Student must create a Program Proposal by answering the below questions. Student must incorporate their answers in a
written APA paper and create a PowerPoint presentation. Points will be earned for each question appropriately addressed
(no partial credit).
Part-one: APA Paper – 50 POINTS
1. Type of Program – 3 POINTS
______/1 Identify the specific population your program will serve.
______/1 Identify a particular issue/problem or both your program will address.
______/1 What kind of need might the program address?
2. Knowing The Environment – 6 POINTS
______/2 What political, economic, social, and technological factors that would most likely affect the clients
your program will serve?
______/2 How might you go about assessing the needs and strengths of your program’s community?
______/2 What culture and diversity factors do you foresee having the greatest effect (positive and negative) on
your clients and program?
3. Mission Statement, Goals, Objectives, and Services/Activities – 8 POINTS
______/2 Write a mission statement for your program.
______/2 Write a primary goal for your program.
______/2 List specific measurable objectives that would help meet the goal you identified.
______/2 List activities or services that would be helpful in meeting your objectives.
4. Applying Theories -3 POINTS
______/1 What theory are you using?
______/1 Do you find your theory to be more helpful than others?
______/1 Which theory do you find to not be a good fit for your program?
5. Creating Organizational Designs – 5 POINTS
______/1 How should the organization’s work be departmentalized?
______/1 How should work be divided among departments and individuals?
______/1 How would you make sure that the work of various individuals and groups was effectively
coordinated?
______/2
Draw an organizational chart that you could use to describe the agency’s design.
6. Developing and Managing Human Resources – 6 POINTS
______/1 Briefly describe the job you have selected to make your program work.
______/1 What will be the most important duties that the person holding that job will carry out?
______/1 What will be the primary qualifications?
______/1 How would you assess whether the candidate possess these qualifications?
______/1 What would be the key questions you would ask in an interview?
______/1 What answers would you be seeking?
7. Building Supervisory Relationships – 2 POINTS
______/1 Identify and list the supervisory pairs (supervisor and supervisee) that would work together for
general and clinical supervision.
______/1 What would be the most important issues that the employee’s supervisor might need to address?
8. Managing Finances – 4 POINTS
______/2 Prepare a line item budget to accomplish your goals and objectives.
______/2 Suggest ways in which funds could be acquired to implement it.
9. Designing and Using Information Systems – 2 POINTS
______/2 Describe your information system, giving particular attention to (a) how you will measure the
accomplishment of objectives and (b) how you will document changes in the quality-of-life
conditions experienced by clients.
10. Program Evaluation Tools – 5 POINTS
______/2 What method do you plan to use (quantitative, methods, qualitative methods, or both)? On what did
you base this choice?
______/1 What methods will you use to evaluate each of your objectives?
______/1 What process measures will you use?
______/1 What outcome measures will you use?
11. Leadership – 2 POINTS
______/1 Considering the characteristics of the program you have designed, what kind of leader would be best
to manage the program?
______/1 What factors within this particular program, including the characteristics of staff, would give guidance
as to the best leadership styles?
12. Achieving and Maintaining Organizational Excellence – 4 POINTS
______/2 What challenges do you think this program and the agency as a whole may be facing in order to stay
vibrant, to remain aware of environmental changes, and to keep up with best practices in the field?
______/2 What development, growth, or training activities do you foresee would be helpful to the organization?
______/50 TOTAL APA PAPER POINTS
Part-two: PowerPoint Presentation – 50 POINTS
______/10 Brief Overview of Questions 1 and 3 – Type of program, population, goals, objectives, services, and
mission statement
______/10 Organizational Chart
______/10 Brief Overview of Question 8 – Budget and ways to acquire funds
______/10 Brief Overview of Question 10 – Evaluation Tools
______/10 Brief Overview of Question 12 – Achieving and Maintaining Organizational Excellence
______/50 TOTAL POWERPOINT POINTS
______/100 FINAL EXAM SCORING SHEET SCORE
