I need a paper about public economic development. The instructions are in the attached files.

PADM 530

Public Administrator Generated Information on Economic Development Assignment Instructions

Overview

You are to select the option of your choice for data collection from the three options available. And, as with each of the three options designed to capture information concerning the economic status of your jurisdiction. In doing so you will explore the insights of individuals who have expertise in economic development. From this collection of information, you will assess values and conflicts of interest that emerge during the economic development process. Additionally, you will gain insight concerning the contexts and variables of economic development and community initiatives.

Instructions

Option 1

For option 1, you will interview 2 individuals who work in a sector of public administration in a way that they influence community economic development. It would be wise to interview someone from the same location as your Case Study Project. This will give you a first-person perspective on some of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats faced by community developers in this area. Before you begin interviewing the candidate, make sure that you have 10–15 questions planned out that you want to ask.

Each interview must observe a 30- minute time limit.

Sample Questions:

• How does the local planning process impact economic development?

• What are the strategic approaches you use to economic development?

• How do businesses impact the economic development of this community?

• How do the human resources in this community impact economic development?

• Once you have a strategic development plan, what are the steps for implementation? What are the challenges facing leaders of economic development?

• What are the economic strengths of your city/town/etc.?

• What are some of the weaknesses of your economic development plan in your city/town? What are the opportunities for economic development within your city/town?

• What threatens the potential for economic development within your city/town?

• What leadership traits are important for someone wanting to go into public administration/economic development?

The interview can be conducted in person or through videoconferencing (with a tool such as Skype). Whichever method you choose to use for the interview, be aware that both interviews must be audio recorded. It is important to test the audio equipment prior to conducting the interview.

You are to embed audio into PowerPoint Online. Include a brief bio of each interviewee as well as the summary of the logistics for each interview (time, place, location, and anything else that will help the reader understand the setting). Note that you must interview an individual directly related with city management and/or economic development.

If you choose to interview an individual not directly related to these topics, you will have points deducted. By interviewing individuals who work in the field, you will have the opportunity to become acquainted with one data collection method while simultaneously increasing your understanding of this vocational role. Thus, as you look for candidates to interview, it would be helpful for you to interview individuals in positions similar to what you may desire in the future. Likewise, the following list gives you some examples of job positions that your candidates may hold: Economic development council, Chamber of commerce, City manager, City council member, Director of economic development, or Mayor (or assistant/deputy mayor).

Request an interview with your chosen candidates by reading the following information verbatim: “I am a graduate student at Liberty University studying public administration and would like the opportunity to ask you some questions about your position, role, and experience with community economic development. I would be recording the interview for my instructor. Would it be alright if we set up a time for this interview?” “The information gleaned from this interview will only be used to facilitate personal learning, application, and synthesis of material related to economic development in PADM 530, a graduate course in public administration at Liberty University. The instructor of the course is the only individual that will be reviewing the audio from this interview.”

Option 2

For Option 2, you will conduct an exhaustive review of pertinent public sector generated data to scrutinize indicators of economic development status for the chosen jurisdiction. Present the data in an audio embedded PowerPoint presentation.

Use the following questions as a guide in writing and developing the presentation for your chosen jurisdiction:

• How does the local planning process impact economic development in your chosen community?

• What are the most useful strategic approaches to use in economic development?

• How do businesses impact the economic development of your chosen community?

• How do the human resources in your chosen community impact economic development?

• What steps should be used to implement a strategic plan in your chosen community?

• What are the challenges facing leaders of economic development in your chosen community?

• What are the economic strengths of your chosen community?

• What are some of the weaknesses of your economic development plan in your chosen community?

• What are the opportunities for economic development within your chosen community?

• What threatens the potential for economic development within your chosen community?

• What leadership traits are important for someone wanting to go into public administration/economic development in your chosen community?

You must include a minimum of 7–10 sources; these sources may include local news media, city council meeting minutes, interviews with business leaders in your community, etc. Your presentation must include a title slide, introduction or overview slide, and a conclusion slide. A separate reference page listing all sources in current APA format must be submitted with the PowerPoint presentation. Complete an audio recording for each slide. The total presentation time must range from 20–30 minutes.

Option 3

For option 3, you will interview 1 public administrator and then review select public sector generated data for a chosen community. With this option, you will integrate qualitative (interview information) and quantitative (statistical data on development status) to approximate the typical approach to applied research and display the information you gain in an audio embedded PowerPoint to satisfy this portion of course requirements. It would be wise to interview someone from the same location as your Case Study Project. This will give you a first-person perspective on some of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats faced by community developers in this area. Note that you must interview an individual directly related with city management and/or economic development.

If you choose to interview an individual not directly related to these topics, you will have points deducted. The following list gives you some examples of job positions that your candidates may hold: Economic development council, Chamber of commerce, City manager, City council member, Director of economic development, or Mayor (or assistant/deputy mayor)

Request an interview with your chosen candidate by reading the following information verbatim:

“I am a graduate student at Liberty University studying public administration and would like the opportunity to ask you some questions about your position, role, and experience with community economic development. The information gleaned from this interview will only be used to facilitate personal learning, application, and synthesis of material related to economic development in PADM 530, a graduate course in public administration at Liberty University. The interview will be recorded only for the hearing of the professor.”

Before you begin interviewing the candidate, make sure that you have 10–15 questions planned out that you want to ask.

Sample Questions: See Option 1

The interview can be conducted in person or through videoconferencing (with a tool like Skype).

You are not required to provide an audio recording of the interview. Once you have completed the interview, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation that you narrate that gives your synthesis of the interview data with other sources of community data. You must include a minimum of 4 sources in addition to the public administrator interview source. A separate document listing all sources in current APA format must be submitted with the PowerPoint. The PowerPoint presentation must include 12–15 slides. Your presentation must include a brief bio of the interviewee as well as the logistics of the interview (time, place, location, and anything else that will help the reader understand the setting). Complete an audio recording for each PowerPoint slide. The total presentation time must range from 20– 30 minutes.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

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