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BPA 301 Entire Course   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bpa301edu.com   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 2 DQ 3 BPA 301 Week 3
Individual Assignment Role of Administrators
Paper BPA 301 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
Funding Sources and Planning Paper BPA 301 Week 3
DQ 1 BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 2 BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 3 BPA
301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Diversity
Paper BPA 301 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
Effective Leaders Paper BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 1
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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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,
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BPA 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
Analysis Paper   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bpa301edu.com   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. The paper should
be submitted in proper APA format/style with
appropriate citation, formatting and grammar and
submitted as an attachment in Microsoft Word
through the Assignment Link for our course. Be
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BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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BPA 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Government Relationships Paper and
Presentation   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bpa301edu.com   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,
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BPA 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Government Relationships Paper and
Presentation   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bpa301edu.com   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.
For example, if you choose the police department,
functions may include cooperation among law
enforcement agencies,
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BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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  BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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  BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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BPA 301 Week 3 Individual Assignment Role of
Administrators Paper   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bpa301edu.com   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 is not
included in your papers word count. The paper
should be submitted in proper APA format/style
with appropriate citation,
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BPA 301 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Funding
Sources and Planning Paper   FOR MORE CLASSES
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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
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BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Discussion Question 2 Read the article titled
Six Trends Transforming Government in the
Electronic Reserve Reading this week, and
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BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Question 3 What is transfer of training and how
is it used, accord
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BPA 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Diversity
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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
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BPA 301 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Effective
Leaders Paper   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bpa301edu.com   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 of the service area
affect the decision making of those leaders.
Provide specific examples of effective leaders in
public administration. The paper should be
submitted in proper APA format/style with
appropriate citation, formatting and grammar by
one of
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BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Question 1 List and define each of the following,
including an explanation of how they have impact
public finance and policy Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
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BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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,
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BPA 301 Week 5 Individual Assignment Government
Website Paper   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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. Be prepared to
present your analysis in class. The paper should
be submitted in proper APA format/style with
appropriate citation, formatting and
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BPA 301 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Public
Policy Trends Paper and Presentation   FOR MORE
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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.-Examine the interactions
between the executive (e.g., state administrator
or county manager) and legislative
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