Week 8 Discussion 1

• From the first e-Activity, examine and evaluate the disparity of your state’s budget allocation for education and property tax to the various localities.
• Based on your assessment, challenge or defend the equity of the system across the various localities.

Review “Measuring Fiscal Disparities across the U.S. States,” located in the online course shell. Be prepared to discuss.

Week 8 Discussion 2

• Recommend at least two (2) strategies an administrator can apply to ensure that the budget is performing according to the established performance indicators. Justify your response.
• From the second e-Activity on “Variance Analysis”, propose at least two (2) actions an administrator can take to avoid assumptions in budget items to avoid overlooking favorable or adverse line items in the budget. Provide examples to justify your response.

Watch the video titled “Variance Analysis”, (7 min 27 s), located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFu2iqmCnX4. Be prepared to discuss.

Week 8 Assignment 3

Scenario for Assignments 1-5

For Assignments 1-5, you are the new budgeting and finance administrator for your local government agency. Your first responsibility is to become familiar with the agency, the budget, programs, and capital projects. As the administrator, you will be responsible for analyzing, examining, proposing, and preparing the agency’s budget for the next five (5) years.

Note: Students cannot use New York City as a selected local government

Assignment 3: Presenting the Budget

Due Week 8 and worth 225 points

Refer the Scenario for Assignments 1–5. Prepare the financial plan and budget justification proposal.

The agency is contracted to work with New York City on several capital projects. To proceed with negotiations, an analysis of the city’s financial documents must be considered. Review the New York City Financial Plan, located at http://www.nyc.gov/html/omb/downloads/pdf/fp6_12.pdf, to answer questions listed. (Title this section “New York City Financial Plan”)

1. Answer Question 1 based on the review of the New York City Financial Plan: Are total revenues growing faster or more slowly than expenditures? Show the annual growth rates for revenues and expenditures in a table.
2. Answer Question 2 based on the review of the New York City Financial Plan: What is New York City’s fastest-growing category of expenditures during the planning period? Justify the answer with examples.
3. Answer Question 3 based on the review of the New York City Financial Plan: What percentage of New York City revenue comes from the general property tax? How much is this tax growing in each year of the financial plan? Justify the answer with examples.
4. Prepare a budget to support the proposal to partner with New York City to offer a job training program housed within the NYC Department of Social Services. (Title this section “Budget Justification Proposal.”) (Note: The agency has decided to partner with New York City.)

a) The agency proposes $500,000 over a three (3) year period beginning FY2013 to be included in the State Categorical Grants for the Department of Social Services to provide hands-on job training workshops in office administration, security, construction, and apartment maintenance.

b) Use Figure 7.2, Budget Justification, in Chapter 7 (pages 114-115) as an example.

1. Provide names and URLs of the Websites for the state’s budget(s) analyzed and any other government Websites used to support the assignment’s criteria.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the basic skills and tools needed for budgeting for public sector agencies and / or departments.
• Recommend appropriate policy actions based on the evaluation.
• Evaluate a budgeting system at any governmental level.
• Analyze the scope and sequence of budgeting in terms of sources of revenues, purpose of government expenditures, budget cycles, budget preparation, and debt administration.
• Analyze the steps required for budgeting, such as preparing a budget, making a financial plan, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, and making budget decisions.
• Examine the key components for presenting and justifying the budget to decision makers.
• Prepare a preliminary budgeting system for presentation before Congress, state / local government, or other organization.
• Develop various budget charts that represent segments of the budgeting process.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public budgeting and finance.
• Write clearly and concisely about public budgeting and finance using proper writing mechanics.

 

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This week you will identify current prevention and treatment strategies used to address juvenile delinquency.

In the context of juvenile delinquency, treatment and prevention take on two different meanings. Treatment is reactive in nature, providing remedies for issues and conditions already present. Prevention, on the other hand, is proactive in nature, concentrating on eliminating or reducing the commission of certain conduct or the presence of certain situations.

Create a 10–12 slide PowerPoint presentation which lists current prevention and treatment strategies. Include the following in your presentation:

• List four current prevention strategies.
• Discuss how effective each prevention strategy is in successfully rehabilitating the juvenile delinquent.
• List four current treatment strategies.
• Discuss how effective each treatment strategy is in successfully rehabilitating the juvenile delinquent.

Include an introduction slide and a reference slide.

 

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Project Management: Project Performance and Completion Presentation

Instructions (Read Carefully):

DO NOT complete the entire assignment.  I only need 1-2 slides with speaker notes.  Only complete the “Explain how the Schedule and Cost Performance Indexes are calculated and are used to monitor project performance” part that is listed in the “Assignment Requirements” section below.  The part that I need completed is underlined, bolded, and italicized so it can be easily found.  Use the “Project Management Plan Proposal Presentation – Learning Team C” Power Point Presentation file that is attached to this question in order to complete the assignment successfully.  Do not forget to include speaker notes.

Assignment Requirements (Only Complete The Part(s) That Are Indicated In The Instructions Above):

Continue using the organization and project selected in Week 2.

Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation on the team’s Week 2 project, including responses to the following project performance measurement and project closure items:

• Project Performance Measurement
• Explain how the project managers use earned value to monitor project performance.
• Calculate the project’s Budget At Completion (BAC).
• Explain how the Schedule and Cost Performance Indexes are calculated and are used to monitor project performance.
• Explain how agile project performance measurement differs from the traditional methods.

•  Project Closure
• Describe the steps to closing a project and why they are used.
• Explain the goals of a project retrospective 

Format the presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

Additional Requirements (Read Carefully):

• Complete the assignment using your own words with correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar in APA format.  No plagiarism.
• If you are not using your own words or if you are quoting any information or definitions, make sure to cite the information by using proper APA format citations and don’t forget to include the source of the information as a reference on the references page by using proper APA format.
• Read and use the attached PDF and/or Word document(s) listed under the attachments section in order to understand the necessary information in order for you to be able to complete the assignment accurately and completely.
• Read and use any other attachments listed under the attachments section in order for you to be able to complete the assignment accurately and completely, if applicable.  Do not forget to include any other attachments as references and to use citations from them, if applicable.
• If the assignment is a Power Point Presentation, add in the necessary speaker notes in order to make the presentation complete.

 

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150 words per answer.

1.The business world has experienced numerous changes as a result of technology and globalization. It is important for the field of HRM to be prepared for these changes. In what way have technology and globalization changed the work environment? Provide real-life examples to support your answer. What are the effects of these changes to HRM?

2. How is the role of HR demonstrated in each of the four management functions?

3. Explain the purpose of HRM in an organization.

4. What activities are involved in the staffing function of HRM?

 

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Investigate the understanding of how globalization affects a company’s strategic plan. Assess the effectiveness of strategic alliances in the growth process of a company and necessity for innovation to create a sustainable long-term organizational environment. Identify how organizational structures facilitate company growth and controls in the global environment.

Create a 3 slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation (excluding the title slide and references) with speaker notes and address the following topic:

• Assess how strategic alliances can facilitate global strategic growth.
  

Cite 1 scholarly references.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

 

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