting system and explain the value of each position (i.e., internal contracting officer) to your proposed business.
3. Use at least three (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Explain the basics of how and from whom the federal government buys what it needs.
- Apply the rules of federal government contracting.
- Compare the government’s key players and describe their main functions.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in contract administration and management.
- Write clearly and concisely about contract administration and management using proper writing mechanics.
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Points: 120 |
Assignment 1: Rule of the Road |
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Criteria |
Unacceptable Below 60% F |
Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
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1. Analyze how the federal act supports and favors your business over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation). Weight: 40% |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how the federal act supports and favors your business over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation). |
Insufficiently analyzed how the federal act supports and favors your business over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation). |
Partially analyzed how the federal act supports and favors your business over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation). |
Satisfactorily analyzed how the federal act supports and favors your business over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation). |
Thoroughly analyzed how the federal act supports and favors your business over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation). |
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2. Create an organizational chart that would best support working within the federal contracting system and explain the value of each position (i.e., Internal Contracting Officer) to your proposed business. Weight: 45% |
Did not submit or incompletely created an organizational chart that would best support working within the federal contracting system; did not submit or incompletely explained the value of each position (i.e., Internal Contracting Officer) to your proposed business. |
Insufficiently created an organizational chart that would best support working within the federal contracting system; insufficiently explained the value of each position (i.e., Internal Contracting Officer) to your proposed business. |
Partially created an organizational chart that would best support working within the federal contracting system; partially explained the value of each position (i.e., Internal Contracting Officer) to your proposed business. |
Satisfactorily created an organizational chart that would best support working within the federal contracting system; satisfactorily explained the value of each position (i.e., Internal Contracting Officer) to your proposed business. |
Thoroughly created an organizational chart that would best support working within the federal contracting system; thoroughly explained the value of each position (i.e., Internal Contracting Officer) to your proposed business. |
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3. 3 references Weight: 5% |
No references provided |
Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices. |
Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices. |
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
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4. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% |
More than 8 errors present |
7-8 errors present |
5-6 errors present |
3-4 errors present |
0-2 errors present |
