Agency: Social services
Introduction
To successfully complete this assignment, you will demonstrate your academic writing and literature review skills to address the following competencies:
Analyze issues associated with funding human service organizations.
Apply institutional budget planning and implementation strategies and techniques to financial decision making.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others, consistent with expectations for members of the human services profession.
Instructions
To complete this assignment, use the u04a1 Template ‒ Implications of Policy for Successful Budget Planning, linked in the Resources. This template will provide guidance for covering the key points required in this assignment. The template also provides headings that align with APA formatting standards and includes recommendations for supporting references.
Select an agency or organization from the texts or another nonprofit, (health care) for-profit, or government organization with which you are familiar (examples: a homeless agency; the mental health division of a hospital; or a county, state, or federal public service program). If you are selecting another organization, you must obtain approval from the instructor for your organization and you must have access to sufficient information to be able to discuss the organization’s mission, vision, goals, policy issues, and motivation on budget planning.
Address the following areas that have an impact on successful budget planning:
Define how the mission and vision of the organization shape budget planning processes and practices.
Define how short-term and long-term goals for the organization shape budget planning processes and practices.
Discuss how changes in organizational or political policies shape budget planning processes and practices.
Discuss how factors of motivation, incentives, and expectations shape budget planning processes and practices.
Submission Requirements
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Writing style: Present the content of this assignment in a paragraph format and include transitional phrases, headings to define document sections, appropriate subheadings, and references.
APA formatting: Use proper APA format for headings. In-text citations and references at the end of the paper must be in proper APA (current edition) style and formatting.
Resources: Include a minimum of 6 scholarly, peer-reviewed resources (such as textbooks or academic journal articles).
Length of paper: 5–7 typed, double-spaced pages, excluding the cover page and references.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Review the Implications of Policy for Successful Budget Planning rubric to verify you have included all the requirements.
