Assignment 1: Discussion – Job Analysis and Design

This assignment is designed to integrate the reflection of personal experience, and the information covered in the textbook. Assuming you are Juanita, answer the following questions:

• What would you identify in a job analysis within an organization, which are the most important factors that would help the supervisors do his or her jobs?
• What measures can you take to design jobs to make them more efficient? What are the most undesirable drawbacks or challenges to designing the jobs for greater efficiency?
• How might you design the jobs to be more motivating?

By Saturday, February 28, 2015 submit your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion until Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Comment on how your classmates would address differing views.

 

BUS 499 – Bussiness Administration Capstone

This should be an eignt (8) page paper

 

 

There are five (5) written assignments in this Course Guide, I need Assignment 2: by this Saturday, please.

 

October 25, 2014 PM.  Please make sure that it is Assignment 2:

 

 

 

This is an eight (8) page paper.

 

 

 

The company is Microsoft

 

Please key the questions before the paragraph

 

Assignment 6: Portfolio
Due Week 11 and worth 130 points

Your position as the consultant is ending and it is time to submit your complete report. In this assignment, you will make final changes for Assignments 2 through 5 and put the sections into one document. 
In addition to what you have already completed and compiled for this portfolio, you should write a 5 page conclusion in which you:

1. Describe your final three to five (3-5) observations about the success of the agency, highlighting the value of the agency to U.S. citizens, its success at meeting its goals, and areas where it can improve.
2. Recommend two or three (2-3) strategies for improvement, providing sound justification for each.
3. Describe your experience in researching the agency and interviewing representatives, highlighting the value the project has to your career, the positive elements, and the challenges you faced during the process.
4. Include the required sections with appropriate titles in the portfolio.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include the following sections in the portfolio:
• • Title Page (Cover Page)
  • • The cover page must contain the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
  • Table of Contents
  • Assignments 2-5 with specific headers / titles
  • Conclusion
  • Reference Page
  • Appendices

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Recommend ways to improve specific areas of public administration.
• Analyze the fundamental components of effective budgeting, including sources of revenue, political influences, purposes, types, and accountability of program administrators.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public administration.
• Write clearly and concisely about public administration using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Open attachment to view instructions.

The City Manager has contacted you regarding the following issues concerning various governmental departments and external stakeholders:

• In the past year, citizen, department, and outside stakeholder complaints have been filed against the Department of Health administrators. Such complaints cited unprofessional leadership, unethical practices, insufficient customer and patient care, poor fire and emergency response time, and inability to implement change and resolve conflict within and amongst subordinates and staff. The Department of Health is composed of the following agencies:
• • Social Services,
  • Fire and Emergency Management, and
  • Human Services   .

• The School Board has a collaborative relationship with various government departments. In the last two (2) months, the School Board has charged department directors with failure to work collaboratively with the School Board on its efforts to:
• • Meet federal mandates regarding reformation of new policy issues that will impact the leadership of the Department of Redevelopment and Housing, the State Department of Education, and the State Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Support the academic leadership of secondary school principals by providing specific student data from the Department of Juvenile Relations, in an attempt to improve student retention and performance toward increase graduation rates.

You may use the Internet and / or Strayer databases to complete any additional research.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Use the basic outline below to draft your paper. Organize your responses to each question (except Question 5) under the following section headings:

• Public Leadership in a Health Environment (for Question 1)
• Public Leadership in an Educational Environment (for Question 2)
• Public  Leadership in Government Operations (for Question 3)
• Improving Public Leadership Styles (for Question 4)

Write a seven to eight (7-8) page paper in which you:

1. Determine one (1) specific leadership theory and two to three (2-3) public leader styles that would be most beneficial for the Director of Public Health and related agencies in addressing the issues. Provide a rationale to support your response.
2. Recommend one (1) specific leadership theory and two (2) public leader styles that would be most beneficial for the School Board in addressing the issues presented. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Determine the essential manner in which the leadership from the Department of Public Health, the School Board, and the various other government departments impacts the leadership of the City Manager’s and his or her ability to carry out government operations.
4. Recommend two (2) strategies that a public leader could use in order to overcome the weaknesses inherent in his / her leadership style(s).
5. Include at least five (5) academic references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate academic resources include academic and governmental Websites, scholarly texts, and peer-reviewed articles. Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze how public leadership influences the various levels of public administration    and public service.
• Examine the personal aspects of public leadership and professional ethics.
• Assess how to motivate, communicate, implement change, and resolve conflicts as an effective public leader.
• Analyze the concepts of leadership and the qualities, skills, and practices necessary for effective public leadership.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public leadership and conflict resolution.
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in public leadership and conflict resolution using proper writing mechanics.