Distinguished - Comprehensively assesses how Samsung’s technological smartphone innovation accounts for the company’s sales growth of mobile devices worldwide. 

Proficient - Assesses how Samsung’s technological smartphone innovation accounts for the company’s sales growth of mobile devices worldwide. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Minimally assesses how Samsung’s technological smartphone innovation accounts for the company’s sales growth of mobile devices worldwide. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to assess how Samsung’s technological smartphone innovation accounts for the company’s sales growth of mobile devices worldwide; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The assessment of how Samsung’s technological smartphone innovation accounts for the company’s sales growth of mobile devices worldwide is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly determines whether Samsung could benefit by implementing an activity-based costing or traditional costing to pursue profitability due to cellphones’ rising component costs.

Proficient - Determines whether Samsung could benefit by implementing an activity-based costing or traditional costing to pursue profitability due to cellphones’ rising component costs. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Minimally determines whether Samsung could benefit by implementing an activity-based costing or traditional costing to pursue profitability due to cellphones’ rising component costs. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to determine whether Samsung could benefit by implementing an activity-based costing or traditional costing to pursue profitability due to cellphones’ rising component costs; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The determination of whether Samsung could benefit by implementing an activity-based costing or traditional costing to pursue profitability due to cellphones’ rising component costs is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively utilizes the SEC Filings and Annual Reports to fully summarize Samsung’s principle goods and services, global market share, geographic locations, major competitors, production costs of cellphones, Samsung’s new challenge of cellphones’ rising component costs, and Samsung’s future plans.

Proficient - Utilizes the SEC Filings and Annual Reports to summarize Samsung’s principle goods and services, global market share, geographic locations, major competitors, production costs of cellphones, Samsung’s new challenge of cellphones’ rising component costs, and Samsung’s future plans. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Minimally utilizes the SEC Filings and Annual Reports to somewhat summarize Samsung’s principle goods and services, global market share, geographic locations, major competitors, production costs of cellphones, Samsung’s new challenge of cellphones’ rising component costs, and Samsung’s future plans. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to utilize the SEC Filings and Annual Reports to summarize principle goods and services, global market share, geographic locations, major competitors, production costs of cellphones, Samsung’s new challenge of cellphones’ rising component costs, and Samsung’s future plans; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The utilization of the SEC Filings and Annual Reports to summarize Samsung’s principle goods and services, global market share, geographic locations, major competitors, production costs of cellphones, Samsung’s new challenge of cellphones’ rising component costs, and Samsung’s future plans is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively assesses whether Samsung could benefit by using Activity Based Costing (ABC).

Proficient - Assesses whether Samsung could benefit by using Activity Based Costing (ABC). Minor details are missing.

Basic - Minimally assesses whether Samsung could benefit by using Activity Based Costing (ABC). Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to assess whether Samsung could benefit by using Activity Based Costing (ABC); however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The assessment of whether Samsung could benefit by using Activity Based Costing (ABC) is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively assesses whether Samsung could benefit by using a standard cost or ABC costing system.

Proficient - Assesses whether Samsung could benefit by using a standard cost or ABC costing system. Minor details are missing. 

Basic - Minimally assesses whether Samsung could benefit by using a standard cost system. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to assess whether Samsung could benefit by using a standard cost or ABC costing system; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The assessment of whether Samsung could benefit by using a standard cost or ABC costing system is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively explains how Samsung could benefit by producing pricing in terms of cost-plus concepts.

Proficient - Explains how Samsung could benefit by producing pricing in terms of cost-plus concepts. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Minimally explains how Samsung could benefit by producing pricing in terms of cost-plus concepts. Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain how Samsung could benefit by producing pricing in terms of cost-plus concepts; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The explanation of how Samsung could benefit by producing pricing in terms of cost-plus concepts is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.