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AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Entire Course (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 1 • AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 2 • AJS 522 Week 1 Individual Assignment Expenditures and Revenues Matrix and Summary
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ajs522expert.com What is the decision process that leads to making important financial decisions? What factors are taken into account before making a decision?
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • Explain how budget formats channel thought. Explain how formats can direct thought to and highlight general policy matter, budget balancing issues, and improvement of the quality of government management.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com AJS 522 Week 1 Individual Assignment Expenditures and Revenues Matrix and Summary (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ajs522expert.com Resources: Matrix Worksheet, located on the student webpage. Create a matrix identifying the roles, expenditures, and revenue for the federal, state, and local levels of government. Select three revenue sources in public budgeting.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • What are cost descriptors as they are applied to budgeting? How are these cost descriptors effectively used in the budgeting process? Explain.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • Compare and contrast line-item budgeting, program budgeting, and performance budgeting. Which one would you use? Explain why you would prefer one over another.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com AJS 522 Week 2 Policing in Kelsey Budget Report (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ajs522expert.com Resources: Review the City of Kelsey under the Government tab of the Virtual Organization site. Access the public records of Kelsey under the City Government to familiarize yourself with the city’s budget and financial report. Review the following scenario
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • How do you assess inventory, personnel, and infrastructure costs that affect the overall budget? Explain. • What are all of the required components of preparing a budget? Who is involved? What other external influences and considerations need to be taken into account?
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • How is a budget managed and controlled? What are the various techniques and tools used? Explain. • What are the common pitfalls one can anticipate in budget execution, and how can budget execution system design assist in minimizing these pitfalls? Compare and contrast budget and administrative controls.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com AJS 522 Week 3 Reforms and Shortcomings Presentation (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ajs522expert.com Resources: Use the City of Kelsey of the Virtual Organization to evaluate how reform movements and financial shortcomings affect the city’s operating budget. Create a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that provides a brief description of these changes and their effect on budgeting. Include the following
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 4 Chemical Dependency Counseling in Prison (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 4 Chemical Dependency Counseling in Prison
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • What are the different components of a budget control system? Explain their importance. • What are the various applications and methods of cost control? How does cost control affect the overall budget cycle? Explain.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • What is meant by the term cost when determining what costs should be assigned to a capital asset? • What approach should be used to measure capital asset impairment loss that results from physical damage to the capital asset?
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 4 The City of San Diego Public Finance Proposal (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • Continue preparing for the Learning Team assignment, Final Project: Public Finance Proposal and Presentation, due in Week Six. Submit Final Project Summary Draft
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • What is financial contingency planning? What are the key concepts of contingency planning? Explain the importance of having a financial contingency plan and the negative effects of not having one.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP) • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • How do public agencies calculate the costs that are associated with catastrophic events? Explain. • Distinguish between governmental activities and business-type activities. Provide examples of each.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com AJS 522 Week 5 Financial Contingency Planning Sources of Funding Paper (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ajs522expert.com Resources: Use project previously selected public program used in the Week Four assignment, Influences within Public Programs. Write a 1,750-word to 2,400-word paper in which you evaluate these possible sources of revenue, temporary assistance, and funding assets as part of Financial Contingency Planning.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 6 DQ 1 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • Compare and contrast revenue bonds, general bonds, general obligation bonds, short-term borrowing, and creative financing. What criteria can you use to judge the correct level of state or local debt? Justify the criteria set
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 6 DQ 2 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • What type of knowledge and skill do analysts need for exposure identification and risk evaluation? What types of continuous direction and careful attention connote excellent risk management? Compare the manner in which budgetary accounting is accomplished in a federal agency with that of a municipality.
AJS 522 EXPERT Lessons in Excellence--ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 6 The City of San Diego Public Finance Proposal Paper and Presentation • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ajs522expert.com • AJS 522 Week 6 The City of San Diego Public Finance Proposal