What would create a solid foundation in creating trust in government and within government? What would create and promote strong moral values and ethical behavior in public administration? What is the significance of ethics and transparency in government?
Explain the differences between bureaucratic ethics and personal ethics.
Explain how interest groups impact public administration.
Organization: Assignment presents information logically and is clearly relevant to discussion topic. 15
Public Administration
You are required to write a public finance (taxes and government expenditure) research paper on your chosen topic. Your topic must address an aspect of the federal government that you believe is a financial problem for taxpayers. In your analysis, be sure to discuss some of the material addressed in this course. The paper should be well thought-out and well written. Your paper must also have the following sections:
Introduction/Background
Analysis of the Issue
Alternative Points of Views
Your Own Point of View
All papers submitted must be typewritten, doubled-spaced, 8 -10pages (excluding preliminary pages, references and appendices). The font should be 12 point and the type style Times Roman, Courier or equivalent. Full and proper citation is expected. Citations in the text of your paper must reference a complete list of works cited at the end of the paper.
The paper should be done using the APA style manual. Wikipedia, blogs etc. are not considered as academic sources… use scholarly (journal) articles to help in writing this paper. Also, note that excessive citation although referenced is still considered plagiarism.
Required Text
John L. Mikesell, Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector, Latest Edition. Thomson Wadsworth Publishing,
Public Administration
Abstract (no more than 1 page, gives a brief overview of the contents of your paper, the abstract is written last after you have completed your entire paper)
Introduction (2-3 pages in length)
Include your statement in first or second paragraph.
Describe or summarize the policy or program which you intend to evaluate.
What are the goals or desired outcomes of the policy or program?
Why are the goals or outcomes important?
Include your research questions at the end of the introduction.
Literature Review (3-4pages in length)
This section of your paper corresponds directly to your research questions. Each question should be reflected in sub-headings in your literature review. If you don’t have a research question about “it” don’t include “it” in your paper.
How have other researchers attempted to evaluate the policy or program? What were their conclusions? What might be replicated in your evaluation?
What theory or theories connect the policy or program to its goals or desired outcomes?
Methodology (2-4 pages in length, this is how you are going to evaluate this program/policy in the future)
Of all the evaluation techniques you have learned in the course which one will you use to evaluate your policy or program? (Implementation evaluation, Process evaluation, Outcome evaluation, Goals or desired outcomes, Program theory, Quantitative methodology, Qualitative methodology, Dependent variable(s), Independent variable(s),
Experimental design, Quasi-experimental design, Internal validity, External validity, Unit of analysis, Replication, Meta-analysis, Cost-benefit analysis, Cost-effectiveness analysis)
Is an experimental design relevant to your evaluation? If so, how? What form? If not, why not?
Is your evaluation a process evaluation or an outcome evaluation? Why? How?
What are the principal components of your evaluation design?
Study Variables
Name your dependent, independent, and control variables.
Data Collection
Name your unit(s) of analysis.
How do you propose to measure the factors, variables, goals, or outcomes which are relevant to your evaluation?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of your proposed measures?
Sampling and Survey Instruments
What are the principal sources of data and information which you propose to employ?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of your proposed sources?
Data Analysis
How do you propose to analyze and to interpret the data and information which you collect? In other words, how will your analysis and/or interpretation show that the policy or program goals or outcomes have or have not been achieved?
Conclusion (2-3 pages in length)
Analyze what you have learned and inform the reader (No real analysis will be done).
What policy or programmatic recommendations might emerge from your evaluation?
References (must be in APA style, not all citation generation programs will produce a correct APA reference page, you must double check)
