You have been preparing for this final assignment each week by constructing a detailed outline of the Final Paper’s main points through the weekly Learning Activities. In addition, you have read the course text and course readings, reviewed videos, and researched additional material for each week’s assignments and for this paper. This week, you will put all of those outlines, readings, reviews, and research together […]

Emergency managers focus on preparation for potential emergencies, disasters, and catastrophic events and coordinating the responses to those events. Emergency managers are the experts in the field of emergency management, and as experts, they are often called upon to provide information and advice to policy makers, such as city managers, city councils, police chiefs and their staffs, fire chiefs and their staffs, and private-sector stakeholders.

Over the last few weeks, we have discussed various public problems and the various government attempts to alleviate public problems.  Considering what you have learned about American Federalism, discuss why solving public problems is incredibly difficult?   Which level of government is the most appropriate to deal with public problems such as poverty, healthcare, the environment, or education?

Students will write an essay, 500-750 words in length, on a topic selected from the list below. The purpose of the project is to give students an opportunity to discuss a key political science concept, and to show a basic understanding of academic research and reporting skills. The project consists of producing a 500-750 work essay on one of the provided topics (see below), as […]

Make an assumption that the primary goal of the international system is to preserve peace and security. This does not eliminate other goals, but without peace and security, we have trouble moving on to those goals. Also refer in your response to perspectives about multilateralism from the Heritage Foundation found at: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/smart-multilateralism-when-and-when-not-to-rely-on-the-united-nations , as well as the article,  Re-Balancing the G-20 From Efficiency to Legitimacy: […]

Your four-person crew needs to move 100 bags of concrete from one side of the construction site to the other. The bags are on a pallet, but there is not enough room for a forklift where the bags are to be placed. Discuss some ways that the bags could be safely moved without a forklift and not cause back strains or other injuries. Your response […]

The Policy Research Paper should contain a comprehensive assessment of the problem (illegal immigration), the actual policy, and the potential (or actual) consequences of implementation of that policy. When you write your paper, you should think of yourself as a staff person who must advise a policy maker facing a problem that must be resolved in the near future. As this staff person, adopt one […]

Beginning in Week 1 and for the next two weeks, you will locate peer-reviewed journal articles that address various issues associated with the administration-politics dichotomy in public administration practice and then prepare annotated bibliographic entries for those articles. For this first week, there are no designated topics within this dichotomy. You may want to review the different topics discussed in this week’s lectures and readings […]

(Consulting Proposal 2). Each proposal must be 1000–1500 words and include at least the following 5 sections:1. Definition of project 2. Diagnosis of current situation 3. Recommendations 4. Implementation plan 5. SummaryA sample/template for the proposals is provided in the Assignment Instructions folder. Each proposal must include a title and reference page formatted according to current APA requirements. You must use a minimum of 4 scholarly peer-reviewed sources plus the […]

In 3-4 pages, discuss public interest, administrative responsibility and some of the recent ethical obligations confronting public administrators in their day to day decision making. Also examine the recent trend in privatizing government functions and discuss if it posses any dilemma for the attainment of public interest. Be sure to use relevant examples to illustrate your point.