Social Security Administration Case
CASE STUDY CRITIQUE
Identify the important facts in the case study.
What decision(s) were made in the case study.
Do you believe the decisions were appropriate?
Discuss any alternative solution(s) to the problem and support those solutions with additional research (with similar cases).
How a person can become a follower of Christ
What are various beliefs regarding the gospel message in our culture?
What are some specific emotional reasons non-Christians do not accept Christ as Savior?
What are some specific moral reasons non-Christians do not accept Christ as Savior?
What are some specific intellectual reasons non-Christians do not accept Christ as Savior?
What are some apologetic methods Christians can share to address these reasons and better communicate the gospel message?
How a person can become a follower of Christ
What are various beliefs regarding the gospel message in our culture?
What are some specific emotional reasons non-Christians do not accept Christ as Savior?
What are some specific moral reasons non-Christians do not accept Christ as Savior?
What are some specific intellectual reasons non-Christians do not accept Christ as Savior?
What are some apologetic methods Christians can share to address these reasons and better communicate the gospel message?
Classical Organizational Theory
Classical Organizational Theory deals with the “systematic
processes necessary to make bureaucracy more efficient and effective.” Name three scholars that
are credited with the development of classical organizational thought that most correctly fit into
this definition of Classical Organizational Theory. What are the basic arguments articulated by
each in their contributions to the development of Classical Organizational Theory?
Methadone and Needle Exchange Programs
Category: Medicine and Health
Investigate the use of methadone, methadone clinics, and needle exchange programs to combat the effects of heroin use. List the purposes of each and state their effectiveness. Are such clinics and programs legal? If so, where? What is your opinion of the use of methadone, methadone clinics, and needle exchange programs? Should methadone and needle exchange programs be made available to drug users? Why or why not?
How and why drugs work
Research a drug that is highly abused in your geographic area and/or job or research a drug that is a general area of interest to you. Discuss psychological and physical dependence to the drug. Who abuses the drug? What factors have contributed to its abuse? What are the effects on individuals, families, and the community that have resulted from the abuse? What strategies have been put in place to reduce the abuse? Are they working? Include any additional comments or concerns related to the drug.
Case study critique: Oakdale Administrator Case.
Write a critique on two case studies in this course as outlined in your required reading. Your critique should discuss the major facts of the case and should tell whether you believe the right decision(s) was/were made and why. Doing so not only further develops and demonstrates strong critical thinking skills, but also broadens your awareness and understanding of issues facing today’s public administrators.
The format of each case study critique should be as follows:
Identify the important facts in the case study.
What decision(s) were made in the case study.
Do you believe the decisions were appropriate?
Discuss any alternative solution(s) to the problem and support those solutions with additional research (with similar cases).
Qualitative Research Methodology
What is meant by the term Qualitative Research? (Introduce this section with a with a brief, properly formatted level one heading.)
What are some specific examples of different qualitative research methods? (Introduce this section with a with a brief, properly formatted level one heading.) Include a minimum of three specific qualitative methods. Introduce each of these methods with its own brief, properly formatted level two heading. For each method you write about, include at least one properly formatted in-text citation to indicate your source for your content in the body of your paragraph. This applies for each item/method in this section.
Ethical Decision-Making and Team-Based Leadership
Analyze the ethical considerations and team-based approach to leadership by reading a brief case study about a hospital in a flood and making decisions to mitigate the circumstances.
Consider each of the following details as you describe how you would effectively manage such an emergency as a leader:
What types of things would lead you to decide that evacuating the patients is necessary? (You can address ethical decision-making.)
Where would you place the patients? In other words, what would serve as your evacuation shelter? Be sure to explain why this would be an effective evacuation shelter by describing the location and its surroundings.
How would you transport the patients and their medication to the evacuation shelter?
Who would monitor the patients at the evacuation shelter?
How would you apply team-based leadership in an emergency like this (e.g., interagency collaboration and cooperation)?
Suicide in youth
Create an infographic to educate the community on the impact of a public health issue and make recommendations for policy change.
Select a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.
Based on the public health issue selected, create an infographic that briefly addresses the following:
Describe the selected public health issue and its impact on the community. Include data that demonstrate the significance of this issue and key risk factors leading to this issue.
Discuss ways that the public health issue can be prevented, including key concepts of epidemiology.
Explain a policy that currently addresses this issue and the impact of this policy on population outcomes including social justice and health equity.
Propose at least one change to existing policies to better address this issue. Support recommendations with appropriate evidence.
Summarize what steps are required to initiate policy change. Identify necessary stakeholders required to initiate policy change (government officials, administrator, etc.) and explain their level of influence.