Public Administration

summarize an article in political scienceFoundations Seminar in Public Administration PADM 7300 100 points Dr. Daniel Baracskay Purpose: the purpose of this first writingassignment is to help students familiarize themselves with conducting a literature review and background research in the publicadministration program. Students will need to demonstrate a familiarity with the literature by integrating in themes and ideas fromacademic journals in Public Administration (PA). This will also serve as good preparation for Writing Assignment 2 later in thesemester. Submission Note: no student is permitted to submit a paper already submitted for this or any other course at VSU or atanother university, including if they are taking this course for a second time. Turn-it-in will detect the duplicate submission, and azero will be awarded for the assignment automatically. Please see the course syllabus for more details. Instructions: Students shouldbegin by reviewing section 9.4 in the Scott and Garrison (S&G) text on “Conduct a Formal Literature Review,” (p. 121) and moreparticularly, section 8.2 on “Critique an Article” (p. 110). The purpose of literature reviews and critiques is to thoughtfullysummarize pertinent research on the subject matter in a concise fashion. The journal sources you select must be legitimate academicsources, and MUST be from one of the periodicals listed in the S&G text in Appendix A, from pages 167-171. Many of these journals areaccessible to you online through Odum library as a VSU student, and other academic libraries at colleges and universities. Contact thelibrary reference desk if you are unfamiliar with how to navigate the Odum library web page. Topic for Literature Review: As we learnin the course, leadership styles and the management of public sector organizations is a vital aspect of efficient government andmaintaining the public trust. It is also a topic of interest to students who will either be managers/leaders themselves, or will workwith those who perform such functions in these types of positions. For this assignment, students will conduct a literature review ofrecent journal articles (the past 10 or so years) which address the nature of leadership styles and management in governmentorganizations. Your review should identify themes relating to the topic, and flow smoothly from these themes, drawing in ideas fromarticles in a coherent fashion. Some themes you may want to explore (but are not limited to – you may also identify others in yourreview) in the literature are: what are various types of leadership styles? how does leadership differ from middle or upper management?what skillsets overlap or differ for leaders versus managers? how do leaders and managers work together to promote a common 2 PADM 7300Writing Assignment 1 Spring Semester 2016 organizational mission? what are future areas of concern for leaders and managers of publicsector organizations? Paper sections: all students MUST have the following sections (use these specific headings) in their papersoutlined in bold and underlined: Section: Approximate Length of Section (double-spaced): ◊ Introduction – 1/2 page ◊ LiteratureReview – 5-6 pages ◊ Conclusion – 1/2 page References/citations: As the syllabus states, students will be using the AmericanPolitical Science Association (APSA) style for all course assignments, and throughout the VSU MPA program. This is thoroughly discussedin the S&G text (see p. 68 on in particular for examples of how to do this). You may use the footnote, endnote, or parentheses method,as long as you have a listing of references at the end of your assignment. Do not list the full citation in the body of your review –full citations including name, title of article, year, pages, etc. are to be shown at the end of the review under a “references”heading. In the body of your review, you need to only indicate the author, year and page number (for quotations) in the appropriateareas you are referencing content in. You should have a mixture of at least five journal, book, and/or government sources in yourpaper. Formatting Guidelines: ◊ This project MUST be submitted via D2L as an attachment in Microsoft Word or PDF format in thedropbox section; No other format will be accepted. Submit only one SINGLE WORD or PDF DOCUMENT containing all of the articles. ◊ Noart work or graphics should be used. ◊ At no point in your writing should phrases like “I think”, or “In my opinion” appear.This is an analysis paper that is teaching you to think analytically, not with opinion. ◊ Use 12 pt. font in New Times Roman ◊Margins should be 1 inch on all sides ◊ Be sure to use full sentences, correct spelling, and proper grammar like outlined in the S&Gtext. ◊ The length should be approximately 6-7 pages double-spaced for the entire review (NO LONGER OR SHORTER). You do not andshould not submit the articles with your paper – providing the full citation including page numbers of the article is enough. ◊ YouDO NOT need a cover page. Put your name in the footer at the bottom of each page, along with the page number. ◊ You can turn in theproject whenever you finish, so LATE PROJECTS WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY PENALIZED, NO EXCEPTIONS. The due date is the absolute last pointyou should be turning it in. To avoid problems (i.e. computer, network, etc.), you should plan on submitting it prior to the lastpossible minute. Anticipate delays in advance and act accordingly.