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BPA 301 Entire Course   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
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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 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 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.
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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 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 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.
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BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 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 that the economic
recession could have on the government, and
therefore the government agencies sources of
revenue.
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BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 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 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 Individual Assignment 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. 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 2 Learning Team Assignment
Government Relationships Paper and
Presentation 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. Be sure to obtain approval from
your instructor regarding your chosen topic.
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BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 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 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 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 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
Sources and Planning Paper 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 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 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 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 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.
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BPA 301 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment 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 of the service area
affect the decision making of those leaders.
Provide specific examples of effective leaders in
public administration.
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BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 1 Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)  
Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)  
Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB)
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BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 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 DQ 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 Individual Assignment 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. Be prepared to present your analysis in
class.
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BPA 301 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Public
Policy Trends Paper and Presentation -Evaluate
the ability of government to respond to
trends. -Examine the interactions between the
executive (e.g., state administrator or county
manager) and legislative (e.g., state legislature
or city council) functions of your service
area. -Analyze the relationship between doing
well for government and doing the public good.
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