Public Administration

    You are a research officer workin" rel="nofollow">ing for a US government department. One of your responsibilities is to monitor the UN system organization that your department funds. You have a new head of department. You have been asked to brief him/her about the UN organization. Your new supervisor knows NOTHING about the organization. She/He will be visitin" rel="nofollow">ing the organization soon with a view to gettin" rel="nofollow">ing familiar with what the organization does, how it is run and to consider fundin" rel="nofollow">ing options. These could in" rel="nofollow">include keepin" rel="nofollow">ing the fundin" rel="nofollow">ing the same, in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ing or decreasin" rel="nofollow">ing, or elimin" rel="nofollow">inatin" rel="nofollow">ing fundin" rel="nofollow">ing altogether. Write a memo providin" rel="nofollow">ing a briefin" rel="nofollow">ing for your supervisor to help her/him get an in" rel="nofollow">initial impression of the organization and also make recommendations about how to approach future levels of fundin" rel="nofollow">ing. The Memo should be sin" rel="nofollow">ingle spaced with double spacin" rel="nofollow">ing between paragraphs; addressed to the professor, (800 words min" rel="nofollow">inimum length excludin" rel="nofollow">ing bibliography; min" rel="nofollow">inimum of 6 sources): The memo should in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information: · Dates of visit and purpose of visit · Name of organization · When founded and why · What document/ law/regulation created the organization and what authority does it have, (such as only makin" rel="nofollow">ing recommendations/only providin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information/enforcin" rel="nofollow">ing implementation, etc.) · Mission/Purpose · Where it is located · Current membership · Who staffs it (general description not specific names) and how are they selected or appoin" rel="nofollow">inted · Who is the current chief executive, when appoin" rel="nofollow">inted, and how long has she/he got left on his appoin" rel="nofollow">intment – your supervisor will be havin" rel="nofollow">ing a one hour meetin" rel="nofollow">ing with the Chief Executive, so you should highlight some questions that she/he should ask. Do not ask questions that you should know already i.e. that can be easily found on the web page or from the research that you should have done to brief your supervisor. So you need to thin" rel="nofollow">ink about thin" rel="nofollow">ings that only the head of the organization may know about. · Sources of fundin" rel="nofollow">ing, size of budget, and size of your governments contributions (see lin" rel="nofollow">ink below). Whether the US contribution is voluntary or assessed and what the significance is. · What in" rel="nofollow">influence the US has on the organization, particularly through votin" rel="nofollow">ing · Recent achievements, activities · Recent failures, problems · Future plans · What reputation does it have about effectiveness?