Management analysis of the American Red Cross. The paper should include an analysis of one or more well-defined organizational issues or problems faced in the American Red Cross.

The management analysis paper is in many ways the culmination of the course, and is intended to bring together coherent analyses of one or more organizational issues/problems that you think are particularly relevant or interesting for your organization. It is important that you actively use and incorporate insights from the concept identified below in the analysis (e.g., how to use economic incentives to motivate others, challenges of managing professionals etc.).
The paper should include an analysis of the well-defined organizational issues or problems faced in the American Red Cross. i.e.:
• How to incentivize highly professional staff to work harder?
• How to best capitalize on workers’ prosocial motivation?
• Designing an effective on-boarding and management system for volunteers in Red Cross.
The paper should include a detailed description of the problem(s) or issue(s) to be tackled as well as a careful analysis including recommendations for solutions. The discussions and case analyses which you have submitted throughout the semester is a natural basis for your reflections.
Format of the paper will be in APA. Provide references whenever you rely on or draw from assigned or external readings.
The paper must be 8 pages.
References should be provided for quotations or paraphrases from assigned or external sources used.
The paper should be double-spaced with 1 inch margins and use 12 pt font, times New Roman.
• The analysis will need to include the following understanding:
1. Understand the concept of organizations as coalitions and how goals and slack are part of a bargaining process between members of the coalitions
2. Understand the various types of political transaction costs faced by legislators and how these may apply to a greater or lesser extent depending on the degree of publicness.
3. Use these concepts to analyze behavior in public organizations
4. Understand the concept of coproduction and familiarize yourself with the classical definitions
5. Understand the various types of coproduction and how they manifest in the real world
6. Use these concepts to 1) discuss the promise of including citizens as voluntary partners in collaborative efforts and 2) to analyze the opportunities and constraints coproduction initiatives place on public managers
7. Understand the concept of coproduction and familiarize yourself with the classical definitions
8. Understand the various types of coproduction and how they manifest in the real world
9. Use these concepts to 1) discuss the promise of including citizens as voluntary partners in collaborative efforts and 2) to analyze the opportunities and constraints coproduction initiatives place on public managers
10. Identify pros and cons of using different types of economic incentives
11. Assess the feasibility of using economic incentives under various conditions
12. Discuss the challenges of designing and implementing economic incentive systems in public sector organizations
13. Identify pros and cons of using different types of economic incentives
14. Assess the feasibility of using economic incentives under various conditions
15. Discuss the challenges of designing and implementing economic incentive systems in public sector organizations
16. Identify pros and cons of using different types of economic incentives
17. Assess the feasibility of using economic incentives under various conditions
18. Discuss the challenges of designing and implementing economic incentive systems in public sector organizations
19. Identify pros and cons of using different types of economic incentives
20. Assess the feasibility of using economic incentives under various conditions
21. Discuss the challenges of designing and implementing economic incentive systems in public sector organizations