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• BPA 301 Entire Course

• BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 1

• BPA 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
  Analysis Paper
• BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 1
• BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 2
• BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 3
• BPA 301 Week 2 Individual Assignment Federalism
  Paper
• BPA 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
  Government Relationships Paper and Presentation
• BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 1
• BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 2

• BPA 301 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
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• Based on your readings and explorations of the
  text, define and describe Federalism, explaining
  what it is, what it means, and how you think it
  has changed over time. Do you think the modern
  day use of federalism reflects its original
  intended meaning? Why or why not? Please
  explain using your reading of the text, course
  materials and research this week
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• BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 2

• BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 3

• WEEK 1 DQ 2
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• BPA 301 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
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• Define at least three (3) of the following major
  theories in the development of public
  administration (Formalistic, Reactionary, The New
  Public Administration, Post New Administration).
  Within your definitions and explanations,
  identify at least two (2) individual/theorists,
  or people who made great contributions

• BPA 301 Week 1 Discussion Question 3
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• Why do you think local governments are having
  such a problem funding the services that their
  constituents demand? Give an example of this
  situation in your local community or one that you
  are familiar with, and explain why this is a
  problem. Connect this to some of the course
  material youve explored this week to back up,
  support and substantiate your points.

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• BPA 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment

• BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 1

• Article Analysis Paper
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• Using the Electronic Reserve Readings (ERR) for
  BPA/301, the Internet, or other resources, locate
  a current article on a contemporary government
  program or issue. Prepare a 700-1,050-word
  analysis of your article. As part of your
  analysis, identify a major public administration
  theory and relate the theory to the topic
  discussed in your article. Be sure to cite your
  reference(s) in your analysis, and be prepared to
  discuss your analysis

• BPA 301 Week 2 Discussion Question 1
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• There is another pending economic recession,
  announced by Wall Street, the government and just
  about everyone in the media. You are a newly
  hired Program Manager working for a government
  agency, and your boss has asked you to write a
  few key points to include in his next All hands
  meeting of the employees to explain to them what
  possible effects that the economic recession could

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• BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 2

• BPA 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Government

• WEEK 2 DQ 2
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• BPA 301 Week 2 Discussion Question 2
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• Why do some communities have access to increased
  financial resources more than others? Should
  there be more of an equal distribution by the
  federal government or even local and state
  governments in this area of public finance? Why
  or why not? And how would you equalize the
  playing field more, do you think?

• Team Government Relationship Paper
• Choose a state or local government service area
  that receives federal funding (e.g., public
  protection, public health services, social
  services, education, transportation, etc.).
  Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper explaining the
  functions of that service area, and how these
  functions impact the other levels of government.
  For example, if you choose the police department,
  functions may include cooperation among law
  enforcement agencies, providing and receiving
  funding, etc.

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• BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 3

• BPA 301 Week 2 Individual Assignment Federalism
  Paper

• BPA 301 Week 2 Discussion Question 3
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• Research the difference but sometimes
  connectedness of sales tax versus income tax.
  How are they defined, and what is the connection,
  or is there one? What is your opinion regarding
  the equity of sales tax versus income tax?
  (Include what your sales tax and income tax is
  where you live in your response.)

• Federalism Paper
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• Prepare a 700-1,050-word paper examining the
  significance of federalism in the United States
  today. Focus your paper on a specific area, such
  as healthcare, transportation, homeland security,
  etc. In your paper, describe the development of
  federalism and how the various levels of
  government relate to your chosen topic. Be
  prepared to discuss your paper in class.

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• BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 1

• BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 2

• BPA 301 Week 3 Discussion Question 1
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• In detailed analysis, explain your understanding
  of Cognitive Resource Utilization Theory. Define
  and describe it, using the text and course
  material, and explain how this could be applied
  to public administration and a public
  administrators job/role and responsibilities,
  and whether it would be a good or bad thing and
  why.

• BPA 301 Week 3 Discussion Question 2
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• Which resources and leadership traits do you feel
  are most valuable to a public administrator in
  your opinion, based on your reading of the text
  and examination of the course material? How do
  the limitations on authority often found in
  government service affect the ability of these
  public administrators to make decisions in the
  publics best interest do you believe? Use an
  example if it helps to explain?

