Public Safety, Emergency Management, Criminal Justice, Health, Human Services and Education

Public Safety, Emergency Management, Criminal Justice, Health, Human Services and Education
Complete all questions for each Topic. Submit the assignment for a topic only when all questions for that topic area are complete. I am looking for responses that indicate that not only have you read the material, but how the information impacts you and your interest in the class or your professional work. Personal examples are encouraged. If asked to ?discuss? an issue in the question, responses should be more than 1 or 2 sentences. Please do not respond to a question by using verbatim language from the texts. This is NOT what I am looking for in an answer. Number Your Answers to Correspond to the Questions. When answering the topic questions, make sure each answer is numbered and the answer has the same number as the question being answered. Also, be sure to answer the question carefully and make certain you answer all parts of the question.
Reading Assignments:
Caught Between the Dog and Fireplug: December & January (pp. 134-151)
Robert Caro, Path to Power: Chapters 28 ? 30
Robert Perkinson, Texas Tough: Chapter 8
Casebook in Ethics & Leadership Case # 9
Ashworth Book
76. Who or what does Ashworth mean by ?Walking with Kings?? Who are the “kings” in your business or that you anticipate encountering? (December)

77. Ashworth gives a significant amount of advice to anyone that wishes to reach the top of their public administration profession and ?Walk with Kings?. Identify and discuss at least 3 things that someone should do if they wish to be successful. (December)

78. According to Ashworth, what are some of the things that a supervisor can do to improve morale in the workplace? Also, identify and describe some of the most effective ways in which a supervisor can successfully delegate tasks to their employees. (January)

Path to Power Book
79. Discuss how LBJ brought electricity to the Hill Country. (Chapter 28)

80. Identify and discuss at least 2 things that LBJ learned about the Congress when he took office as the Congressman from the 10th District. (Chapter 29)

Note:
Read Chapter 31 and think about some of the things that Caro has to say about President Franklin Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn, Jack Gardner and Herman Brown. You do not have to write an answer for this question.

Texas Tough Book
81. Identify and discuss some of the things that you learned about the relationship of crime and politics from your review of this chapter. Also what does the author mean when he discusses ?Law and Order, Texas Style”? (Chapter 8)

Managing Public Sector: Casebook in Ethics & Leadership
82.

Read case #9 on pages 30 ? 32. Using the information that is provided on these pages answer discussion questions 1, 2, & 3 listed on page #32.

Web Questions
83.

Go to the official website of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice which is https://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/ Review this website and its links in detail. Summarize some of the information that is available on this website and identify and discuss at least three things that you learned about the criminal justice system in Texas from your review.

84.
Go to the following website which provides an excellent video about future challenges in the area of public safety: https://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future.html
Identify and discuss at least one thing that you learned about crime and technology from your review of this video.
Health, Human Services and Education
Reading Assignments:
Caught Between the Dog and Fireplug: February (pp. 152-167)
Robert Caro, Path to Power: Chapters 31 ? 34
Robert Perkinson, Texas Tough: Chapter 9
Casebook in Ethics & Leadership Case # 27
Ashworth Book
85.

Identify and discuss some of the things that you learned about ethics and morality in public service that you read in the February chapter. Can you think of some important things about ethics and morality that Ashworth leaves out of this chapter that should be included? If the answer is yes, what would you include? (February)

Path to Power Book
86. Read Chapters 31 ? 34. Identify and discuss at least one major observation made by Caro for each of these 4 chapters. You should have at least 4 major observations for this question.

Texas Tough Book
87. Describe some of the major themes of the author as he talks about the ?Birth of a Prison Nation?. Also discuss some of the major events and activities relating to prisons that occurred during the administrations of Ann Richards and George W. Bush. Why does the author describe Ann Richards as ?Texas Jailer in Chief??

Managing Public Sector: Casebook in Ethics & Leadership
88. Read case #27 on pages 69 – 70. Using the information that is provided on these pages answer discussion questions 1, 2, & 4 listed on page # 70.

Web Questions
89. Go to the official website of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services which https://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/ Review this website and its links in detail. Summarize some of the information that is available on this website and identify and discuss at least three things that you learned about health and human services in Texas from your review.

90. The articles from the websites below are examples of what you can gather quickly via a Google search for ?Texas Health care.? Skim over these three articles, look at some additional ones (include citiations) on the state of care in Texas and answer this question, what are some of the major problems and issues with the Texas Health care system?

https://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/07/texas-health-care-quality-is-worst-in-the-nation-according-to-federal-study/

https://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/08/nation/la-na-perry-healthcare-20110908

https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2012-02-03/the-destruction-of-texas-health-care/

 

 

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