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Students will prepare an Executive Summary Essay of Chapter One.

 

• Analyzing the reasons why public administrators should study information technology from a social technical point of view.
• Students will refer to the Executive Summary Guide that will provide the instructions for developing the Executive Summary Essay.
• The Executive Summary shall be in an essay format with a minimum of 500 words and not to exceed 600 words.

 

Executive Summary Guide

There will be six (6) Executive Summary Essay assignments submitted during the duration of the course. They are called summaries as they are limited in the total number of words utilized in developing the information for each assignment. That is, you have to choose your words concisely to develop your responses with supporting information from the chapters. Using the concepts, theories and definitions from the chapters and the power point lectures, you are to support your observations, analysis and recommendations within your Executive Summary, with the following guidance given: Please, do not write from a “first or second person” perspective. This means do not use “I” or “we’. Use a “third” person point of view. You do not need to footnote or otherwise reference the chapters. The focus (and space for your responses) should be directed at answering the assignment given for each chapter. One example of this position would be: Picture yourself in the movie theatre and as you are watching the movie, you are describing the various scenes to another person. In essence, you are telling a story in your executive summary essay in providing your recommendations.

Successful Grant Stewardship: The Biggest Proposal Budget Bloopers and How to Avoid Them (YouTube Video, 7:20 minutes)

What is a Budget Justification (YouTube Video, 2:08 minutes)

How to Develop a Project Budget (Website)

How to Write a Budget Narrative for a Grant (Website)

Textbook – Coley & Schienberg (2014)

Chapter 8: Creating the Budget

Supplemental Readings

Writing a Budget Narrative Descriptions and Detailed Explanations Click for more options

Writing a Budget Justification with Justification Examples Click for more options

How to Build a Grant Budget
All of these are supplemental readings
Please answer the 6 questions below

After completing the readings, the interactive online course from the Foundation Center and viewing the multimedia for this Learning Module,

please complete the following:
1.Discuss the three most common blunders in creating a budget for a proposal and how you can avoid these blunders.
2.Discuss the role of a budget in a grant proposal – why is it needed and why is it so important for funders.
3.List the three other names the budget justification is also called and the purpose of the budget justification.
4.Most federal proposals explain how to structure the budget narrative but some private and corporate funders do not. For simple grant projects,

list at least two (2) options for structuring the budget narrative.
5.What are the “watchwords” for the budget justification?
6.Explain why “the more detail the better” when writing a budget justification?

Use your search engine to find an article from the Harvard Business Review September 2011 issue entitled HBR Case Study: Culture Clash in the Boardroom. Read the case study article and write a three page reflection about the case. What intrigued you? What did you learn? Why is this case important to international business? In your paper, please describe how sections of the article reinforced concepts from chapters 1 to 5 from your text. Also, comment on the actions, or decisions made by certain actors in the article showing how your knowledge from international business, (chapters 1 to 5), can be used or considered, for better outcomes.

Assignment: Challenges in Contemporary Youth Culture
Children and adolescents face multiple challenges as a result of attempting to adhere to the norms of their youth culture. For example, an

adolescent attending a party might feel pressured by friends to use drugs or drink alcohol. As a future child and adolescent clinician,

you must develop empathy and understanding of the pressures and expectations of adhering to child and adolescent cultural norms and the

various ways adhering to these norms might affect a child or adolescent.
For this Assignment, from the list of suggested films in this week’s resources, select a film depicting contemporary child or adolescent

culture. As you view the film you selected, consider the types and amount of challenges the children or adolescents faced in the film.

Consider how the challenges might have an impact on your ability to develop empathy as a child and adolescent clinician.
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
• Based on the film, explain three challenges children or adolescents faced while attempting to adhere to and/or cope with normative youth

culture and why you chose these challenges.
• Explain two ways you might develop empathy related to the children and/or adolescents in the film. Be specific.
• Explain one way you might address one of the challenges children or adolescents faced in the film and how. Justify your response.
• Explain any insights you had related to your understanding of contemporary youth culture based on the film you selected. Also, include

an explanation of how your understanding of youth culture in the film may help you be an effective child and adolescent clinician. Be

specific.

You can find out the watershed in which you live by visiting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Surf Your Watershed Site. Once

there, enter a U.S. zip code to learn the name of your watershed and learn about issues important to your watershed, such as sources of water

pollution and civic groups dedicated to cleaning it up. After finding the name of your watershed, do some internet research to find out if

there are any environmental issues affecting your watershed and answer the following questions:
Into what body of water does your watershed drain?
What pollutants are present in your watershed? (From the EPA main page for your watershed, click the tab that says “Impaired water for this

watershed,” and then follow the links to find the causes of water impairment in your watershed.)
What counties and/or cities are part of your watershed?
Are there any citizens’ groups involved in protecting and cleaning your watershed? If so, how can you contact them?

(Pages 1-2)
Describe Ancient Greece, from its Minoan-Mycenaean origins, its emergence from the “Dark Ages,” to the period of its domination of the Aegean Region and the Persian Wars. Describe the roles of men and women of different classes, the military, early philosophy, lyric poetry, same-sex sexuality in Greece, and the reasons for the emergence of Greek democracy

(Pages 3-4)
Considering the Athenian/ Greek Golden Age, describe the advances in Greek intellectualism as expressed through theatre, history, medicine, and philosophy, describing its main thinkers, and their influences on Alexander the Great of Macedon, including the spread of Hellenism overall, and its effects on Jews of the Maccabean Period.

