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Books and Resources for this Week

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Measuring Institutional Changes

Change is a constant occurrence in business operations, especially in the public sector.

Change in business practices occurs in all industries, including the private sector, public

sector, and non-profit. Change as a byproduct of environmental practices is uncontrollable

and comes as the cause of activities either leading to significant positive discoveries or

significant detriment. Unanticipated changes resulting from unforeseen incidents or

unexpected changes due to leadership vision, policy implementation, and new

organizational strategies, can moderate to cause serious harm to operations. Agencies’

reaction to these unanticipated changes sometimes happens with some impacts to

operation such as a reduction in work output due to shifting resources to address

unwanted operational impacts.

Changes that are planned often come with some form of organizational benefits because

there is usually time to assess, test, and implement these organizational changes over a

predetermined time period. In the public sector, institutional changes often occur based

on new executive directives as a means to some calculated end.

Executive leaders in public agencies expect recurring changes to how the agency

operates. Change is one of the most constant things in public management because

changes occur as a result of an encounter with real-life situations that demand certain

responses to deal with specific challenges.

Be sure to review this week's resources carefully. You are expected to apply the

information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.

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Davis, M., Hansen, M. E., & Husted, T.

(2018). The impact of political influence

on appointees: Evidence from the small

business administration... Link

Dilger, R. J. (2018). Small Business

Administration (SBA) Funding:

Overview and Recent Trends.

Congressional Research Service:

Report, 1–5. Link

O’Neill, J. . R. J., & Nalbandian, J.

(2018). Change, complexity, and

leadership challenges. Public

Administration Review, 78(2), 311–

314. Link

Wieczorek, D., & Manard, C. (2018).

Instructional leadership challenges and

practices of novice principals in rural

schools. Journal of Research... Link

U.S. Small Business Administration Link

Week 5 - Assignment: Assess Leadership Challenges Assignment

Due November 28 at 11:59 PM

Assessing leadership challenges is an important function within public administration.

Leading public agencies comes with certain risks and challenges that can affect service

quality and delivery. For this assignment, you are a public administrator at the Small

Business Administration (SBA); you will create a newsletter article for distribution to the

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general public that promotes some of the courses in the Learning Center that are available

to the public.

The senior executive has announced new upcoming SBA contracts and grant funding in a

congressional testimony, and since then your agency has been receiving an influx of

emails, letters, and phone calls about the various SBA programs and processes. These

inquires have created an operating challenge for the agency because there are not enough

employees to attend to these requests. Create a newsletter that informs the public of the

courses available through the SBA portal that can help answer their questions. Ensure

your newsletter includes the following:

1. Explain the purpose of the SBA Learning Center.

2. Provide an overview of SBA’s grants and contract vehicles.

3. Describe some of the courses available to the public.

4. Develop a plan for dealing with an increase in online course attendance, and then

explain your plan to overcome technical challenges as a result of the increase.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources.

Your presentation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts

presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this

topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure

to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy.

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