Final Paper
You will prepare a research paper on a public organization that has undergone (or should undergo) a fairly significant change. The paper should describe the organization’s change, retrospectively or prospectively, in light of the concepts introduced in this course.
There are two parts to this paper. The first part (items 1–2 below) is a narrative about your organization and the need for change. The second part (items 3–6) requires an application of the theories and concepts from class to the organization you have selected.
The final paper will:
1. Describe the organization, including history, purpose, size, age, geographic or other territorial mandate, target population, funding sources, and other such demographics as you think would be helpful to the reader. If any of these have changed significantly, you’ll want to mention them. (1 page)
2. Explain what prompted the need for change. What happened to prompt the change? What did they measure or observe to find out about the problem? What results did the organization expect and why? It’s helpful to think of this as the immediate and proximal issue that indicated that change was necessary. (1–2 pages)
3. Diagnose the potential causes of the problem. Was it primarily structural, administrative, political, or something else? This section should describe the longer-term issues that led up to the indicator that change was necessary noted in item number 2 here. If you assert that it was a financial problem, you’ll need to have a good story ready; financial problems rarely come about in the absence of other problems. (2–3 pages)
4. Prescribe what sort of change is called for, how it should be brought about, by whom, and on what timetable? If this is a retrospective case, you need not agree that what was done was correct, even if it turned out okay. (4–5 pages)
5. Discuss the ethical implications of the case and apply an ethical framework. Class notes for week 8 include some tips on ethical frameworks. (1 page)
6. Describe what you will measure or observe to see whether the change is doing what it was intended to do. (1 page)
Please use APA style (with in-text parenthetical citations) for all assignments. Assistance with APA style can be found here:
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