There’s an Executive Director who has a decision to make for a corporation that has to get a grant, or lay off staff, and possibly close down. This corporation operates three therapeutic self-help, halfway houses for recovering addicts. The Executive Director can attempt to persuade the board to re orient the corporation mission philosophy towards medical model or the criminal justice model, by writing an […]

As a current or future public administrator, you know that one of the most important approaches to research involves philosophical assumptions or the basic set of beliefs that guide actions. After a preliminary review of the literature on your topic, discuss your understanding of why the topic is important to study. This should lead to a final comment that includes your research problem statement.

Effectively answering one’s research question requires the development of research variables through which a hypothesis can be evaluated. Using the course reading assignments and after watching Hypothesis 101 (LINK BELOW) (and other Social science concepts) by Dr Wollman identify two qualities of good research variables. (Note: the section of the video on variables is the first 15 minutes.) Why do these characteristics improve the overall research design and […]

For this first week’s discussion, let’s look back at the call to service and commitment in president inaugural speeches.  President John F. Kennedy: “And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”  George H. W. Bush: “And I am speaking of a new engagement in the lives of others, a new activism, hands-on […]

The prosecutor for whom you have been working as a victims’ witness assistant has had several calls from victims of stalking. Some cases seem more serious than other cases; however, one case that no one in the office thought was serious resulted in the victim’s death. Everyone thought the couple was just going through a difficult breakup. This case had a tremendous impact on the […]

Requirements: Identify the question you decide to answer at the top of your post. Prompt responses should answer the question and elaborate in a meaningful way using 2 of the weekly class readings (250 words of original content). Do not quote the readings, paraphrase and cite them using APA style in text citations. You can only use ONE multimedia source for your minimum 2 sources […]

Based on your readings from the text and your own research, discuss the phases of disaster management. Which phase do you think is most important and why? Discuss public-private partnerships with an emphasis on the role of faith-based response agencies. Finally, explain what role special needs populations play or should play in disaster response and recovery efforts.

How does the party that is in the minority in the U.S. Senate use the filibuster?  Should the current filibuster rule be changed or eliminated?  What is the effect of the current filibuster rule and what would be the effect of any changes or exceptions to the rule?  Consider the long-term effect of any changes as well as what would happen in the short-term since […]

 The student will choose to develop either a functional annex, an incident/threat-specific annex, or a support annex. Functional annexes can cover issues such as direction and control, continuity of government/operations, communications, warning, emergency public information, evacuation, mass care, health and medical, or resource management. Incident/Threat-specific annexes describe the policies, situation, concept of operations, and responsibilities for particular hazards or incident types. Support annexes describe the […]

Will provide details in negotiation.  1,000 words minimum with specific examples and a minimum of 5 scholarly sources using Turabian citations (footnotes) covering the major aspects/questions that that are will be provided in the negotiation. Assignment will be run through Turnitin/SafeAssign by the instructor to check for originality. Citations will also be verified by the instructor for accuracy.