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• ADM 624 Module 1 Discussion 1 Agency Stakeholder
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• Using Agency Stakeholder, describe the
  political field and the players in the
  administrators political force field.

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• ADM 624 Module 1 Discussion 2
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• What potential problems do you see arising when
  the private sector delivers a social service?
  What are the advantages of this approach to
  service delivery?

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• ADM 624 Module 2 Case 3.1 The Katrina Breakdown
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• Read Case Study 3.1 and Government Saw Flood
  Risk but Not Levee Failure.
• Answer Questions 1 and 3 at the end of Case Study
  3.1
• .Each question should be answered in an essay
  format of approximately 250-500 words.

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• ADM 624 Module 2 Discussion 1
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• Some major social and economic innovations in the
  United States have begun with small-scale
  experiments on the state level. For example,
  Wyoming permitted womens suffrage 50 years
  before the 19th Amendment was ratified.

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• ADM 624 Module 2 Discussion 2
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• The fragmentation and redundancies of the U.S
  federal system are expensive in terms of
  coordination and personnel costs. Would you favor
  or oppose greater consolidation? Why or why not?

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• ADM 624 Module 3 Case 5.1 A Strategy is Born
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• Read Case Study 5.1. Answer Questions 1, 2, and 3
  at the end of Case Study 5.1.
•  Each question should be answered in an essay
  format of approximately 250-500 words. Ensure
  your paper answers the questions and uses
  concepts studied in the module and from the
  reading.

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• ADM 624 Module 3 Discussion 1
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• Public officials at all levels of government are
  frequently criticized for making shortsighted
  decisions. Elected officials may be accused of
  looking forward only as far as the next election
  and of placing narrow,

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• ADM 624 Module 3 Discussion 2
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• Unlike several European countries, the United
  States does not have a full-fledged national
  planning body. Nonetheless, a number of
  institutions, such as the Council of Economic
  Advisors, do have important planning functions.

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• ADM 624 Module 4 Case 6.1 Wild Horses
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• Read Case Study 6.1. Answer Questions 1, 2, and 3
  at the end of Case Study 6.1.
•  Each question should be answered in an essay
  format of approximately 250-500 words.

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• ADM 624 Module 4 Discussion 1
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• Suppose you were to build a model that would
  forecast the nationwide demand for nurses 20
  years from now. As a start, you must make
  assumptions about population growth and the
  effects of new drugs. What else? Do you think the
  list of variables is endless? Support your answer.

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• ADM 624 Module 4 Discussion 2
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• Use the concept of opportunity cost to explain
  why lawyers are more likely than physicians to
  get involved in politics.

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• ADM 624 Module 5 Case 7.1 Aravind Eye Hospital
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•  Read Case Study 7.1. Answer Questions 1, 3, and
  4 at the end of Case Study 7.1.
•  Each question should be answered in an essay
  format of approximately 250-500 words.

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• ADM 624 Module 5 Discussion 1
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• Not everyone is enchanted by ideas of empowerment
  and teamwork. For example, Richard Sennett, a
  sociologist at New York University, argues in The
  Corrosion of Character, that because teamwork
  relies on the fiction of harmony,

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• ADM 624 Module 5 Discussion 2
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• What are the advantages and disadvantages of
  using charts to illustrate organizational
  structure?

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• ADM 624 Module 6 Discussion 1
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• For years, the performance of a states
  facilities maintenance group, which is
  responsible for keeping government buildings in
  the state capital clean and neat, was mediocre.
  No amount of pressure or inducement from the
  secretary of state,

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• ADM 624 Module 6 Discussion 2
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• In terms of Maslows hierarchy, what motivates
  you? How would you determine what motivates
  employees?

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• ADM 624 Module 7 Case 10.1 The Star Award
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•  Read Case Study 10.1. Answer Questions 1 and 2
  at the end of Case Study 10.1.
• Each question should be answered in an essay
  format of approximately 250-500 words. Ensure
  your paper answers the questions and uses
  concepts studied in the module and from the
  reading.

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• ADM 624 Module 7 Discussion 1
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• Identify some organization with which you are
  reasonably familiar. Describe what key elements
  would be needed in a performance appraisal form
  for managers. Would you weight the traits to
  determine a raw score?

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• ADM 624 Module 7 Discussion 2
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• Diversity means having an inclusive workforce
  made up of people of different human qualities or
  who belong to various cultural groups. From the
  perspective of individuals,

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• ADM 624 Module 8 Case 11.1 Dangerous Stratagems
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•  Read Case Study 11.1. Answer Questions 1, 2, and
  3 at the end of Case Study 11.1.
•  Each question should be answered in an essay
  format of approximately 250-500 words. Ensure
  your paper answers the questions and uses
  concepts studied in the module and from the
  reading.

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• ADM 624 Module 8 Discussion 1 Revenue-Raising
  Limitations
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• One response to revenue-raising limitations being
  placed on local government is to delete
  exemptions. In the textbook, P. S. Flores offers
  the following examples of welfare and charitable
  groups enjoying property-tax exemption

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• ADM 624 Module 8 Discussion 2 Two kinds of Taxes
  not Explicitly Mentioned in are luxury Taxes
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• Two kinds of taxes not explicitly mentioned in
  Figure 11.6 are luxury taxes (for example, taxes
  on furs, jewelry, boats, and airplanes) and sin
  taxes (for example, taxes on alcohol, tobacco,
  oil, gasoline, and firearms).

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