how would you set up the budget of a new agency

PROMPT:

Suppose that you were asked to set up a budget for your new agency. How would you organize it? What problems would you inspect to encounter? How would the relationship between administrators (you) and the electeds effect this process?

FORMATTING:

Your submission should be approximately 4-5 pages long (not including the work cited). Any submission drastically shorter or longer will lose points. You must use double spacing, size 12 font, and have 1 inch margins all around. You must also cite all information taken from the text. In addition to the text, you must also cite at least TWO OTHER relevant sources. You must also use in-text citations and construct a work cited. You may use the style of your choice.

YOU MUST ORGANIZE YOUR PAPER USING THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS OR YOU WILL LOSE ONE LETTER GRADE!!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!

1) INTRODUCTION

2) EXPLANATION OF BUDGETTING METHOD USED TO ORGANIZE THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET

3) DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS EXPECTED USING THE CHOSEN METHOD

4) DISCUSSION OF SOLUTIONS TO THE EXPECTED PROBLEMS

5) EXPLANATION OF HOW THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ADMINISTRATOR AND POLICY MAKER WILL AFFECT THE BUDGETING PROCESS

6) CONCLUSION

RUBRIC:

1) Free of grammar and formatting issues:18 points.

2) Budgeting Method clearly explained: 25 points

3) Challenges/problems with methods explained: 25 points

4) Solutions to said problems clearly identified and explained: 25 points

5) Relationship between policy maker and administrator’s effects on the process clearly explained: 25 points

6) No section headers: automatic deduction of 12 points

7) To long or short: automatic deduction of 12 points

8) No Work Cited: automatic deduction of 12 points (with possibility of plagiarism infraction)

9) Not enough sources: automatic deduction of 6 points

10) No in-text citations: automatic deduction of 6 points