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• BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 3

• BPA 301 Week 3 Individual Assignment

• WEEK 3 DQ
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• BPA 301 Week 3 Discussion Question 3
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• What are the positive and negative effects of
  politics on governmental leadership? What is the
  effect of media on leaders in government? Answer
  these questions using your reading of the text
  and examination of the course material.

• Roles of Administrators Paper
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• Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper in which you
  compare and contrast the roles of administrators
  in the public and private sectors. Explain the
  similarities and differences in areas such as
  human resources, budget making, and planning. If
  you use a chart to display your comparison, keep
  in mind that the chart is not included in your
  papers word count.

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• BPA 301 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Funding

• BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 1

• Team Funding Sources and Planning Paper
• Using the service area chosen for your Government
  Relationships Paper in Learning Team Meeting One
  (Week 2), prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper which
  includes the following
•  
•  
• .

• BPA 301 Week 4 Discussion Question 1
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• If you could change only one limitation on a
  public administrators ability to respond to
  public policy issues, based on your reading and
  learning this week and thus far in the course,
  what would it be and why? Be specific and
  demonstrate your reading and learning from the
  text and materials in the course.

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• BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 2

• BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 3

• WEEK 4 DQ 2
• BPA 301 Week 4 Discussion Question 2
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• Read the article titled Six Trends Transforming
  Government in the Electronic Reserve Reading
  this week, and compare and contrast it with the
  information in our text. After reading the
  article (and the text information), briefly
  summarize their content, then, answer the
  following question
•  

• BPA 301 Week 4 Discussion Question 3
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• What is transfer of training and how is it used,
  according to our course text and materials? How
  can managers ensure transfer of training?
  Explain your answer and provide an example.
  Demonstrate some connections and
  implications/applications of some of this to the
  material weve covered this week.

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• BPA 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Diversity
  Paper

• BPA 301 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Effective

• Diversity Paper
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• Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper discussing the
  influence of racial and ethnic diversity on the
  development of public programs and services. The
  paper should be submitted in proper APA
  format/style with appropriate citation,
  formatting and grammar and submitted as an
  attachment in Microsoft Word to the Assignment
  link for our course. Be sure to integrate, use,
  apply and cite the course text, concepts,
  theories and reference the course learning
  throughout your writing and critical analysis.

• Team Effective Leaders Paper
• Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper outlining the
  qualities of effective leaders in the service
  area you selected for your Government
  Relationships Paper in Learning Team Meeting One
  (e.g., sheriff, public health director, city
  engineer). Include an explanation of how the
  resources and constraints

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• BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 1

• BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 2

• 301 Week 5 Discussion Question 1
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• List and define each of the following, including
  an explanation of how they have impact public
  finance and policy
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• Generally Accepted Accounting
  Principles (GAAP)
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• Government Accounting Standards Board
  (GASB)
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• BPA 301 Week 5 Discussion Question 2
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• Locate a non-profit that you support (financially
  or otherwise) or that you just believe in,
  online. Share with the class the purpose, size,
  cause and your best guess at the sources of
  funding that allow it to operate successfully
  (e.g., grants, fundraising, donations, in-kind,
  or even if you think the government sponsors all
  or most of their efforts). Comment on how this
  connects with or furthers some of the material
  weve covered this week and throughout the course.

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• BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 3

• BPA 301 Week 5 Individual Assignment

• BPA 301 Week 5 Discussion Question 3
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• Identify a local policy or governmental
  initiative recently in the news or media that had
  an ethical impact on budgeting and financial
  policy. Explain what happened, who was involved,
  and how budgetary policy was affected. What, in
  your opinion, should have been done differently?
  Connect this to our reading/learning, course
  materials, the text, etc., from this week or the
  previous 4 weeks

• Government Website Paper
• Locate a government Website. Prepare a
  700-1,050-word paper analyzing the Website to
  determine if it provides useful information for
  the public (e.g., doing the public good), or if
  its purpose is to advertise a government program
  or service (e.g., doing well for government).
  Justify your analysis using specific examples
  from the Website. Attach a screenshot of the
  Website's homepage to your paper.

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• BPA 301 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Public
  Policy

• Team Public Policy Trends Paper and Presentation
• Public Policy Trends Paper
• Prepare a 2,100-2,450-word paper analyzing major
  public policy trends in the service area you
  selected for your Government Relationships Paper
  in Learning Team Meeting One (Week 2).

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