PADM520
DF1.2
This week, please analyze Cartoons 1.1 and 1.2 from your text.Look in the Table of Contents of your textbook for the pages of the cartoons.
Each week, students provide a critical review of the questions and substantially reply to the contributions of at least two peers. Individual postings should include an evaluation of the content of the forum questions and explain how it relates to the concepts in the text and other external resources. The postings should be analytic in nature and include comparisons/contrasts and examples that can support your argument.
Your essay should be posted by midnight Friday and be approximately 750 words. Your responses to your classmates (min 2) should be posted by midnight Sunday and be approximately 250 words each. Remember to use and cite multiple scholarly works using APA format.
The Discussion Groups are designed to enhance (and evaluate) student participation and interaction during the course. Accordingly, your interaction with other students will be part of the grading calculus.
Week 2 forum
How does the theory ofgroupthinkapply to the 1986 Challenger disaster?
Here is a brief trailer for a larger analysis of the disaster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K2vqVAG7iI
Do you, or does the literature, think that NASA’s organizational culture was also to blame for the 2003 Columbia disaster, or was the problem of groupthink alleviated in the intervening 17 years?
Please use your text and online research about the administrative issues that led to this disaster. Remember to cite your sources and reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ posts.
Each week, students provide a critical review of the questions and substantially reply to the contributions of at least two peers. Individual postings should include an evaluation of the content of the forum questions and explain how it relates to the concepts in the text and other external resources. The postings should be analytic in nature and include comparisons/contrasts and examples that can support your argument.
Your essay should be posted by midnight Friday and be approximately 750 words.
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This week in our text we are examining several different organizational theories. Please discuss the organizational behavior present in the following article:
Nigro, L., & Kellough, J. (2008). Personnel reform in the states: A look at progress fifteen years after the Winter Commission. Public Administration Review, 68, S50-S57.
Make sure you analyze the article, draw connections to the text, reply to at least 2 of your peers, and cite your sources.
The article can be found in your Articles folder in the Resources section of the classroom.
Each week, students provide a critical review of the questions and substantially reply to the contributions of at least two peers. Individual postings should include an evaluation of the content of the forum questions and explain how it relates to the concepts in the text and other external resources. The postings should be analytic in nature and include comparisons/contrasts and examples that can support your argument.
Your essay should be posted by midnight Friday and be approximately 750 words. Your responses to your classmates (min 2) should be posted by midnight Sunday and be approximately 250 words each. Remember to use and cite multiple scholarly works using APA format.
Forum 4
Analyze and respond to the following article:
Wichowsky, A., & Moynihan, D.P. (2008). Measuring how administration shapes citizenship: A policy feedback perspective on performance management. Public Administration Review, 68, 908-920. doi: 1586897221; retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global database
Please post your essay by Wednesday and reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ posts by Sunday. Remember to always cite your sources.
Each week, students provide a critical review of the questions and substantially reply to the contributions of at least two peers. Individual postings should include an evaluation of the content of the forum questions and explain how it relates to the concepts in the text and other external resources. The postings should be analytic in nature and include comparisons/contrasts and examples that can support your argument.
Your essay should be posted by midnight Friday and be approximately 750 words. Your responses to your classmates (min 2) should be posted by midnight Sunday and be approximately 250 words each. Remember to use and cite multiple scholarly works using APA format.
Forum 5
Please read and discuss the following article:
Selden, S. (2006). A solution in search of a problem? Discrimination, affirmative action, and the New Public Service. Public Administration Review, 66, 911-923.
Make sure you analyze the public administration issues present in the article, draw connections to your text, and reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ posts.
The article can be in the Articles folder in the Resources section of the classroom.
Each week, students provide a critical review of the questions and substantially reply to the contributions of at least two peers. Individual postings should include an evaluation of the content of the forum questions and explain how it relates to the concepts in the text and other external resources. The postings should be analytic in nature and include comparisons/contrasts and examples that can support your argument.
Your essay should be posted by midnight Friday and be approximately 750 words. Your responses to your classmates (min 2) should be posted by midnight Sunday and be approximately 250 words each. Remember to use and cite multiple scholarly works using APA format.
Forum 6
It is often quipped that we all want police officers on every corner, but no one wants to pay for it. It is quite a challenge to make everyone happy in terms of what services the government provides and how much it costs. What have you seen/heard in the news about budgeting? How does this relate to how you budget? What would happen if you ran a deficit on your household budget? Give the federal budget a shot and see how well you do.
Using the Budget Explorer’s creative tool, share how you think the federal budget should be allocated. Defend your choices, promote your ideas, and evaluate each others’ proposals. If you are an elected official, will you still have a job if your budget proposal becomes a reality? Remember to be respectful of each others’ perspectives and priorities.
Access the website here: .kowaldesign.com/budget/”>http://www.kowaldesign.com/budget/This tool will let you set up your own budget and show you how yours compares to the federal budget. Analyze these results, explain your choices, and be sure to relate it to your text. Remember to cite your sources.
Each week, students provide a critical review of the questions and substantially reply to the contributions of at least two peers. Individual postings should include an evaluation of the content of the forum questions and explain how it relates to the concepts in the text and other external resources. The postings should be analytic in nature and include comparisons/contrasts and examples that can support your argument.
Your essay should be posted by midnight Friday and be approximately 750 words. Your responses to your classmates (min 2) should be posted by midnight Sunday and be approximately 250 words each. Remember to use and cite multiple scholarly works using APA format.
Forum 7
This week we are discussing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). President Obama made a lot of promises about transparency when he was a candidate. Has he lived up to his promises? Why or why not? Should he?
Find an Internet article that discusses transparency and FOIA in the Obama Administration. Discuss transparency and the tradeoff between privacy and the public’s right to know.
Remember to reply to the posts of at least 2 of your classmates, and always cite your sources.
Each week, students provide a critical review of the questions and substantially reply to the contributions of at least two peers. Individual postings should include an evaluation of the content of the forum questions and explain how it relates to the concepts in the text and other external resources. The postings should be analytic in nature and include comparisons/contrasts and examples that can support your argument.
Your essay should be posted by midnight Friday and be approximately 750 words
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Please analyze and respond to the following article:
Van Ryzin, G. G., Immerwahr, S., & Altman, S. (2008). Measuring street cleanliness: A comparison of New York City’s scorecard and results from a citizen survey. Public Administration Review, 68, 295-303. Retrieved March 21, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1435702201).
Be sure to reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ posts, and always cite your sources.
Tie this article in to the readings for the week and react to this research methodology and its implications for Public Administration.
The article can be found in the Article folder in the Resources section of your classroom.
Each week, students provide a critical review of the questions and substantially reply to the contributions of at least two peers. Individual postings should include an evaluation of the content of the forum questions and explain how it relates to the concepts in the text and other external resources. The postings should be analytic in nature and include comparisons/contrasts and examples that can support your argument.
Your essay should be posted by midnight Friday and be approximately 750 words.