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BPA 301 NERD Excellence In Study \ bpa301nerd.com
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.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
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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 1
Discussion 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 materials and research this
week.
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   WEEK 1 DQ 2 BPA 301
Week 1 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 and explanations, identify at
least two (2) individual/theorists, or people who
made great contributions to the theory or
beliefs,
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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 1
Discussion 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, support and substantiate your points.
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
Analysis Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.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.
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 2
Discussion 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 boss has asked you
to write a few key points to include in his next
All hands meeting of the employees to explain
to them what
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   WEEK 2 DQ 2 BPA 301
Week 2 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
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 2
Discussion 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 tax? (Include what your sales tax and
income tax is where you live in your response.)
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 2 Individual Assignment Federalism
Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bpa301nerd.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, describe the development of federalism and
how the various levels of government relate to
your chosen topic.
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Government Relationships Paper and Presentation
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   Team
Government Relationship Paper Choose 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
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BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 3
Discussion 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 public administrators
job/role and responsibilities, and whether it
would be a good or bad thing and why.
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 3
Discussion 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 of
the course material? How do the limitations on
authority often found in government service
affect the ability of these public administrators
to make decisions in the publics best interest
do you believe?
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com     WEEK 3 DQ BPA 301
Week 3 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 using your reading of the text and
examination of the course material.
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 3 Individual Assignment Role of
Administrators Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.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
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Funding
Sources and Planning Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   Team Funding Sources
and Planning Paper Using 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
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 4
Discussion 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 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   WEEK 4 DQ 2 BPA 301
Week 4 Discussion Question 2 Read the article
titled Six Trends Transforming Government in
the Electronic Reserve Reading this week, and
compare and contrast it with the information in
our text. After reading the article (and the
text information), briefly summarize their
content, then, answer the following question
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 4
Discussion Question 3 What is transfer of
training and how is it used, according to our
course text and materials? How can managers
ensure transfer of training? Explain your answer
and provide an example. Demonstrate some
connections and implications/applications of some
of this to the material weve covered this week.
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Diversity
Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com
  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
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Effective
Leaders Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.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
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 5
Discussion 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) Financial Accounting Standards
Board (FASB)
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 5
Discussion 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 most of their
efforts).
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   BPA 301 Week 5
Discussion 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, course materials, the text,
etc., from this week or the previous 4 weeks
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 5 Individual Assignment Government
Website Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   Government Website
Paper Locate 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.
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BPA 301 NERDE xcellence In Study
BPA 301 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Public
Policy Trends Paper and Presentation FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bpa301nerd.com   Team Public
Policy Trends Paper and Presentation Public
Policy Trends Paper Prepare 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
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