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Assignment: Organizational Structure Instructions

Read all instructions carefully before beginning this assignment. You are responsible for reading and understanding these documents.

For this assignment, you must focus on the organizational models in public administration and the effects of those structures on personnel performance.

Read Exercises 2 and 3 in the Dresang text, the Moynihan & Pandey article, 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 in light ofbiblical principles.

Research Paper

The text of this research paper must be 6-7 pages (not including title page, reference page, and any appendices).

This paper must be in current Turabianformat with 1-inch margins and 12-pt Times New Roman font.A title page and reference pagemust be also included.

You must include citations to at least 4-7 appropriate sources (in addition to the course textbooks, assigned readings, and the Bible)to fully support your assertions and conclusions.

This assignment draws heavily from the assigned readings for this module/week and you are expected to illustrate your understanding of those sources.

General Instructions: You are expected to comport yourself with the highest writing, research, and ethical standards. Additionally, to do well on this 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.

Article: The Role of Organizations in Fostering Public Service Motivation (By Donald P. Moynihan, Sanjay K. Pandey)