(Pages 5-6)
Describe the emergence of the Roman Republic, its mythical identity, social and governmental system and laws, its growth throughout the Mediterranean region, and the reasons for its decline during the civil wars. Describe the new direction for Rome under the Empire and the reasons for its success.

 

Populations in Developed and Less-Developed Nations
The Assignment:

Compare one “Developed” Nation of your choice (but not the United States) with one Less Developed Nation (not continent) of your choice, and compose a

2-page essay in which you do the following:

1) Discuss the economic, social, and cultural reasons for differences between the population densities in these two regions.
2) Explain how the two nations you researched are attempting to reduce their environmental impact and population/fertility rates.
3) Evaluate the population policies of the DN with those of the LDN you chose by reflecting on the possible futures of nations that do not succeed in

limiting population growth, and the impact that will have on the world at large. Conclude with your opinion on whether sustainability is a realistic,

achievable goal. If it is a realistic goal, how much change is necessary to achieve it? If sustainability is not a realistic goal, how do you foresee

the future of the Earth and humankind in 50 to 100 years?
4) Cite your independent research in APA format.

 

This assignment will allow you to share the evidence that you found in the Module Four Evidence Based Practice Project: Finding the Evidence.  You will create a visual aid as described below and share your findings with your peers on the discussion board.

Submitting your assignment

• This assignment will be posted on the DB.  The instructor/coach will provide you with feedback and upload your grade to Blackboard.

Grading Rubric

Use this rubric to guide your work the assignment.  Points are awarded for each section based on content and clarity of expression.

	Acceptable	Unacceptable
Visual aid content: Pico Question Shared with Audience Fact(s) from Source #1 Fact(s) from Source #2 Fact(s) from Source #3 Fact(s) from Source #4 Recommendations for practice / change in practice based on research	Stated and well explained (up to 60 points)	Not mentioned or poorly explained ( 0-60  points)
Creativity and Professionalism: Includes facts from presentation Professional and creatively produced Includes references	Stated and well explained (up to 20 points)	Not mentioned or poorly explained ( 0  points)
Comments on Two Peer EBP projects:	Two substantive comments to peers (20 points)	One or no comments (0-10 points)

 

 Instructions for Completing Your Assignment

 

• Now that you’ve uploaded your EBP Project from Module Four into Blackboard to be graded, it’s time to do the second half of the project in Module Five.
• You see, it is good for you to have the correct knowledge about something….or to know the right way to practice.  However, it is even better if you share your new knowledge with others!
• To prepare for this week, I would like you to do two things. 
  • Prepare a Visual aid that covers your EBP from Module Four:
    • Your PICO question
    • What you discovered in your search for information about your PICO question.   Make sure to include information from each of your resources (this means at least 4 facts).
    • What you would recommend for practice (or as a change in practice) based on your research.
  • Be creative and professional with your visual aid for your audience with facts from your presentation.   This is a visual aid of your choosing that should be professional in quality and content. It can be a power point or brochure, for example. Simply typing your information into the discussion board will not meet the criteria for this project, you must provide a creative visual aid with illustrations. Impress your instructor and classmates!  Please include your references for your project on your visual aid.   Remember your coach and peers must be able to open your submission to view and grade it or comment on it (for example, no .zip files or Keynote Presentations from Apple computers). 
• Your instructor/coach will provide you with feedback regarding your presentation in Blackboard and post your grade in the gradebook.

 

Cause and Effect Essay
Write a 5 paragraph essay explaining a Cause & Effect relationship.
In this assignment, you are asked to pick a specific cause and effect. A Cause or Effect Essay is an essay in which you write about the causes of

something or the effects of something. Essays explaining the causes of home burglaries or the effects of a good diet or a good exercise program can

often advance a personal point of view, which is, of course, an excellent reason for writing.
Your five-paragraph essay should look like this:
1. Paragraph One: Get the reader’s attention, introduce your topic and the three main points.
2. Paragraph Two: Write about the first main point and add support.
3. Paragraph Three: Write about the second main point and add support.
4. Paragraph Four: Write about the third main point and add support.
5. Paragraph Five: Summarize the entire essay and leave your reader with a good impression.
Be sure your writing contains:
• a thesis statement in which you clearly identify the cause-and-effect relationship you will explore
• an effective and logical method of organization
• well-chosen, relevant supporting evidence and examples that suit your audience and purpose
• transitions that smoothly and clearly connect your ideas
• error-free grammar, including correct pronoun-antecedent agreement
If outside resources are used, be sure to cite those sources using APA style. Paper should not include more than 20% of direct quotes from other

sources.

 

 

 

Purpose
The purpose of this activity is to provide the student with an opportunity to use technology to supplement the traditional classroom discussion. Viewing videos has the potential of enhancing the content discussed in textbook as well as class discussions.

Directions
Students are expected to:
1. Watch healthcare documentary (41mins):see link below
Breakdown: America’s Health Insurance Crisis
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/peter_jennings_reporting_breakdown_americas_health_insurance_crisis
2. Write a 1-2-page paper to discuss what was learned about health care cost and its impact on American people. Write the paper from a healthcare economist point of view.
(APA,6th ed., Title, Abstract, Body and Conclusion; double space).
3. Use references to support your comments and what was highlighted in the documentary
4. Post comments on the Blackboard Discussion.
5. Enter a comment on one other student’s posting

Grading
This assignment is worth 12 points. The following is the criteria used to determine grade:
1. Addressed all points specified in the instruction 2 points
2. Used references to support comments 2 points
3. Essay demonstrated understanding of material 6 points
4. Comment on another student’s posting 2 points