As the city manager you are assigned the responsibility of developing and submitting a community development block grant for a neighborhood revitalization project that has been a high priority for the city council, the county board of commissioners, the local nonprofit housing agency, and the governor’s office. A critical part of the grant is obtaining letters of support and nonfederal funds to meet the block […]

1. Formulate your own topic. This could be on anything that relates in some ways to the issues we are dealing with in chs 8-14 of the Schwartz textbook, i.e the global political-economic system of the period from 1945 to 2016. Your paper could be on the developmental experience of a country that Schwartz does not cover; or on structural processes like globalization, or events […]

Assignment 3: RecruitingImagine you are presenting a new global recruiting strategy to your boss. Choose either Japan or Saudi Arabia, and research business strategies for recruiting in your chosen region. Identify the top three to five (3-5) factors that would need to be considered when recruiting in the country you chose. Close with a persuasive summary on why you believe these factors are important. Close […]

Dr. Roehrig discusses a number of concerns with North Korea.  Our National Security Strategy (p. 24) attached document) announces a “Rebalance to Asia and the Pacific.”  First, identify one concern with North Korea.  Then, using the instruments of national power (DIME) (Diplomacy, Information, Military, and Economy ) as a framework, select one instrument and propose an action that would mitigate that concern.  Explain your reasoning in […]

You are an American Intercontinental University online campus graduate from just over 7 years ago, and since your graduation, you have been rising up through the ranks at the local police department. You were a police officer when you attended AIU, but you had not advanced too quickly within the police department. Your upward career progression was launched with your graduation from AIU, and you […]

Joy Becket is the director of Eyeglasses for the Poor (EP).  EP receives donations of eyeglasses and recycles them for use by the nearsighted needy around the world.  Sometimes the eyeglass frames are expensive designer frames that can be sold to raise operating funds for the organization.  Joy is concerned that EP’s resources are not adequately safeguarded.  This problem is compounded by the fact that […]

The components of this assignment include a research question,  a purpose and design statement. It must contain at least eight sources, at least six of which must be peer-reviewed. The specific research question should be of depth and breadth required for a major project. Also to come up with a the purpose statement in regards to CyberTerrorism: “What methods can be employed to reduce the threat […]

Prompt: In discussion 1 you identified political concerns that are out there and how the changing demands on government might reflect the demographic changes the nation is undergoing. You did a nice job of this. In the second discussion I want you to build on this. Thinking about the concerns that you and your classmates raised in discussion 1, I want you to link this […]

By Thursday, February 25, 2016, your instructor will post two current issues and begin the weekly debates. The debate topics will be centered on the content for this week but will include current issues that are happening in politics and government. It is essential to follow the debate guidelines set up in Week 1 and participate fully in the debate process. Remember debating is not […]

Pick a government agency or non-profit organization. How could the organization benefit from constituent surveys in which they ask those whom the organization serves what they need and how the organization could improve. Write the survey yourself and explain why you would ask these questions. If you were the administrator, what would you do with the results once you received them?