reading questionsthe weekly workbooks contain term explanations H u m a n i t i e s

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T SECTION 2: DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS

Q SECTION 2: READING QUESTIONS

The weekly Workbooks contain Term explanations and open-ended Questions for you to complete. This weeks workbook also contains supplemental information.

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations (5th ed.)

• Chapter 9, “Understanding People in Public Organizations” and Chapter 10 (pp. 257–334)
• Chapter 11, “Leadership, Managerial Roles, and Organizational Culture” (pp. 354–363)

I have assigned these pages in the Rainey text as part of this week’s reading because together they explain different theories of worker motivation and the impact of both motivation and leadership skills on organizational culture. Rainey expertly explains why worker motivation is especially problematic in public organizations and how leaders can improve motivation and spearhead a positive organizational culture.

Rainey, H.G. (2014).

Changing the ‘Culture’ of Welfare Offices: From Vision to the Front Lines

I assigned this journal article because it is one of the very few scholarly works that connect empirical research to an analysis of organizational culture. This article can be found at the UM Library Online.

Lurie, I. & Riccucci, N. M. (2003).

How to Write a Synopsis of the Lurie & Riccucci Article

Read this explanation, written by Dr. Beck, of how to write a synopsis that is specific to the Lurie & Riccucci article so that you will be able to extract the most important components of the authors’ analysis and argumentation.

DHS continues to study, suffer from morale problems

I chose this reading because it illustrates specific organizational problems that may be solved using concepts from the Rainey text.

Homeland Security Today. (2015, February 23).

Front-Line Morale Problems Are Threatening Homeland Security

I chose this reading because it illustrates specific organizational problems that may be solved using concepts from the Rainey text.

Risher, H. (2014, September 30).

Low Morale at DHS Linked to Heavy Turnover, Weak Training

I chose this reading because it illustrates specific organizational problems that may be solved using concepts from the Rainey text.

Clark, C.S. (2012, March 22).

Worker morale at DHS sinks more than governmentwide decline

FierceHomelandSecurity.com (2013, November).

This article is available at the UM Library Online

US Federal News Service (2012, March)

This article can be found at the UM Library Online