analyze the political environment and explain (2) challenges that political responsiveness may present for management. 

analyze the political environment and explain (2) challenges that political responsiveness may present for management.

Issue: Criminalization of marijuana and cannabis

Agency: Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

1. Examine the DEA and it’s organization. Describe the structure and departments within the agency and the manner in which the departments interact with each other.

2. Given the description you provided in Question 1, describe the primary ways the human resource management part of the organizational structure of the DEA positively or negatively impacts the issue (marijuana criminalization) that you selected.

3. Given the description you provided in Question 1, describe the primary ways the budgeting part of the organizational structure positively or negatively impacts the issue you selected.

4. Given the description you provided in Question 1, analyze the political environment and explain (2) challenges that political responsiveness may present for management.

5. Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook.