Read all instructions and the grading rubric carefully before beginning this Organizational Structure Assignment. You are responsible for reading and understanding these documents. For this Organizational Structure Assignment, you are required to choose between producing a PowerPoint presentation or writing a research paper. This Organizational Structure Assignment must focus on the organizational models in public administration and the effects of those structures on personnel performance.
Read: Dresang: Exercises 2 – 3 and Read: The Role of Organizations in Fostering Public Service Motivation and conduct your own research. You must explain the different models of organizational design that may be utilized in public administration, the effects that these models may have on public service motivation, and an evaluation of organizational structure options considering biblical principles.
You are expected to comport yourself with the highest writing, research, and ethical standards. Additionally, to do well on this Organizational Structure Assignment, you must conduct high quality research and offer rich, well-supported analysis and evaluation. The emphasis here is on your ability to critically evaluate and analyze the material and to exhibit a nuanced understanding of the substance, dynamics, and ramifications reflected in the subject matter; mere reporting, opinion, or conjecture will not suffice.
You must avoid any careless or simple grammar errors such as misspellings, incomplete sentences, comma splices, faulty noun/verb agreement, etc. Such errors will result in substantial point deductions. Oral presentations must be professional, articulate, and free of grammar errors, informality, etc.
Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited and may result in failure of the assignment, failure of the course, and/or removal from the program. It is your responsibility to ensure that you fully understand what constitutes the various forms of plagiarism and that you avoid all forms of plagiarism.
Option 2: PowerPoint Presentation
If you elect to complete a PowerPoint presentation with audio (see Recording Audio in Powerpoint in the Organizational Structure Resources):
