Assignment:
Find a topic of interest. Select a public administration topic that interests you. Avoid issues that are solely politicalor that are primarily the concern of the private sector.Use the textbook for acceptable topics. The instructor must approve the topic.
Apply to public administration. Find 4 to 6 recent peer-reviewed academic sources related to this topic. These sources should be directly related to a public administration concept or theory. The textbook cannot be substituted as a source in place of a journal article.
For the completed paper
1) Introduction
a. Brief description of the issue
b. Explain why the issue is important from a public administration perspective. This does not mean you should say "This is important to public administration because..."Instead, you should simply describe why the issueis important. Use an example from current events or your own experience to help illustrate this point.
c. Thesis statement- how are you relating the case to journal articles?
2) Describe the findings from the academic literature and relate those findings back to the thesis statement.
a. What lessons from the academic literature can be applied to the issue you are investigating?
3) Conclusion
a. Use references to back up your conclusions
4) References page
Use APA Format
Each student must complete a research project (6 to 8 pages) this does not include title and or/bibliography page.