The focus of this course is on applied learning and your ability to take the information from the course and apply it to a real problem, program, or policy. There really is no one best way to design a research project. The emphasis is on finding the most appropriate way. For example, choosing exercise over eating unhealthy foods is almost always the best choice. Unfortunately, things are not that clear in research. An evaluation design is not always the best in every circumstance. For example, if you are evaluating the effectiveness of an entitlement program that provides cash to low income families, you should not use an experimental design in which some families are randomly excluded from receiving these benefits. You cannot deny benefits that someone is legally entitled to receive. While an experimental design is usually seen as a good design, in this instance, it would not be appropriate.For this Assignment, you will develop an effective research question and select an appropriate evaluation design for your program, problem, or policy. Review the Learning Resources for this week. Use the organization that you selected as the topic of your Discussion post for this week, and reference your colleagues’ feedback to guide you in selecting your research question(s) and evaluation design. You will be using their feedback to help you further develop and refine the research question and evaluate design you choose for your research project.In your Assignment, include the following:Briefly describe the organization that you will use for your Final Project.Briefly describe the program, problem, or policy within that organization that might benefit from evaluation.Develop a research question(s) that defines the purpose of the evaluation.Describe the evaluation design that is most appropriate for this program, problem, or policy, and justify your selection. Include a discussion of validity and reliability.Use at least three scholarly sources from the library that were published within the past five years to support your paper. Be sure to follow APA guidelines when citing your sources.Papers should be double-spaced and be 3–5 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages.Required ResourcesReadingsJohnson, G. (2014). Research methods for public administrators (3rd ed.). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe.Chapter 3, “What is the Question?” (pp. 34–47)Chapter 4, “Identifying Measures and Measurement Strategy” (pp. 48–63)Chapter 5, “Designs for Research: The Xs and Os Framework” (pp. 64–83)Chapter 6, “Other Research Approaches” (pp. 84–96)StatPac. (2009). Qualities of a good question. Retrieved from http://www.statpac.com/surveys/question-qualities.htm

A primary technique of deeper analysis of an organization is the Porter’s Five Forces Model. This technique is often used when looking at your competitive advantage. Looking at your competitive advantage is important to aligning your operational needs with your business strategies. Write a 700- to 1050- word proposal to the company of your plan to align the operational needs with business strategies based on your analysis. Include the following in your proposal: An analysis of the company based on Porter’s Five Forces An analysis on the effectiveness of the leadership model the company is currently using Consider the current leadership style or styles in place at the company. Determine the effectiveness of the leadership style/s and whether an alternative style/s would be more impactful. Assess how to determine effective leadership. What makes a leader effective or ineffective? Consider sources of managerial power when leaders are effective. Recommendation for the following actions: Leadership model changes

Prior to beginning your written assignment read the Criminal ProcedureLinks to an external site. article, Right to a Speedy and Public Trial - Public TrialLinks to an external site. article, the Right to Confront WitnessLinks to an external site. article, Right to CounselLinks to an external site. article and review the Supreme Court Opinions synopses. Read the following case scenario: In the ongoing war on terrorism, the new president has proposed expanding the jurisdiction of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA). FISA is a U.S. federal court established and authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States by federal law. The new president’s proposed Secret Terrorism Trial Bill will expand the jurisdiction of the FISA to hold secret, non-public trials of accused terrorists for any planned or actual acts of terrorism on U.S. soil. The bill will also allow witnesses to testify before the FISA Court by remote video with their identities kept secret from the accused and any defense team. The stated purpose for the secrecy is to allow trials of terrorists without giving them a public platform for their radical ideology and to allow witnesses to testify without fear of reprisals from terrorist groups such as ISIS or Al-Qaeda. Write a paper addressing the following: Explain whether the proposed Secret Terrorism Trial Bill violates the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial, Describe whether the proposed Secret Terrorism Trial Bill violate the Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against you. Explain whether the government’s overriding need to fight terrorism outweighs the Sixth Amendment rights of the accused. Identify whether the Sixth Amendment applies to terrorists since the writers of the Constitution could not have envisioned mass shootings and suicide bombers.