Please write 10-12 page paper (not including title/reference page) about being an Assistant Teacher for the 4-year-old class (The Butterflies) at Building Blocks Day
School.
school website: http://buildingblocksdayschool.com/
You can use as many references as you want (social work/sociology/child development journals/articles/materials). Use APA 6th edition style.
This will be a theory application and summary report of your internship or other organization. It should be typed, double spaced, following APA writing guidelines (6th
edition), and should be 10-12 pages in length.
Explain your involvement with the organization (i.e., intern or employee) and why you chose this organization for your assignment.
1. What type of organization is this? (i.e., public, private nonprofit, private proprietary?)
2. What is the mission of the organization?
3. Identify the organizational goals, both manifest and latent. Are there gaps or discrepancies between these goals? In general, do the means (process) justify the
accomplishments (outcomes)? (PBF 32)
4. Select one organizational theory discussed in your readings (e.g., systems, classical scientific management, human relations theories (X, Y, or Z), cultural
perspective, economic perspective, contingency perspective) or integrate several theories to describe the organization. Describe this theory’s(ies) applicability to
the agency for assessment. Use it to describe one major organizational issue. Define theoretical concepts and give examples of applications of theoretical concepts to
this issue.(PBF 11,12,23; PBFSSW 10)
5. Describe and critique the internal and external environment of the agency/organization. Describe the influence of changing contexts in shaping the organization.
(PBF 16,32; PBFSSW5,10)
6. Discuss the impact of social and economic forces on the organization.(PBF 16,27,32; PBFSSW 5,10,12)
7. Identify legislation which impacts upon the organization. (PBF 27; PBFSSW10)
8. Discuss the organizational culture. (PBF 12,14,18,24; PBFSSW5,10)
9. Discuss the organizational structure (lines of authority [attach an organizational flowchart], channels of communication, dimensions of power, formal and informal
structures, centralized vs. decentralized structure). (PBFSSW5,10)
10. Discuss management methods. Give examples of these methods in this organization. (PBF 23; PBFSSW10)
11. Discuss how the organization manages diversity in the workplace and related to clients. Discuss how you are able to separate cultural and personal values from
professional assessment process as above.(PBF 14,16; PBFSSW 3,5,10)
12. Describe the supportive and oppressive processes in serving populations at risk. (PBF 15,18; PBFSSW 3,5,10)
13. Describe inter-organizational processes. Who are the competitors? Which organizations have a supportive and collaborative relationship with the agency? Describe
any coalitions or networks. (PBF 32,33; PBFSSW5, 10, 12)
14. What value or ethical dilemmas can you identify related to organizational processes? Discuss how you are able to recognize personal values. (PBF 7,8; PBFSSW3, 10)
15. Name two environmental factors that greatly influence organizational development. How did these factors influence this organization? What was the organizational
response? (For example, agency response to declining funds for services or budget cuts).(PBF 24,27; PBFSSW 3,10)
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