This document provides guidelines for a PAD 500 week 6 assignment that involves writing two papers on managing competing agendas. For the first paper, students are asked to examine the organizational structure of the Department of Education, describe how the human resources and budgeting parts impact a selected issue (No Child Left Behind), and analyze political challenges. The paper must be 3-4 pages, cite 4 peer-reviewed sources, and follow APA formatting. A second similar paper is required. The assignment addresses specific learning outcomes around public administration, policy, planning, and writing skills.

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Assignment 2: Managing Competing Agendas
In this assignment, you will explore how the organization and
political environment of an agency or departments(Dept of
Education) can impact the issue (No Child Left Behind) you
selected in Assignment 1.
Using the issue(No Child Left Behind) you selected from
Assignment 1, write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which
you respond to the following questions:
Examine the organization of the agency in which the issue
resides. Describe the structure and departments within the
agency and the manner in which the departments interact with
each other.
Given the description you provided in Question 1, describe the
primary ways the human resource management part of the
organizational structure positively or negatively impacts the
issue that you selected.
Given the description you provided in Question 1, describe the
primary ways the budgeting part of the organizational
structure positively or negatively impacts the issue you
selected.
Given the description you provided in Question 1, analyze the

2. political environment and explain (2) challenges that political
responsiveness may present for management.
Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more
than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook.
Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly
articles and governmental Websites. Wikipedia, other wikis,
and any other Websites ending in anything other than
“.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,
and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Assemble the concepts of planning, reengineering,
implementation, and program evaluation essential to the study
of public administration as it relates to political choice.
Organize the concepts of public budgeting and policy formation
essential to the study of public administration as it relates to
political choice.
Reconstruct historical trends related to public administration
and its influence on managing public and nonprofit
organizations.
Organize the concepts of planning and human resource
management essential to the study of public administration as
it relates to political choice.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
public administration.

3. Write clearly and concisely about public administration using
proper writing mechanics.