 | CTE #1 - Dealing with
Bureaucracy and Intergovernmental Relations: The EPA and Hazardous
Waste. You are Lee and you must decide how to handle plans for
developing and cleaning up the brownfields site and/or developing the
adjacent industrial park. Write a memo to Valdez and Wilson
explaining your plans. (Download reading) |
| CTE #2 - Dilemma in Juvenile Court: Imagine you are
Judge Smith. Write a memo to your staff describing how you plan
to respond to the current situation. (Download
reading) |
| CTE #3 - Hail to the New Chief: Imagine you are Bill
Pickles. Write a memo to the director of the State Health
Department (your supervisor) describing the problems you are
confronted with and the actions you plan to take in response to these
problems. (Download reading) |
| CTE #4 - The Good/Bad Administrator: Suppose you are Timothy
Kingsbury, Secretary of the State Department of Natural Resources.
Prepare a memorandum to Krittenbrink that includes your assessment of
his leadership style and the methods he uses to motivate his
employees. Are Krittenbrink’s leadership style and motivational
techniques appropriate for the given situation. Why or why not? Be
sure to include recommendations for helping Krittenbrink address the
problems with his subordinates and discuss how you plan to follow up
on the subordinates complaints. (Download
reading) |
| CTE #5- The Loch Ness Cotton Company: Sexual Harassment? You
be the Judge: Suppose you are the chair of the committee assembled
to review the complaint filed by Dana Tibbetts. Write a memo to
CEO Henry MacDougal describing your findings. Be sure to include
recommendations for how you propose to resolve this situation. (Download
reading) |
| CTE #6 - The Ordeal of Change: Suppose you are Alex Stone and
desired to make changes in the city’s personnel system. Prepare a
memorandum to the City Council describing how you would go about
trying to change the city’s personnel system. Make sure to discuss
the individuals that are likely to resist change, why this is likely
the case, and discuss the steps you would take to overcome these
obstacles. Make sure you explain your strategy clearly. (Download
reading) |
