Please answer 3 of the 5 questions presented below. Each answer should be no more than 3 or 4 pages in length, and the total examination should be no more than 10 pages in length. Students should utilize a standard paper format: 1 inch margins, and an 11pt or 12pt font.

Questions

1. Throughout the Twentieth Century, various scholars have expressed concern about the impact of Bureaucracy on culture and society. What are the basic elements of bureaucratic organization? Briefly outline and describe the various complaints and arguments against bureaucratic organizational structures as they affect larger societies and cultures. Are bureaucracies necessary for the continuation and maintenance of complex, technological civilizations? Explain.
2. Some scholars have used the notion of ‘metaphors’ to describe various types of organizations. Briefly outline and describe at least 5 organizational metaphors. In what ways do metaphors help scholars and practitioners understand large organizations? Do you think it makes much difference, in terms of practical organizing, how organizations are conceived and understood? Explain.
3. The organizational literature has sometimes wittingly or unwittingly described bureaucrats as being ‘indifferent,’ or as one scholar described them, ‘headless and soulless.’ Do you think this description fits all administrators who work in large bureaucratic organizations? Why do you think this description of bureaucrats has emerged, and why has it persisted? Do the organizational structures in which we work require us to look at the world specific ways? Explain.
4. Briefly describe the evolution and development of theories of organization in the late 19th and early 20thcenturies. What have been the larger social and cultural contexts in which these theories of organization have been developed? To what extent have these theories have reflected and to what extent have they shaped our contemporary world?
5. What role do organizational theories play in the practice of public administration?

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For this week’s assignment, you will write a 1-2 page essay about LCES. Be sure to address all prompts and cite your sources in APA format. This is worth 75 points, so be thorough and give your best effort.

LCES stands for Lookout, Communications, Escape routes, and Safety zone. The main goal of LCES is to facilitate rescue, relief, and recovery. LCES is the template for scene safety protocols and was developed after a wildfire incident.

Your written assignment this week is to complete the following:

• Develop a LCES plan of action for your local fire department.
• Describe how you would implement this plan within your local fire department.

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In order to get started on the Cost Accounting Project, first select a type of business to use for your endeavor. Examples of appropriate business types are bakeries, retail stores, restaurants, factories, or even real estate firms. Any specific business type will work for this project, but be sure that the type of business you select will enable you to successfully apply each module’s project concepts.

For this first project piece:

• Once you have selected a specific business type for your project, create a 1-page summary in Word of your chosen business.

• In the summary, include how you plan to use financial, managerial, and cost accounting in its operations.

• Write this summary as though you are the owner of the business.

I have chosen bakeries as the subject for this paper.

Please make the summary 1 page and make it in APA format.

Please include a reference page and site sources within the paper.

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There are two options for this research project: perform a diversity audit on an organization with which you are associated (or have been associated with) or perform a research audit on one of the top 10 companies identified by DiversityInc as a company that demonstrates the business case for diversity.

Students will identify/develop criteria for the audit, develop interview questions to determine level of organizational performance or collect evidence via literature reviews of performance (research audit), conduct interviews or conduct research, and report findings. In this module, Students will submit a proposal which includes the company they will audit (with permission) or company they plan on researching, a criteria by which results will be measured, and a list of ten questions which will be asked in the audit or a preliminary literature review for their research of a company. The topic will be on Target.

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