Presenting for the Future

Assignment 4: Presenting for the Future
Due Week 10 and worth 150 points

In this presentation, imagine that you are to present to an undergraduate public administration class at the local college. The content of the presentation will provide an overview of public administration within the local, state, and federal government, as well as non-profit agencies.

Use the basic outline below as headers for your presentation. Organize your responses to each question under the following slide headings:

• History of Public Administration (for Question 3)
• Public Budgeting (for Question 4)
• Policy Analysis (for Question 5)
• Public Leadership and Personnel (for Question 6)
• Constitutional and Administrative Law (for Question 7)
• Being a Public Administrator (for Question 8)

Create a ten to twelve (10-12) slide presentation in which you:

1. Create a title slide and references section (as indicated in the format requirements below).
2. Narrate each slide, using a microphone, indicating what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience. Note: If you do not have access to a microphone, then you should provide detailed speaker notes with your presentation.
3. Summarize the history of public administration.
4. Evaluate the importance of public budgeting within the federal government.
5. Analyze the role of policy analysis within the state government.
6.  Evaluate the significance of the role that public leadership and public personnel play as they relate to all levels of government.
7. Compare the significance of both constitutional and administrative law for the government and for non-profit agencies.
8. Give your opinion on how each of these areas plays a significant role as a public administrator.
9. Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other Websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
• Include a reference slide containing the sources that were consulted while completing research on the selected topic, listed in APA format. The reference slide is not included in the required slide length.
• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, two to three (2-3) colors, two to three (2-3) fonts, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.
• Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized (e.g., “Four Key Attributes,” “Responses to Budget Issues,” etc.).

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Reconstruct the historical development of the field of public administration.
• Rearrange public administration, both the traditional and the new approaches, from structural, functional, and process perspectives, as well as the key goals of the public and private sector.
• Evaluate the role and functions of public administration as it relates to executive branches of government and public policies at federal, state, and local levels.
• Organize the concepts of public budgeting and policy formation essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
• Organize the concepts of planning and human resource management essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
• Compose the concepts of public leadership and management essential to the study of public administration.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public administration.
• Write clearly and concisely about public administration using proper writing mechanics.