Public Administration & Budgeting

"The Future of Public Administration" Please respond to the following.

· Imagine that you are Woodrow Wilson visiting the White House today. Compose a list of five (5) flaws that Wilson might identify, based on his perception of a so-called “good” public administration. Debate whether your listed flaws are likely real, perceived, or relative to the current social and cultural climate. Provide a rationale for your response.

· Interpret the overall manner in which the current economic climate might dictate the major themes of public sector management going forward. Provide a rationale for your response.

"Funding for Education" Please respond to the following:

· Evaluate the disparity of Alabama’s budget allocation for education and property tax to the various localities. Based on your assessment, challenge or defend the equity of the system across the various localities.

· Identify and explain your choices for reductions and increases. Discuss at least two lessons you learned about the challenge of balancing the federal budget.

"General Taxes" Please respond to the following:

Review the following scenario and then analyze the impact of tax holidays on the budget.

Scenario: Several states have declared sales tax holidays for which the state does not collect sales tax on selected items for those day or days. In most instances, the holiday has applied to purchases of clothing and the period has been a week to 10 days in August. The primary reason is to provide a “back-to-school” discount as families get ready for the upcoming year; however, in recent years, some states have proposed or enacted holidays for hurricane survival supplies, gasoline, Energy Star appliances, and guns and ammunition.

Emergency Financial Plan 3

Develop an emergency management financial plan for your organization. Provide baseline information about your organization detailing the population and general budget information. Give examples or case study information about grants or historical declaration funding that supports your financial plan. If you do not work for a a government agency, research a county or local government with a population of at least 100,000 citizens.

Assignment 2: It May Not Work in Politics

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which the student addresses the following three (3) items using headers to separate each response:

1. Congressional Ethics: Identify one (1) member of Congress who has been charged with ethics violations in the past 2 years (include the date). Briefly discuss the reason for the charges and provide two (2) reasons why you agree or disagree with the verdict and any penalties. Provide examples to support your answer. Consider how the verdict and penalties impacts your trust of the members of Congress.
2. Third Party Candidates: Discuss two (2) political reasons why a third party candidate has never been successful in winning a presidential election. Provide examples to support the answer. Consider the political impact of the Republican and Democratic Party if a third party was successful.
3. Federal and State Authority: Identify one (1) current issue facing the United States today (from the past 6 months). Analyze the respective roles of federal and state authorities in addressing the issue. Determine whether the U.S. Constitution constrains the federal and state responses to the issue. Explain.

In your research, you cannot use Wikipedia, online dictionaries, Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, or any other Website do that do not qualify as an academic resource.

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; 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are to:

• Identify informed opinions on issues and questions involving the U.S. government, national political processes, policy making, and the notion of democracy.
• Employ terminology used to study political science and American government.
• Develop reasoned written and spoken presentations on issues and questions involving the U.S. government and national political processes using information in the course.
• Describe the basic values of American political culture.
• Explain how the federal system of government works.
• Explore different perspectives on issues and questions about the U.S. government and national political processes.
• Describe the importance of an informed, effective citizenship for the national government and political processes.
• Use concepts from our study of U.S. national government and politics (such as models of democracy) to discuss government and politics in state, local, and international contexts.
• Examine the evolution of presidential power in military affairs.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the field of U.S. government and politics.
• Write clearly and concisely about U.S. government and politics using proper writing mechanics.

CONSTRUCTION COST CONTROL ASSIGNMENT 1 A contractor has successfully negotiated a contract to construct a pre-engineered building and the following scenario prevails for the various construction activities: •The mobilization and site clearance can commence on day one (June 1st), will take six weeks and will cost $60,000. •Foundation and slab construction will cost $96,000, can commence two weeks after day one and will take eight weeks. •Delivery of the pre-ordered pre-manufactured building worth $240,000 can commence immediately after the site clearance is complete and will take four weeks. •Erection of the building will take eight weeks at a cost of $10,000 per week and will commence immediately after delivery of the building. •Internal tenant improvements and equipment will cost $360,000, take 12 weeks and can commence two weeks after erection of the building commences. •Commissioning of the equipment will cost $4,000 per week, will commence two weeks before the pre-manufactured building is complete and cannot be completed until two weeks after the tenant improvement and equipment installation are complete. •Completion of the site development will cost $72,000, take eight weeks and will commence immediately after the erection of the pre-manufactured building is complete. •Site overheads are $6,000 per month and head office fees and overheads are 10% of direct project costs. (Site overheads and head office fees should be every month till the end of the project) •All monthly periods are deemed to have four weeks. •All activity costs are deemed to occur evenly during the duration of the activity. List any other assumptions required: Page 2 Requirements: Prepare two bar charts (one original and one revised) as in the template on blackboard. Revised total duration and revised cost of the project incorporating the following event: The foundations and slab construction activity took 125% of the planned time and cost 50% more than originally estimated? AND Using the data presented and assuming that: •Progress draws subject to 10% holdback are made monthly (four week monthly periods); •Payments are due 28 days after the progress draw date; •Completion is certified without reservation the day work is completed; •Holdback is released 56 days after completion; Draw a monthly income and expense profile for the project. Clearly indicate the cumulative monthly figures throughout the duration of the profile.

