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Using Shrek to Grapple with Tradeoffs « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. Using Shrek to Grapple with Tradeoffs. My team gave our first class presentation this week. We are reading Smart Choices. September 22, 2009. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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2010 January 06 « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. Vacation’s over, back to work. Having been in the workforce since I completed my undergrad work in March of 2003, I’d forgotten how nice a two-week winter vacation could be. I made the 14-hour drive back to Oregon with my family and spent the holidays with my parents. We had a great time, and it was good to “home,” though both Jenny and I agreed that our house in Provo feels more and more like home. More details to come. Bend, Vide...
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PROACT Model, Objectives & Alternatives « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. PROACT Model, Objectives & Alternatives. The “O” in PrOACT stands for formulating O. Bjectives. To find my objectives Isimply asked myself what it was that I really want to accomplish, what did I need to do, and what were my hopes and my goals. After thinking through these questions I came to the following conclusions:. 4) Job Prospect -Let’s face it, the most important aspect of doing an internship is the hope that it will s...
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2009 October 19 « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. Budget Travel’s Top 10 Small Towns. Budget Travel just released their list of the best little towns in the nation, and here they are:. CAYUCOS, CALIFORNIA (pop. 3,000). LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA (pop. 6,867). BREAUX BRIDGE, LOUISIANA (pop. 8,200). TUBAC, ARIZONA (pop. 1,900). WALLACE, IDAHO (pop. 1,000). SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK (pop. 5,000). MOUNT VERNON, IOWA (pop. 4,671). JACKSONVILLE, OREGON (pop. 2,750). ROCKLAND, MAINE (pop. 7,680).
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2009 November 30 « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. PROACT Model, Consequences and Trade-offs. The “C” in PrOACT stands for understanding the C. I learned to use Excel to analyze and compare the various alternatives, but it it hard to explain in words. Suffice it to say that my analysis concluded an internship with Eagle Mountain would be the best alternative. If, on the other hand, I placed more emphasis on location (increasing its weight 3-4 percent) and less emphasis on either ex...
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The PROACT Model « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. Thinking over the past semester (hard to believe there are only a few weeks left) I have decided to write a few posts to summarize a few of the key concepts I’ve learned. The first concept or tool is used to assist in complex decision making. It is taken from the book. Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Life Decisions. The “Pr” in PrOACT stands for Pr. In trying to define my problem, I asked myself several questions,...
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2009 October 08 « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. The Ethics Monster Rears His Head. I encountered my first real ethical dilema within my MPA studies this week. Our first mid-term (first of two, so it should actually be called a third-term, sorry) in Managerial Economics was yesterday. After the test, I was in the student lounge area when I heard a coleague say something to the effect of, “I’m she glad we reviewed that test from last year that. Emailed to everyone.” What? Though I...
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. Adventures in Job Shadowing. Last week’s classes were canceled (yes, after only one full week of classes following winter break) for “career week.” The intent was for students to have a week to search out job prospects and internships, but the consensus of my classmates was that most of the time was spent either catching up on assigned readings, getting sick, or having babies (congratulations again, Tim). January 21, 2010. PROACT M...
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Staying Neutral in a Political Environment « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. Staying Neutral in a Political Environment. I appreciate the most recent post by Wes Hare, City Manager in Albany, OR, and his example of innocently getting too caught up in the politics of a friend while he served as a young city administrator:. October 14, 2009. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). My Week as an MPA Student. This b...
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2009 October 14 « Workman Post
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Learning Local Government, One Blog at a Time. My Week as an MPA Student. Staying Neutral in a Political Environment. I appreciate the most recent post by Wes Hare, City Manager in Albany, OR, and his example of innocently getting too caught up in the politics of a friend while he served as a young city administrator:. October 14, 2009. My Week as an MPA Student. If any other value can be gained from this blog by myself or others, it is honestly not by intention, though I would welcome any feedback.
