students will find a current event related to topics in Texas government: state and local politics. Whats a summary analysis, you say? The grandaddy of all political science, Harold Lasswell, is known for defining Politics. , Ideological values, beliefs, and opinions, aside, when it comes to government and politics, his definition of the word (ironically) is probably the only thing that all mankind can agree on. Lasswell, defines politics, as "who, gets what, where, when, and how". Apply that definition to the article's information, or the article's information to that definition, and write a 10 sentence summary that focuses on critically evaluating what is going on, from your personal perspective. Interject your opinion. You should be making a statement, argument, and your opinion about the subject matter, should be known. However, this needs to be done in a scholarly and academic manner. Focus on explanation, reason and rationalization, to provide a clear opinion statement and discussion of their personal perspective and political position towards the event or issue in their article. In addition, to receive full credit, students MUST include a direct link to the original article’s text that they are using to complete this assignment.https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2018/texas-...

CASE STUDY PAPER #2 – The “Team member from Hell” PaperPurpose of thisAssignmentTo show that you can use course theory and concepts to identifycauses of so called “people” problems in organizations and to comeup with practical solutions to fix the situation discussed in the case“The Team Member from Hell.”Format The paper should contain 1,200 -1,600 words, 12 point font, double line spacing. You will add a cover page showing your name and the name of your paper, and a reference page listing all sources cited in the paper. Cover and reference pages do not count against the word count.Structure  Section 1. A brief statement of your observations about the situation and the key issues in that team. Section 2. A clear one-sentence problem statement; e.g., Theproblem facing this team is XXX Section 3. Identification of 3 causes of this problem – each of which comes from a theory or concept in our course. In other words, you will be applying 3 concepts/theories from the course.For each concept you must:o Define the theory/concept in a detailed enough way that it is clear you understand its distinctions and why it applies here.o Persuade me that it fits this situation and helps you understand a true cause of the problem in the case.o Explain the concept in enough depth that I am convinced you fully understand them. Feel free to cite the textbook and other sources anywhere in the paper, just do NOT use quotes from the textbook to define the concept. State things in your own words, otherwise I will not know whether you fully understand the concepts. To show me that you understand them, you will need to discuss nuances and those fine-grained details to develop non-obvious ideas. Choose depth over breadth as you decide how many concepts to discuss. Section 4. Propose two possible solutions to the problem (section2) – which grow out of the causes of the problem you discussed insection 3. Discuss the clear, explicit, connection between one or more causes of the problem (see section 3), and each of these two possible solutions. Section 5. Recommend the BEST solution (selected from the two you presented in section 4). Tell me why this is the best solutionand the pros and cons of this choice (for example, what might make it difficult to implement?). Explain how you would practically implement it as the consultant hired by the professor.