Practical Applications: Statesmanship
Overview
In this Module: Week, you will apply what you have learned thus far to a specific public sector service or organization. This Module: Week may be the most enjoyable and helpful learning in the course as it is directly related a specific public sector agency and technology challenge of your choosing.
Instructions
This is the major paper of the course and as such asks you to incorporate as much information as you can from a wide ranging array of resources about the agency or organization are studying–so it will have maximum value for you in your work currently and/or in the future.
It consists of 3 parts (below) plus an introduction and references sections. To make it easier for readers to follow your thinking, please discuss the topics in the order presented below, with appropriate heading.
12 – 14 pages of content, double-spaced
Current APA format
Must include citations from all Learn items for the assigned Module: Week plus additional, relevant scholarly articles (published within the last five years) you select—for a total of 12 – 15 sources.
Discuss the following:
Part 1: Describe the organization you are studying, the specific program or policy of interest, and the public sector administrator, CIO/CTO, elected or appointed official, or other policy maker on how he/she and her/his organization are using IM/IT
Refer to applications information document for the names and articles.
Part 2: Summarize your learnings and findings from the research you did to prepare for the discussion. What is your assessment—for a specific public service or policy—of the agency’s effectiveness (or lack thereof) of its management of information.
Such as the back up in veterans appointments and how they can improve the back log within community care. How can community care use technology to decrease the backlog of appointments and keep this from happening over and over
Part 3: Incorporating what you learned in the course and your insights above, what insights and recommendations do you have on ways that organization can increase its effective and impactful use of technologies and information to improve the service you discussed in Parts 1 and 2.
Synthesize the above with a biblical model of government and statesmanship.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
