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BPA 301 EDU The power of possibility

• BPA 301 Entire Course
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• 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

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• BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 1
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• BPA 301 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
• 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
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• WEEK 1 DQ 2
• BPA 301 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
• 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 to the
  theory or beliefs, explaining why. Be sure to
  explain your understanding completely using your
  reading from the text and course materials.

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• BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 3
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• BPA 301 Week 1 Discussion Question 3
• 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 Article
  Analysis Paper
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• Article Analysis Paper
• 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 in class.

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• BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 1
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• BPA 301 Week 2 Discussion Question 1
• 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

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• BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 2
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• WEEK 2 DQ 2
• BPA 301 Week 2 Discussion Question 2
• 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? Use
  substantive and concrete information to support
  your points, using the text, course materials and
  research.
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• BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 3
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• BPA 301 Week 2 Discussion Question 3
• 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.)
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• BPA 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
  Government Relationships Paper and Presentation
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• Federalism Paper
• 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.

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• BPA 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
  Government Relationships Paper and Presentation
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• Team Government Relationship PaperChoose 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.

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• BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 1
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• BPA 301 Week 3 Discussion Question 1
• 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.
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• BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 2
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• BPA 301 Week 3 Discussion Question 2
• 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
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• WEEK 3 DQ
• BPA 301 Week 3 Discussion Question 3
• 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.
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• BPA 301 Week 3 Individual Assignment Role of
  Administrators Paper
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• Roles of Administrators Paper
• 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.

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• BPA 301 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Funding
  Sources and Planning Paper
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• Team Funding Sources and Planning PaperUsing 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
• Describe the service areas funding sources
• Explain the role of planning in that service area
• Discuss how the service areas budget is used to
  carry out plans

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• BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 1
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• BPA 301 Week 4 Discussion Question 1
• 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
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• WEEK 4 DQ 2
• BPA 301 Week 4 Discussion Question 2
• 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
• What public policy trend do you consider most
  significant at the federal, state and local
  levels and why?
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• BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 3
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• BPA 301 Week 4 Discussion Question 3
• 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
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• Diversity Paper
• 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.

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• BPA 301 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Effective
  Leaders Paper
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• 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

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• BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 3
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• BPA 301 Week 5 Discussion Question 3
• 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

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• BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 2
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• BPA 301 Week 5 Discussion Question 2
• 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 EDU The power of possibility

• BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 2
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• BPA 301 Week 5 Discussion Question 2
• 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 Individual Assignment Government
  Website Paper
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• Government Website PaperLocate 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 Trends Paper and Presentation
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• Team Public Policy Trends Paper and Presentation
  Public Policy Trends PaperPrepare 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). In your
  paper, be sure to include the following-Evaluate
  the ability of government to respond to trends.

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