Outcome#6:FormulateandEvaluateSolutions,
RecommendandDefendtheBestAlternatives
Exemplary Competent Emerging Formulate alternative solutions Incomplete and unclear description of problem which includes Clear, complete description of Clear description of problem stakeholders’ perspectives. Set of problem which includes which includes stakeholders’ alternatives that address stakeholders’ perspectives. Plausible perspectives. Plausible set of ecological, economic, or social and feasible set of alternatives that alternatives that address dimensions of problem, but clearly address ecological, economic, ecological, economic, and social includes implausible options. and social dimensions of problem. dimensions of problem. Solutions are missing some Solutions include all necessary Solutions include most necessary necessary information. information and elegantly information and incorporate Incorporates some stakeholder incorporate stakeholder objectives. stakeholder objectives. objectives but fails to address all of them. Evaluate alternative solutions Clear and logical analysis of advantages/disadvantages of different solutions to problem, clear and reasonable set of criteria used to assess solutions. Offers succinct comparisons/contrasts for audience, clearly identifies links to stakeholder objectives. Recommend best alternatives Defend best alternatives Clear and mostly logical analysis of advantages/disadvantages of different solutions to problem, clear set of criteria used to assess solutions. Offers comparisons/contrasts for audience, clearly identifies links to stakeholder objectives. Analysis of advantages/disadvantages of different solutions to problem or set of criteria used to assess solutions lacks clarity. Minimal comparisons/contrasts offered for audience, identifies links to some but not all stakeholder objectives. Undeveloped Description of problem which includes stakeholders’ perspectives incomplete and lacks clarity. Incomplete set of alternatives that fail to adequately address ecological, economic, or social dimensions of problem. Several options implausible. Solutions are missing. Stakeholder objectives are not considered. Analysis of advantages/disadvantages of different solutions to problem or set of criteria used to assess solutions absent or illogical. Little to no comparisons/contrasts offered for audience, does not identify links to stakeholder objectives. Fails to identify alternatives, supplies no or insufficient evidence to support stakeholder decision‐making without adequate context of management objectives or tradeoffs. Offers little to no explanation for management options. Identifies set of alternatives but Identifies “best” set of they may not be the best, supplies alternatives, supplies most insufficient evidence to support necessary evidence to support stakeholder decision‐making stakeholder decision‐making in without adequate context of context of management objectives and tradeoffs. Offers management objectives or nearly complete explanation for tradeoffs. Offers incomplete array of feasible management explanation for management options. options. Clearly responsive to Clearly responsive to stakeholders; Unresponsive to stakeholders; Somewhat responsive to stakeholders; identifies most fluently identifies evidence and stakeholders; insufficient evidence fails to identify evidence or evidence and appropriate or supporting material for appropriate supporting material for supporting material for supporting material for alternatives, integrates some all sets of alternatives, integrates alternatives, integrates little to alternatives, integrates most stakeholder input; incompletely stakeholder input; anticipates no stakeholder input; does not stakeholder input; competently addresses stakeholder stakeholder questions/concerns and address stakeholder addresses stakeholder questions/concerns responds fully. questions/concerns questions/concerns Prepared by members of the Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department Outcomes Assessment Committee (Iowa State University), 2011. Clearly identifies “best” set of alternatives, supplies evidence to support stakeholder decision‐making in context of management objectives and tradeoffs. Offers complete and logical explanation for array of feasible management options.