Value of interactive ads for video advertising and digital marketing

Word count: 1500  +/-10% words

Report structure:

1.       Chosen topic: Not necessary to be your final dissertation topic.

2.       Research background:  Students should conduct literature review and clarify research objectives/questions based on the chosen topic (Max. 300 words)

3.       Research design : Students should explain which research design(s)  is/are adopted and explain why this is appropriate for the chosen topic

4.       Chosen samples: Students should explain who is the target group, how do they select samples (sampling method) and sample size. Students can choose either qualitative, or quantitative or mixed methods. The minimum size of survey is 30 and minimum size of interview is 5. Finally, students must justify their choice.

5.       Research instrument: Students should explain the measurement items if chosen research is survey and describe/explain why the questions of survey questionnaire are chosen.  The interview questions/guide should be explained and justified. The length of survey/interview questions is flexible.

6.       Data analysis: Students should explain which method is chosen to analyse data and why this method is chosen.  For quantitative data analysis, students should explain what kind of analyses would be undertaken and why these statistics are chosen. For Interviews, students should clarify which analytical method is chosen and explain why. Hypotheses testing may not be necessary for quantitative data.

7.       Results: For qualitative results, students should report findings and include transcription in the appendices. For quantitative data, SPSS results should be demonstrated and explained. (Max. 500 words)

8.       References: Students should read up-to-date  relevant journal articles as well as  the textbooks/academic articles  in relation to the chosen methodology. (Min.  20 references)

The Effectiveness of Unconventional Monetary Policy during Financial Crisis An Empirical dissertation. Vector autoregression (VAR) should be used for analysis and all the analysis should be done using the software "Stata". 
The paper should compare the approaches used by the Fed, Bank of England and ECB and how they effected the economies and helped the recovery.

The role of Mobile Devices to Support Learning: 'Development of a student-orientated Social Media Mobile  The role of Mobile Devices to Support Learning: 'Development of a student-orientated Social Media Mobile Application used as a communication tool to improve student engagement and promote independent learning within the University of Bradford.'

Diagnostic Assessments Graphic Organize
Create a graphic organizer outlining the following assessments:

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – 3rd edition;
Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement;
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – 4th edition;
Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Ability;
Conners – 3rd edition;
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales – 2nd edition; and
Two other assessments of your choice
Your graphic organizer should include:

A brief description discussing the application of the assessment.
A brief description of what the assessment measures.
The publication date of the assessment.
Applicable age/grade levels for the assessment.
Type of scores yielded.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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The literature review part should be the main text with 5 chapters (which include their own introductions and conclusions), sections, and subsections. Normally the main text consists of:

o   One or two theoretical/conceptual chapters, which includes a literature review of the theoretical angle you choose for your thesis as well as the construction of a conceptual framework and/or hypotheses.

o   One or two empirical chapters, where either describe the data collected or where you describe your case studies or other material relevant for your research questions

o   One discussion chapter, where you relate your theoretical/conceptual part to the empirical data from the field or a case study.

Perceived Stress, schizotypy and paranormal belief Please produce a dissertation results section following APA guidelines and to include table and relevant graph/plots in apa format.
A hierarchical regression has been performed using paranormal belief as the dependent variable.
Predictor variables:
block 1 – Unusual experiences (UE)
block 2 – Impulsive nonconformity (IN)
block 3 – stress

Schizotypy was measured using the o-life short scale and the sub-scales of UE and IN were chosen due to their relevance to paranormal belief and previous research.

The study aims to gain understanding of the effects of stress and schizotypy on paranormal belief with the hypothesis that stronger paranormal belief will be associated with individuals experiencing higher levels of perceived stress whilst being placed at the higher end of the schizotypy continuum.

In terms of speculation from the results, UE and stress are sig. positively correlated but on UE is a sig. predictor of paranormal belief. So it seems that high levels of UE can predict paranormal beliefs but how stressed you are does not have a bearing on your paranormal belief.