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For your Unit 9 Assignment, you further research the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that you addressed in Unit 3 (Please see attached Unit 3 assignment). For this public sector organization, you will analyze their managerial and administrative processes by examining the impact of a current issue or situation on those processes.

This Assignment will not only give you an opportunity to learn more about the field of Public Administration, but will also give you some real-world context for the skills and concepts you will study throughout your MPA program.

Your Final Assignment should be 6–7 pages in length, not including the cover page and reference page.

o  Introduce your public organization.

o  Describe a current issue, theme, or situation that

o  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 the following, if applicable:

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 inter-related 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. 

The paper should at least 6–7 pages, double-spaced in 12 point font (Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman are acceptable). Save your paper as a Microsoft® Word® document (.doc) and submit it to the Dropbox by the end of Unit 9.

In addition to fulfilling the specifics of the Assignment, a successful paper must also meet the following criteria:

·  Length should be 6–7 pages, excluding cover page and references page

·  Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard American 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. 

The attached file is the Unit 3 assignment that you helped me with, this unit 9 final is a continuation of the unit 3.

achess_unit3_publicadministrationandmanagement.pptx.docx

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Introduction to Public Administration Unit 3 Assignment Details Project Proposal – Part 2 For your Unit 9 Assignment, you will research the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, you will analyze their managerial and administrative processes by examining the impact of a current issue or situation on those processes. In Unit 3, you will need to submit your Final Assignment Proposal consisting of your potential research questions and research sources. Before you complete your Final Assignment, you will submit a short proposal to your instructor. Research the issues, policy concerns, or other current situations that are important to your chosen public sector organization. For example, if you were to research the city of Chicago’s Department of the Environment, you could research recent news articles, and consult the website of the agency for current news (http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/doe.html). In your proposal, you will describe the organization that you plan to research, outline the major concerns for this organization, and propose research questions you plan to answer in the Final Assignment regarding the impact of the issues on administrative and managerial processes. In formulating the research questions for your proposal, focus on the following inter-related managerial and administrative processes, if applicable: 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 Your Final Assignment Proposal should also describe your planned research sources, including any possible interviews. Final Assignment Proposal (Title Page) Founded in 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has been socially and politically recognized as a public sector organization that has never dithered in its mission to “provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States” (Beers, 2006). While the mission statement and the historical establishment of the organization would support that managerial and administrative processes adopted and utilized by this organization are efficacious, there are a number of current events that have presented a challenge to the organization and these processes. The purpose of this paper is to review two of the biggest challenges facing the organization currently, which is the growing concern presented by the public that donations being made to the organization, are, in fact, not going towards to liberation and medical treatment of animals in need. These claims have forced changes to come about within the organization, specifically in areas such as management and administrative processes. The major processes that are conducted by the ASPCA is to promote animal cruelty awareness, ask for donations through emotional television commercials and social media ads, and, as advertised, use funds received via donations, to help rescue, nurse, and rehome animals in need. Current issues that the United States is facing is the dramatic overpopulation of dogs and cats which increases occurrences of animal abuse in a number of different forms. In accordance with information presented by the American Humane Association, it is explained that there are two primary factors attributing to the pet overpopulation problem in the United States: “(1) allowing cats and dogs to reproduce with little chance to find homes for the offspring and (2) pets being relinquished by owners who can no longer keep their animals, or who no longer want them” (American Humane Association, 2015). This pet overpopulation issue ultimately affects ASPCA managerial and administrative processes in the sense that more animals are being neglected and abandoned than ever before which is increasing the need for the services provided by the ASPCA. Financial support is dwindling for the organization in light of several stories that have been shared with the general public that supports the ASPCA is not saving animals as they claim to be. Some stories have submitted claims with seemingly undisputable evidence that only a mere 1% of funds actually donated to the organization are going to the cause the ASPCA claims to be supporting (Fitzpatrick & Griffin, 2012). With that, ASPCA management has changed its focus from animal welfare to various methods of defending the organization and its reputation. This in turn has resulted in the two above mentioned ‘primary factors’ resulting in the pet overpopulation issue within the United States to go unaddressed by the organization as it should be and increases in the pet population only continuing. In an effort to ensure that the organization is maintaining its ethical requirements and policies, further research has been deemed necessary. This proposal will present a heightened focus on the Human Resource Management processes and budgeting and resource allocation processes that are claimed by the ASPCA to be active. The ASPCA is currently struggling with issues regarding budgeting and the allocation of funds as donations have dropped exponentially in light of claims that the ASPCA uses very little of its charitable donations towards the care of animals in need. With that, there are certain questions that need to be posed to the management team(s) for the ASPCA. The primary concerns that need to be addressed in the proposal to follow is the actual allocation of funds by the ASPCA towards the care for animals. After finding appropriate answers the questions to follow, ASPCA management would ultimately be forced to see the error in their ways on both an individual and organizational level. It would be at this point that multiple decisions would need to be made regarding what changes must be implemented to ensure ethical effectiveness within the organization. The following research questions are questions that would be posed to ASPCA Human Resource Managers and those navigating the organization’s financial department. 1. What major changes in animal welfare needs have occurred since the organization’s inception in the 1800’s? 2. How have those changes affected the ways in which the ASPCA promotes the charity and distributes funds for the purpose of animal welfare needs? 3. What percentage of the funds raised by the ASPCA actually go to the rescuing, medical care, housing, treatment, and rehoming of animals in need? What is the remaining money used for? 4. What is your position to the claims made in 2013 that the ASPCA only used 4% of its budget for supporting animal shelters? This computes to the ASPCA giving $4.9 million to animal shelters out of a $129 million budget (Lane & Zawistowski, 2008). 5. The general public has a negative perception of ASPCA Human Resource Managers; why might this be, and what can be done to remedy these negative perceptions? 6. What new policies could be generated that will ensure that an appropriate amount of donated funds is actually used for the care of animals in need? How would these new policies be implemented? References (& sources to address potential research questions) Adams, B. & Larson, J. (2015). Legislative history of the Animal Welfare Act. Retrieved from https://awic.nal.usda.gov/legislative-history-animal-welfare-act/intro American Humane Association (2015). Pet overpopulation. Retrieved from http://www.americanhumane.org/animals/adoption-pet-care/issues-information/petoverpopulation.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) (2015). Grants and sponsorships of the ASPCA. Retrieved from http://www.aspcapro.org/grants Beers, D. L. (2006). For the prevention of cruelty: The history and legacy of animal rights activism in the United States. Ohio University Press. Doran, C. E. (2014). Ethical codes of conduct: Theory and application in small and medium businesses (Doctoral dissertation, University of Salford). Fitzpatrick, D. & Griffin, D. (2012). Little of charity’s money is going to help animals. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/14/us/animal-charity-investigation/ Lane, M. S., & Zawistowski, S. (2008). Heritage of care: the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Greenwood Publishing Group. Von Glinow, Mary Ann. Let us speak for those who cannot. Academy of Management Journal48, no. 6 (2005): 983-985.
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