PAD 340 Southern New Hampshire University Oversight Committees Discussion
Guidelines and Rubric Overview
This competency project is an analysis paper focusing on oversight committees, audits, and special investigations. You will be examining how these types of oversight committees are formed, their rules and regulations, and the processes used to evaluate programs. Your analysis paper will also examine how the results of these types of oversight are used, as well as the factors that can influence both the scope of responsibilities and findings. These mechanisms can provide much-needed oversight for program evaluation; however, the results can be skewed by political influence. This is the first of three competency projects in this course; it is due in Module Three. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course competency: ? BS-BAD-PAD-CMP-06: Describe the role of oversight committees and audits and triggers for special investigations Prompt What is the purpose of oversight committees? What are the mechanisms of oversight that can be used by oversight committees to further evaluate programs? What factors influence oversight structures? Specifically, you must address the critical elements listed below. I. Purpose of Oversight Committees: In this section, you will examine the purpose of oversight committees and how they are used to evaluate programs. A. Describe the purpose of an oversight committee, why it is formed, and who is involved in its creation. B. Explain the processes that oversight committees must follow to evaluate programs and how the results are used to inform program improvement. C. Describe a real-life example of how an oversight committee’s actions have been effective, using specific details to illustrate. II. Audits and Special Investigations: In this section, you will describe how audits and special investigations are used by oversight committees. In your response, remember to include what triggers the need for a special investigation. III. Factors That Influence Oversight: In this section, you will examine how different factors influence oversight committees in their roles, responsibilities, and findings. How would these factors influence the scope of responsibilities and the results of the findings? Be sure to build on your ideas and learning from the Module Two short paper.
