Answer the 3 questions
below. Answer each questions with an essay of between 1500 and
1800 words each (body of your paper – don’t count front or end matter). Ground
your response in course materials and concepts. Cite all sources according to
APA guidelines. You will be graded on your ability to write clearly and
directly, to develop your work in a clear and logical manner, and your ability
to tie your response to appropriate source material.
1. Accountability is one of the key values in Public
Administration. Using references from
the assigned readings, discuss the issues involved in making public
organizations accountable. To whom are
public officials accountable? What are
the most effective means of ensuring a balance between the demands for
accountability and the need to have high-performing organizations?
2. You have just been hired with an MPA degree by City
Manager Richard Towns, who has been in his position at Center City for 25
years. He asks you to brief him on the
two or three most important recent developments or issues in public
administration that he needs to be aware of, based on your coursework at UB.
Prepare a briefing paper based on the topics we covered in this semester’s
class.
3. Discuss the following statement with reference to the
course readings: “Public problems are too big and complex for any single
organization, jurisdiction, or agency to handle on their own. Collaboration and cooperation are necessary,
between levels of government and the public, not-for-profit, and private
sectors.” What are the ways in which collaboration is being fostered in today’s
system of governance? What are the
strengths and possible drawbacks of greater collaboration in pursuit of public
goals?
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