The Psychodynamic Approach is yet another different type of approach to leadership. It does not bother itself with studying traits or skills or styles or behaviors. It is based on personality assessments of the leaders and subordinates. Several personality trait assessment tools can be used including the ego state model from transactional analysis to the personality types of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.

You are to write a current event paper, approximately 750 words in length, consisting of a summary and analysis of a current event having to do with American government and/or politics. You must cite a minimum of five references (sources) in the paper and include a works cited page at the end of the assignment to provide full bibliographic information for each of the references that was cited in the text […]

There are few issues more relevant and topical in today’s local government affairs than ensuring equitable treatment in community policing. The use of body worn cameras is looked at as a potential tool by both police agencies and community activists. For this week’s discussion board, please read and consider the attached article “Police and Body Worn Cameras” from an issue of “Public Management” Magazine. Use […]

As discussed in Week 1, for the final project, you will compare the budgets of two municipalities (cities) or nonprofit agencies. Therefore, you must obtain copies of the budgets for the cities or agencies, which are generally available online. The purpose of this project will be to see how funds are distributed among the various departmental agencies within the cities or nonprofit agencies in order […]

SEIIC’s compensation and benefits programs are based on traditional design principles typical of a company of its age and history. For example, almost all employees receive annual pay increases of two to five percent. This is frustrating to both managers and high performing employees. Managers would like to give better pay raises to high performers. However, budgets are only enough to cover the “required” raises […]

, for this assignment, you will watch a video of GEN Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.’s press briefing following the conclusion of operations during the Gulf War.  In this video, he explains the Coalition Forces’ war plan and how it was executed.  After initially watching the video, your assignment is to write a short paper about how an individual Armed Service utilized one of the Principles of […]

Earlier in this course, you explored the development and implementation of public policy in a democratic government. Specifically, you considered which tools and practices are most effective in the making of public policy. Think about how public policy might be used to better society. Begin by thinking about the role of public policy in society. Public policy is generally developed in response to a public […]

There are few issues more relevant and topical in today’s local government affairs than ensuring equitable treatment in community policing. The use of body worn cameras is looked at as a potential tool by both police agencies and community activists. For this week’s discussion board, please read and consider the attached article “Police and Body Worn Cameras” from an issue of “Public Management” Magazine. Use […]

Consider the Mearsheimer and Walt article, “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,” in the readings for Module/Week 5. It has become a controversial article in academic and policy circles with its claim that the lobby influences US foreign policy in detrimental ways. However, the authors have been severely criticized by many policy experts (among others) who rebut their claims. See the bottom of this […]

We’ve covered a lot of ground over the past few months! For your final blackboard post I’d like you to reflect on our classroom discussions, case studies, text readings, and articles and craft a brief but thoughtful synthesis of your takeaways from this class. Since this will serve as your final post, it will be worth 15 points. I’ve provided a few thoughts to serve as prompts …