SEPTA

Your final Assignment should be 6–7 pages in length (not including the cover page and reference page), double spaced, 12-point font (Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman are acceptable), written in paragraph form, and should contain the following information:

• Introduce your public organization.
• Describe a current issue, theme, or situation that faces your organization.
• The majority of your Assignment should describe the ways this current issue or situation impacts the administrative and managerial processes your public organization uses to accomplish their mission.

In describing these inter-related managerial and administrative processes, focus on at least one of the following:

1. Human Resource Management
2. Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3. Policy Creation (if applicable)
4. Policy Implementation (if applicable)
5. Delivering Services to the Public (if applicable)
6. Performance Evaluation (of people or of programs)
7. Legislative Process
8. Local Government Council, Town or Regional Meetings
9. Inter- and Intra-Governmental Communication and Negotiation (like the relationship between federal and local, state and local, or globally)
10. Ethical Decision Making
    • Examine how these interrelated processes impact the larger goals of your organization.
    • Examine how your chosen issue, theme, or situation of your public organization impacts the other goals and programs of your organization.
    • Finally, recommend the next steps that you think your public organization should take toward accomplishing their goals and/or resolving the issues you discussed.
    • Make sure to include the research you conducted on your public organization. Be sure to use at least four or more academic resources beyond the class text material to discuss the administrative and managerial roles of your chosen public organization. Ensure that you use adequate resources in your final Assignment to support your points.
    • If you conducted an interview of an individual from your public organization as one of the pieces of your research, be sure to provide details on this interview in your final Assignment. Also, ensure that this interview is appropriately cited in the project.

• Length should be 6–7 pages, excluding cover page and references page.
• Include a cover page and references page in 10 – 12 point font (Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman are acceptable)
• Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained
• Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
• Writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful
• Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics
• Appropriate citation style should be followed

You should also make sure to:

• Include a title page with full name, class name, section number, and date
• Include an introductory and concluding paragraph and demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English
• Use examples to support your discussion
• A minimum of 6 to 10 references should be included to support your writing.
• Cite all sources on a separate reference page at the end of your paper and cite within the body of your paper using APA format and citation style. For more information on APA guidelines, visit Academic Tools