Explore the website of the Child Protective Service (CPS) agency for New York. Find articles on their website that discusses organizational issues or dysfunctions regarding the agency at a macro level to find answers to questions below. Include References please.

Question

1. Describe three to four examples from New York State articles on CPS to support concepts from each of the organizational theories.

2. Explore two websites of agencies that CPS collaborates with and discuss the services that those agencies provide that support the state's CPS organization.

3. Explore two websites and discuss how the different organizations address diversity.

4. How would you address ethics and diversity in your chosen role? How would you support the organizations diversity policies or initiatives?

5. What are the functions of CPS as a bureaucracy? Use Weber's theory.

6. What are the dysfunctions of CPS as a bureaucracy? Use Weber's theory.

7. How would you apply systems theory to CPS?

8. What suggestions do you have for improving large bureaucratic agencies such as CPS?