Operations Forecasting Grading Guide OPS/571 Version 7 2 Purpose of Assignment Content Met Partially Met Not Met Comments: Selected a business operations dataset from the internet or other sources which can be used for forecasting in the University Library. Developed a minimum of three quantitative forecasts using Microsoft® Excel®. Compared and contrasted each quantitative forecast developed. Chose the one forecast determined to be the best for the firm and be prepared to explain why you chose this. Evaluated the impact this forecast would have on the firm from a financial metrics standpoint. Developed a 700-word report describing your Forecasting Project including details on all the assignment steps. Total Available Total Earned 5 #/5 Writing Guidelines Met Partially Met Not Met Comments: The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements. Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page. Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper. Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation. Total Available Total Earned 2 #/2 Assignment Total # 7 #/7 Additional comments: STUDY GUIDE Citing: Shafritz, J. M., Russell, E. W., & Borick, C. P. (2013). Introducing public administration (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Social Equity Unit Lesson Social equity is the fairness in the delivery of public services and that each citizen has a right to be given equal treatment by the political system. The 20th century has witnessed an outpouring of information regarding social equity and legislation that gave new rights to workers, women, and minorities. This has even been taken one step further as social equity has become one of the many criterions for evaluating the desirability of any public or policy program. Race can be defined as a large group of people with common characteristics presumed to be transmitted inherently. These would include, but is not limited to color of hair, skin, eyes, and emotions (in a more subtle order). One of the many hot topics dealing with race is the administration of the public affairs of a multiracial society. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) is a concept fraught with political, cultural, and emotional connotations as it applies to a set of employment procedures that prevent an individual from being excluded from the hiring process based on race, color, sex, religion, age, etc. There is a fine line, however, with this type of practice that has been developed. That is, for some, gaining employment is as simple as possessing the minimum requirements as stated in the job announcement. Only the courts have been able to say when and where there is an issue with EEO. It was not u.

1. Operations Forecasting
Grading Guide
OPS/571 Version 7
2
Purpose of Assignment
Content
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
Selected a business operations dataset from the internet or other
sources which can be used for forecasting in the University
Library.
Developed a minimum of three quantitative forecasts using
Microsoft® Excel®.

2. Compared and contrasted each quantitative forecast developed.
Chose the one forecast determined to be the best for the firm
and be prepared to explain why you chose this.
Evaluated the impact this forecast would have on the firm from
a financial metrics standpoint.
Developed a 700-word report describing your Forecasting
Project including details on all the assignment steps.
Total Available
Total Earned
5
#/5
Writing Guidelines

3. Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page,
and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting
guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a
reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and
maintain the flow throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and
punctuation.

4. Total Available
Total Earned
2
#/2
Assignment Total
#
7
#/7
Additional comments:
STUDY GUIDE
Citing:
Shafritz, J. M., Russell, E. W., & Borick, C. P. (2013).
Introducing public administration
(8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Social Equity
Unit Lesson
Social equity is the fairness in the delivery of public services
and that each citizen has a right to be given equal treatment by
the political system. The 20th century has witnessed an
outpouring of information regarding social equity and
legislation that gave new rights to workers, women, and
minorities. This has even been taken one step further as social

5. equity has become one of the many criterions for evaluating the
desirability of any public or policy program. Race can be
defined as a large group of people with common characteristics
presumed to be transmitted inherently. These would include, but
is not limited to color of hair, skin, eyes, and emotions (in a
more subtle order). One of the many hot topics dealing with
race is the administration of the public affairs of a multiracial
society. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) is a concept
fraught with political, cultural, and emotional connotations as it
applies to a set of employment procedures that prevent an
individual from being excluded from the hiring process based
on race, color, sex, religion, age, etc. There is a fine line,
however, with this type of practice that has been developed.
That is, for some, gaining employment is as simple as
possessing the minimum requirements as stated in the job
announcement. Only the courts have been able to say when and
where there is an issue with EEO.
It was not until 1961, in the Kennedy administration, that
Affirmative Action and the EEO became a central aspect of
public personnel administration. The administration required
that “affirmative action” be used to implement a policy of non-
discrimination in employment by the federal government and
any of the contractors that were affiliated. This type of law was
then forwarded into the Johnson era with the introduction of the
Civil Rights Act in 1964. Eventually, this developed into the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to prevent
further discrimination in the private sector. During the Nixon
administration it became law that EEO programs were to
establish and maintain an affirmative action program of equal
employment opportunity. The Equal Employment Opportunity
Act of 1972 further solidified the traditional policy of
nondiscriminatory practices and further stimulated the Civil
Service Commission’s position in dealing with types of
discriminatory practices that may be experienced.

6. Even with the passage of these laws and making forward
progress with affirmative action and equal employment
opportunities, there still remains a disparity between the rates
of Black, Hispanic, and White males. For example, occupational
earnings for White males was $72,000 upon graduating from
college, but Black and Hispanic males with equivalent degrees
were earning 30% less than their counterparts (Bureau of the
Census, 2006). With the passage of the CRA in 1964 it was
unknown what an impact this law would have on sexual
harassment and sexual discrimination in the workplace.
The federal government has had a history of creating legislation
providing employment for the disabled. Toward the end of the
Civil War, disabled veterans were amongst the first to receive
benefits and employment preference. In 1919, right after WW I,
employment preferences were extended to the wives of the
disabled UNIT VII STUDY GUIDE Understanding Social
Equity PUA 5301, Administration of Public Institutions 2 UNIT
x STUDY GUIDE Title veterans. Moving forward, the
Vocational Rehabilitation Act also provides a concrete
definition of a handicapped or disabled individual: a) a person
who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially
limits one or more of the person’s movements in daily life
activities, b) a person who has a record of such impairment, and
c) a person who is regarded as having such an impairment. Not
until the passage of the American Disabilities Act (ADA) in
1990, programs begin to take shape regarding not discriminating
against persons with disabilities in employment, transportation,
access to facilities, and in removing existing barriers impeding
wheelchair accessibility.
All public administrators have an obligation to advance social
equity within their own organizations and public locations. The
public administrator is obligated to administer the laws in a fair
and respectful manner. It is interesting to note that this law was
one bringing forth much controversy. Before the passage of
many of the aforementioned laws discussed above, minorities

7. and women were routinely denied equitable treatment and
denied similar positions within places of employment that males
were offered. This practice is no longer acceptable, protected by
laws, and the organization is held legally liable for any
objection to equal employment opportunities being announced.
In December 2010 the Congress passed, and President Obama
signed, the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” in the U.S. military.
The armed forces finalized the process of ending the policy
during the summer of 2011 and by the fall of that year openly
gay Americans could serve their country in the military.
The role of the public administrator is to advance social equity.
This obligation can be legitimately and honorably interpreted in
several ways. Some laws are controversial, such as the passage
of the 1960s civil rights legislation, especially the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights of 1965. Today all large
employers in the public and private sector are legally obligated
to provide equal employment opportunity and legally liable if
they don’t. Another way of interpreting obligations to advance
social equity is to feel bound to proactively further the cause to
seek to hire and advance a varied workforce.