Topic: Local government politics of the distribution of Parks and Recreation resources
Book: Politics of The Administrative Process- Donald Kettl Edition 7
Public Administration emphasizes the politics of the governance/administrative process. The paper should reflect one or more of the course objective criteria:
A greater understanding of the values represented by public service and their connection to efforts to achieve greater organizational productivity and effectiveness;
Increased knowledge of several public skill areas, including planning, decision-making, public human resource management, and public budgeting;
An improved analytical capability that more clearly facilitates the identification of problems and solutions; and
Communicate and interact productively with a diverse and changing workforce and citizenry.
Implement topics below into your research paper as it relates to your topic
o Accountability
o Organizational Theory & Issues
o Human Capital
o Budgeting
o Implementation and Performance
o Political Perspective
ā¢ Use NRPA.org as journal/article resources
ā¢ Use Journal of Parks and Recreation Administration as resources.
ā¢ Use other journals and scholarly articles.
Introduction
ā¢ Did the student introduce and define the research topic of interest that is consistent with the research paper proposal?
ā¢ Did the student discuss how the topic relates to public administration?
ā¢ Did the student articulate how the topic has āreal world significanceā and matters to the profession?
Research Paper Analysis
ā¢ Did the student develop a literature review of the topic, making note and synthesizing prior research written on the topic using credible sources primarily using academic journals and books, with support documentation from government websites, newspapers, etc?
ā¢ Did the student de-emphasize the use of the Kettl text?
ā¢ Did the student analyze and synthesize any major emergent themes that are associated with the topic of interest or question in which the student is researching?
Formatting, Logic, Flow, and Understanding
ā¢ Did the quality of writing reflects graduate level work demonstrating clarity of ideas and an integration of concepts? Does the student employ subheadings and transitional sentences between subsections?
ā¢ Did the student include the proper use of headings/sub-headings?
ā¢ Did the student include the proper use of footnotes and citations?
Summary and Conclusion
ā¢ Did the student summarize all of the critical components of the concepts developed within the paper?
ā¢ Did the student provide a clear and concise conclusion?
