Discussion: Current Policy Issue
Discussion: Current Policy Issue
Discussion: Current Policy Issue
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Current Policy Issue – 3-4 pages
Research a current policy issue using various news and journal sources. Examples of policy issues are utilization of computers in government, poverty, the community drug problem, homelessness, the city planning process, the role of government in controlling crime, local taxation, the prison system, and public health.
Your analysis will include:
a. a detailed statement of the issue
b. the organizations, interests, and officials involved in the issue
c. an explanation of the connection to public administration, and
d. a general analysis of the issue.
Discussion: Current Policy Issue
Discussion: Current Policy Issue
You must review and critique at least three journal articles, which must come from a peer-reviewed journal in your field of interest. Acceptable journals include: Public Administration Review, Administration and Society, Public Administration Quarterly, International Journal of Public Administration, Public Budgeting and Finance, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Policy Studies Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Policy Studies Journal, American Review of Public Administration, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Journal of Public Policy.
The article reviews should:
clearly identify the paper’s research questions/hypotheses
identify the author’s assumptions
evaluate the strengths and limitations of the research design methods and measures used, and
evaluate the implications for policy and practice.
2nd piece – Defining Stakeholders – 3-4 pages
In this section, you will define the stakeholders for your chosen topic, present the policy options, and develop an opinion about the problem. In this section, you will analyze the issue.
Be sure to address the following questions:
a. Who are the players? What is at stake?
b. What are the existing alternate policies to deal with this issue or problem?
c. Are the existing public policies effective to deal with this issue or problem? Identify any gaps or conflicts in the sources, and offer your opinions and analysis, where appropriate.
d. Is there any current or pending legislation related to this issue? If so, identify the bill number and discuss the status.
e. What is your position on this issue?
As part of your paper, you should conduct a SWOT analysis and explain the results.
Your paper should be 3-4 pages in length, in addition to the title and references pages that are required. Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources to support your conclusions.
3rd piece – Policy position and recommendation – 3-4 pages
At this point, you have researched the issue, defined the stakeholders, and developed an opinion about the issue or problem. Public administrators must make practical and informed decisions and propose solutions to problems. In your third section, you will develop a policy perspective that takes into account the information and data you have assembled in the first two sections. Be sure to address the following questions:
a. Articulate your recommended policy clearly and practically.
b. Why and how is your recommended policy better than existing policies for this issue?
What are the financial requirements and/or implications of your recommended policy and how are they addressed in your plan?
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.
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