Impact of Financial Policy
Use Rosenberg Fire Department (https://rosenbergtx.gov/public-safety/fire-department-2/ to discuss the impact that fiscal policy has had on this organization. Identify one policy in your discussion analyzing whether or not the impact has been positive or negative. Provide an explanation for your reasoning. Your responses to your classmates should challenge the reasoning and/or offer an additional policy that you believe has impacted the students chosen organization.
Suggestion from the Professor:
This needs to be an analysis that address current economic conditions in this country. Address the economic climate as well as the likely impact social structure forces have on the operation of your organization.
Resources
Required Text
B©land, D., & Waddan, A. (2012). Governance and public policy: Politics of policy change: Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security reform in the United States. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 9781589018846 Located in UoR ebrary, use ISBN to search for text.
· Introduction
Tschirhart, M., & Bielefeld, W. (2012). Managing nonprofit organizations.San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9780470402993 Located in UoR ebrary
· Chapter 7 (Financial Stewardship and Management)
Page 344- 354 in Chapter 14 (Public and Government Relations)
Rainey, H. G. (2009). Understanding and managing public organizations (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9780470402924 Located in UoR ebrary, use ISBN to search for text.
· Chapter 5 (The impact of political power and public policy)
Required References
Malloy, D. C., & Agarwal, J. (2010). Ethical climate in government and nonprofit sectors: Public policy implications for service delivery. Journal of Business Ethics, 94(1), 3-21.
Recommended References
Social Policy & Social Work. (2012, November 15). What is social policy? Lecture by Professor Jonathan Bradshaw for prospective students [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/7zUv4bHdHMc (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.) The video may also be retrieved from: http://www.york.ac.uk/spsw/about/what-is-social-policy/
Amadeo, K. (2014, February 4). What is fiscal policy? Types, objectives, and tools. retrieved from http://useconomy.about.com/od/glossary/g/Fiscal_Policy.htm
Gray, R., Bebbington, J., & Collison, D. (2006). NGOs, civil society and accountability: Making the people accountable to capital. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 19(3), 319-348.
Le Grand, J. (1991). Quasi-markets and social policy. Economic Journal, 101(408), 1256-1267.
