Annotated Bibliography week 7

PADM 530

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INSTRUCTIONS

Once the student completes Discussion Board forum #2- S.W.O.T Analysis based upon

previously captured Public Administrator Generated Information (PAGI), the student will then

begin smart action research. Smart research is research that is devoted to finding solutions to

problems. The scholarly resources and other pertinent data will be annotated.

The student will take a clinical approach to economic development by first diagnosing the

development problems; and, then by finding what can be done to minimize the scope and

severity of the problem(s) identified. Ultimately, this information assembled in the Annotated

Bibliography will be reviewed in preparation of a report suitable for public sector decision

makers and other stakeholders.

The student will be expected to submit an Annotated Bibliography presenting sources that provide the

academic and research support for the Economic Development Analysis with Action Plan – Case Study

Project Part II. Students must annotate a minimum of 25 sources. Sources can include the various journal

articles as well as scholarly and professional sources. Manyl materials may be found through Liberty

University Online Research Portal.

Keeping in mind that the goal of the Annotated Bibliography assignment will be to document literature

pertaining to best practices for addressing various areas of concern for economic development, most

specifically focusing on the items uncovered during the S.W.O.T. analysis assignment, the Annotated

Bibliography serves as a recordkeeping system for the “fact-finding,” “smart research” the student

conducts. The process of developing the Annotated Bibliography will replicate the type of strategic

research activity required of consultants. The result of this assignment will be the identification of

documented approaches that worked in comparable locations, strategies that might rightly be applied to

the chosen jurisdiction. The most feasible of those prospects documented in the Annotated Bibliography

should inform the Action Plan for Case Study Project Part 2.

The Annotated Bibliography is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 7.