write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you respond to the following questions:

Managing Competing Agendas

Student Name

Strayer University

PAD 500 Modern Public Administration

Instructor Name

Fall 2014

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Please review Chapters 5, 6, and 7 in the textbook and Week 4 through 6 Blackboard lectures. Prior to submitting your paper, please make sure you review your paper for clarity, writing mechanics, formatting, and spell check which addresses Criterion #6 of the Grading Rubric. The Virtual Writing Center (VWC) provides live coaching as well as many other resources that you can access 24/7. To enroll in the VWC, you can go to the Course Catalog and click on "Supplemental Instruction". From here, search using "virtualwritingcenter" with no spaces between the words. Follow the prompts to enroll. The calendar on the landing page lists all of the live sessions available. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (not including the Title or Reference pages)

Introduction

This is the introductory paragraph. It should be a paragraph that introduce the reader to your topic and explain in detail what your paper will be discussing. Read the Scenario to get a feel for what the paper is about and explain what your paper will be discussing. Much of your introduction may be taken from the assignment itself (in your own words). It should what will be discussed from the questions in the assignment in separate sentences.

Agency Evaluation

In this paragraph, you will be focusing on your response to Question 1. In separate sentences, evaluate an agency the issue impacts and assess the level of interdependence between planning, human resource management, and budgeting. In this section, you will be focusing on your response to Question 1. Provide a brief overview of the selected agency and why this agency was selected to evaluate the issue.

Discuss how the planning, human resource, and budgeting departments play an integral role and may work together to address your issue within the agency. Discuss how these departments can collectively support or not support the issue?

Create a scenario in which you explain the overall manner in which these functions interact.

Justify your response with examples.

Note: Take the selected issue from Assignment #1 and discuss how each of these areas overall influence the good and bad in your issue within the agency.

Public Policy

In this section, you will be focusing on your response to Question 2. Introduce your topic here. Discuss how the human resource department can support the issue based on its level of competence. Consider whether the department has the right type of personnel to support the issue and will current or future personnel need training. Identify specific competencies personnel will need in order to address the issue.

Based on your response to Question #1 regarding human resource management, construct two (2) competencies that public personnel managers need to possess in order to minimize the impact of the policy issue.

Competency 1:

Justify your response. Note: In this question, the student focuses directly on what competencies a personnel manager may need in order to address the policy issue

Competency 2:

Justify your response. Note: In this question, the student focuses directly on what competencies a personnel manager may need in order to address the policy issue.

Politics of Budgeting

In this paragraph, you will be focusing on your response to Question 3.

Based on your response to Question #1 regarding budgeting, take a position on whether the politics of budgeting will negatively or positively impacted outcomes on budget policy and formation overall. Discuss how the budget may impact the issue in the present and future. Can the budget support such an issue? What type of political backlash could the agency receive about funding this issue, etc.?

Provide a rationale for your response.

Note: In this question, the student focuses on how and in what matter the agencies budget may influence the policy issue.

Policy Modification Negative Impacts

In this paragraph, you will be focusing on your response to Question 4.

Based on your response to Question #1 regarding planning, analyze the impact of political responsiveness and propose two (2) challenges that political responsiveness may present for management. Discuss two challenges agency administrators may receive from different internal and external stakeholders regarding the issue, level of criticism, etc. Discuss the political responsiveness versus the managerial effectiveness. How can or should a public administrator take a directive from a political appointee? Discuss how agency administrators should respond to the challenges.

Challenge 1:

Note: In this question, the student discusses how public administrators may respond to the issue and what challenges the issue presents to management.

Challenge 2:

Note: In this question, the student discusses how public administrators may respond to the issue and what challenges the issue presents to management.

Conclusion

In this paragraph, you will be summarizing your responses to Questions 1-4.

References

Denhardt, R. B., Denhardt, J. V., & Blanc, T. A. (2014). Public administration: An action orientation (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thompson – Wadsworth – Cengage Learning.

You need a total of 4 peer-reviewed references no more than five years old from material outside the textbook. Each reference you provide must be cited within the paper as a citation. This addresses Criterion #5 of the Grading Rubric.